List of people on stamps of India
This is a list of people on the postage stamps of India.
(complete through 1961)
A
- Sri Anandamayi Ma, 1987
- Dr. Anugrah Narayan Sinha, Eminent Freedom Fighter & First Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar (1988)
- Salim Ali, Ornithologist, explorer, ecologist, teacher and writer (1996)
- Anand Rishiji Maharaj (2002)
- Dhirubhai Ambani, industrialist of Gujarat (2002)
- Frank Anthony Parliamentarian, jurist, educationist and philanthropist (2003)
- Annamacharya Saint, social reformer and singer-poet (2004)
- Jyotiprasad Agarwalla Cultural icon, nationalist, musician, poet and humanist (2004)
- Abdul Qaiyum Ansari (2005)
- Maraimalai Adigal, Tamil lecturer, scholar and researcher (2007)
- Alluri Sita Rama Raju, Freedom fighter (1986)
- Acharya Vijay Vallabh suri Charismatic Jain Saint(2009)
- Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari Congress PresidentGhazipur
B
- Subramania Bharati, poet and statesman (1960)
- Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande musician (1961)
- Buddha (1956, 2007)
- Jagadis Chandra Bose, scientist (1958)
- Homi Bhaba (1996)
- Sibnath Banerjee (1997)
- Swami Brahmanand, Freedom fighter, member of parliament, social reformer (1997)
- Basaveswara, Social reformer, From Karnataka (1997)
- D.R. Bendre, Kannada Author and Jnanpith Award Winner (1998)
- Sant Gadge Baba Religious philosopher, social reformer and saint (1998)
- Tarashankar Bandopadhyay, Bangla Author and Jnanpith Award Winner (1998)
- Raja Bhamashah(2000)
- Rajarshi Bhagyachandra(2000)
- Radha Gobinda Baruah(2000)
- Chaudhary Brahm Parkash, Leader and former chief minister of Delhi (2001)
- Bhagwan Baba, Ascetic, mystic and saint-poet (2002)
- Kanika Bandopadhyay, Exponent of Rabindra Sangeet (2002)
- Brajlal Biyani (2002)
- Mukut Behari Bhargava (2003)
- Harivansh Rai Bachchan, Hindi writer and poet (2003)
- Allah Jilai Bai(2003)
- Acharya Bhikshu, Founder of Jain Svetambar Terapanth sect (2004)
- Neeraja Bhanot, Indian Flight Attendant and Ashok Chakra Winner (2004)
- Panna Lal Barupal (2006)
- S.D. Burman, Music composer and singer (2007)
- Begum Hazrat Mahal (1984)
- M. Bhaktavatsalam (2008)
- Louis Braille (2009)
- Vaikom Muhammad Basheer (2009)
C
- William Carey, missionary
- Subhadra Kumari Chauhan, poetess. (1976)
- TRIPURANENI RAMASWAMI Chowdary, Freedom Fighter (1987)
- T.B. Cunha, Goan freedom Fighter (1998)
- Thakur Anukul Chandra (1987)
- Chhatrasal, Bundela Ruler (1987)
- Father Kuriakose Elias Chavara (1987)
- Rajah Sir Muthiah Chettiar (1987)
- Frédéric Chopin, Music composer for the Piano (2001)
- Arun Kumar Chanda(2000)
- Jaglal Choudhary(2000)
- Prithviraj Chauhan(2000)
- M C Chagla, Jurist, judge, educationist, diplomat, Union Cabinet Minister and Statesman (2004)
- Dheeran Chinnamalai (2005)
- A.M.M. Murugappa Chettiar (2005)
- Prabodh Chandra (2005)
- R.M. Algappa Chettiar (2007)
- S.B. Chavan, politician (2007)
D
- Henri Dunant, Red Cross founder (1957)
- W.M. Haffkine, Plague Vaccine formulator (1960)
- Rukmini Devi Arundale (1987)
- Nargis Dutt, actress and parliament member (1993)
- Kunji Lal Dubey (1996)
- D.B. Deodhar, Cricket Player (1996)
- Hazari Prasad Dwivedi, Hindi author (1997)
- Saint Dnyaneshwar (1997)
- Baba Raghav Das, Ascetic, reformer and freedom fighter (1998)
- Bishnu Dey, Bangla Author and Jnanpith Award Winner (1998)
- Ashapurna Devi, Bangla Author and Jnanpith Award Winner (1998)
