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  • 1 October 2015

Bhagat Singh

Bhagat Singh, the revolutionary, on a ₹5 definitive stamp of the Creators of India series.

Date of issue October 1, 2015
Denomination Rs. 5
Perforation 12¾ x 13
Watermark Asokan Capital Multiple [Up]
Colours Brown
Catalogue codes Michel IN 2901 Stamp Number IN 2758 Yvert et Tellier IN 2644D Stanley Gibbons IN 3076

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Bhagat Singh on a definitive stamp of the Creators of India series. Bhagat Singh (1907–1931), the revolutionary of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association, was hanged at Lahore on 23 March 1931 with Rajguru and Sukhdev.

Creators of India

This definitive belongs to the series of portraits of the people who shaped modern India that India Post began in 2015, which catalogues call Creators of India. No India Post brochure is published for definitive stamps; this text draws on Wikipedia.

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