Karpoori Thakur

Karpoori Thakur, Jan Nayak, the socialist leader who was twice Chief Minister of Bihar.

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Date of issue December 26, 2016

Denomination Rs. 5

Quantity printed 200000

Printer Security Printing Press, Hyderabad

Perforation 13¾

Watermark No Watermark

Colours Multicolor

Printing process Wet Offset

Credit Ms. Nenu Gupta, Smt. Alka Sharma

Catalogue codes Michel IN 3040 Yvert et Tellier IN 2748 Stanley Gibbons IN 3213

Themes Famous people, Headgear, Men, Optical Instruments, Politicians

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About this stamp

Jan Nayak

Karpoori Thakur (1924–1988), the socialist leader known as Jan Nayak, the people’s leader, was twice Chief Minister of Bihar and championed the backward classes and the poor.

India Post issued eight ₹5 stamps on 26 December 2016 in a Personality Series: Bihar, designed by Nenu Gupta and Alka Sharma and printed by Security Printing Press, Hyderabad, 2 lakh of each. The brochure’s scan is partly illegible, so these texts also draw on Wikipedia.