Bhim Sen Sachar (1894-1978)

A portrait of the Chief Minister of Punjab.

Technical data Notes Condition

Date of issue August 14, 1986

Denomination 50 p

Quantity printed 1500000

Printer Security Printing Press, Nashik

Perforation comb 13

Watermark No Watermark

Colours Multicolor

Printing process Photogravure

Catalogue codes Michel IN 1059 Stamp Number IN 1122 Yvert et Tellier IN 874 Stanley Gibbons IN 1191

Themes Famous people, Headgear, Men, Politicians

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A portrait of Bhim Sen Sachar in a white cap, between stripes of saffron and green, with his name in Hindi and English, on a 50 paise stamp.

Bhim Sen Sachar

India Post issued this 50 paise stamp on 14 August 1986. Born on 1 December 1894, he practised law at Gujranwala and went to jail in the civil disobedience movement, the individual satyagraha and the Quit India Movement. He was Chief Minister of Punjab in 1949 and again from 1952 to 1956, Governor of Orissa and then of Andhra Pradesh, and High Commissioner in Ceylon from 1964 to 1966. He died on 18 January 1978.