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  • 10 February 2016

Jayaprakash Narayan

Jayaprakash Narayan, Lok Nayak, on a ₹5 definitive stamp of the Creators of India series.

Date of issue February 10, 2016
Denomination Rs. 5
Perforation 12¾ x 13
Watermark Asokan Capital Multiple [Up]
Colours Brown purple
Catalogue codes Michel IN 2928 Stamp Number IN 2763 Yvert et Tellier IN 2660L Stanley Gibbons IN 3081

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Jayaprakash Narayan on a definitive stamp of the Creators of India series. Jayaprakash Narayan (1902–1979), “Lok Nayak”, was a hero of the Quit India movement and later led the movement for “total revolution” against the Emergency; he was given the Bharat Ratna in 1999.

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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