About this stamp
K. G. Saxena
Dr K. G. Saxena (1912–2003) was the first Honorary Adviser (Homoeopathy) to the Government of India and the first Honorary Homoeopathic Physician to President Rajendra Prasad. He worked hard for the recognition and advancement of homoeopathy, for which he received the Padma Shri, and the N. C. Chakravarty Memorial Committee gave him its national award at Calcutta.
On the Stamp
His portrait in glasses and a suit, beside an open wooden chest of homoeopathic medicine bottles.
One of twelve ₹5 stamps issued on 30 August 2019 as “Master Healers of AYUSH”, printed together in blocks of twelve. Stamp, first day cover and brochure were developed by Alka Sharma from inputs given by the proponent; 300,000 of each stamp (302,000 of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi) were printed by wet offset at the India Security Press, Nashik.
