Karpoori Thakur

A portrait of the Chief Minister of Bihar.

Technical data Notes Condition

Date of issue May 30, 1991

Denomination Rs. 1

Quantity printed 600000

Printer Security Printing Press, Nashik

Perforation comb 13 x 13½

Watermark No Watermark

Colours Reddish brown

Printing process Photogravure

Credit L. Sahu

Catalogue codes Michel IN 1303 Stamp Number IN 1360 Yvert et Tellier IN 1101 Stanley Gibbons IN 1453

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

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A portrait of Karpoori Thakur in heavy spectacles, printed in brown, with his name in Hindi and English, on a ₹1 stamp.

Karpoori Thakur

India Post issued this ₹1 stamp on 30 May 1991. Karpoori Thakur (1924–1988) was twice Chief Minister of Bihar, in 1970–71 and 1977–79. As education minister he removed English as a compulsory subject for matriculation. He was posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna in 2024. India Post’s brochure for this issue is not online, so this text draws on Wikipedia and on the stamp itself.