Shri Satyamurti

A portrait of the Mayor and orator of Madras.

Technical data Notes Condition

Date of issue August 22, 1987

Denomination 60 p

Quantity printed 1000000

Printer Security Printing Press, Nashik

Perforation comb 13

Watermark No Watermark

Colours Multicolor

Printing process Photogravure

Catalogue codes Michel IN 1105 Stamp Number IN 1167 Yvert et Tellier IN 921 Stanley Gibbons IN 1235

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

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A portrait of S. Satyamurti in a white cap and round spectacles, between stripes of saffron and green, with his name in Hindi and English, on a 60 paise stamp.

S. Satyamurti

India Post issued this 60 paise stamp on 22 August 1987, three days after the anniversary of his birth in 1887. A lawyer and orator, he went to Britain in 1919 as Secretary of the Congress delegation, and courted imprisonment in 1930 and 1932. As Mayor of Madras in 1939 he began the Poondi Reservoir Scheme, and the reservoir is called Satyamurti Sagar. He also promoted Carnatic music and classical dance.