- Lokanayak Omeo Kumar Das (1998)
- P.L. Deshpande (2002)
- Durga Das (2003)
- Sant Eknath (2003)
- C. D. Deshmukh (2004)
- Guru Dutt, Director, actor and film producer (2004)
- Jawaharlal Darda (2005)
- Lala Deen Dayal (2006)
E
F
G
- Mahatma Gandhi (1948, 1998, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011)
- George V of the United Kingdom (1911)
- George VI of the United Kingdom (1937)
- Mirza Ghalib, poet (1953)
- Sanjay Gandhi, (1981)
- Indira Gandhi, Politician and Indian Prime Minister (1984, 1985)
- Sagarmal Gopa, Freedom fighter (1986)
- Guru Ghasidas, (1987)
- Tyagamurti Goswami Ganeshdutt (1987)
- Kasturba Gandhi (1996)
- Shyam Lal Gupt 'Parshad' (1997)
- V.K. Gokak, Kannada Author and Jnanpith Award Winner (1998)
- Narayan Ganesh Goray (1998)
- Sane Guruji, Socio/Political Development Leader (2001)
- Aloysius Gonzaga (2001)
- Babu Gulabrai, writer and philosopher (2002)
- Santidev Ghose (2002)
- Gora(2002)
H
I
J
K
- Kabir, poet (1953, 2004)
- Kalidasa, poet (1960)
- Dhondo Keshav Karve, educator (1958)
- Hakim Ajmal Khan, Freedom fighter (1987)
- Dr. Kailash Nath Katju, Freedom fighter (1987)
- Pandit Hridya Nath Kunzru, Freedom fighter (1987)
- Saifuddin Kitchlew, freedom fighter (1989) [1]
- Abai Konunbaev (1996)
- Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar (1998)
- Syed Ahmad Khan (1998)
- Vakkom Abdul Khader (1998)
- Ustad Hafiz Ali Khan (2000)
- T.T. Krishnamachari (2002)
- Arran Kali(2002)
- Bade Ghulam Ali Khan (2003)
- Kusumagraj (2003)
- Kishore Kumar(2003)
- Hemant Kumar(2003)
- G. Sankara Kurup(2003)
- K. Shivarama Karanth,Kannada Author and Jnanpith Award Winner(2003)
- S.L. Kirloskar (2003)
- Tirupur Kumaran, Freedom fighter (2004)
- Krishan Kant (2005)
- Pratap Singh Kairon (2005)
- Vi. Kalyanasundarnar (2005)
- Mehboob Khan (2007)
- Damodar Dharmananda Kosambi, mathematician, statistician, and polymath (2008)
- Ustad Bismillah Khan, Shehnai maestro (2008)
- Udumalai Narayan Kavi (2008)
L
M
- Madan Mohan Malaviya, educator (1961)
- Meera, princess (1953)
- Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (1986)
- Vinoo Mankad, Cricket Player (1996)
- Vijay Merchant, Cricket Player (1996)
- Sri Ramana Maharshi (1998)
- Balwantrai Mehta(2000)
- Dr. Harekrushna Mahtab(2000)
- B. P. Mandal (2001)
- Giani Gurumukh Singh Musafir, Socio/Political Development Leader (2001)
- Chandragupta Maurya (2001)
- Dwarka Prasad Mishra (2001)
- Syama Prasad Mookerjee, Nationalist (2001)
- Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee(2002)
- Muktai, Poet-saint (2003)
- Kakaji Maharaj (2003)
- Mukesh, Playback singer(2003)
- Narendra Mohan (2003)
- Murasoli Maran (2004)
- A.V. Meiyappan (2006)
- Pankaj Kumar Mullick (2006)
- Madhubala, Film Actress (2008)
- Field Marshal SHFJ Manekshaw, Indian Army Officer (2008)
- Lord Mountbatten of Burma, last viceroy and first governor-general of India
N
- Motilal Nehru, freedom leader (1961)
- Rameshwari Nehru, Women's rights campaigner (1987)
- Col. C.K. Nayudu, Cricket Player (1996)
- Jawaharlal Nehru, Political Leader and the first Prime Minister of independent India (1997, 2005)
- E.M.S. Namboodiripad, Socio/Political Development Leader (2001)
- C. Sankaran Nair, Nationalist (2001)
- U Kiang Nongbah, Nationalist (2001)
- S. Nijalingappa, Ex chief minister Of Karnataka, Former of Modern Karnataka(2003)
- Raj Narain (2007)
- J. P. Naik (2007)
- Rani Velu Nachchiyar (2008)
- Kamala Nehru
- R. K. Narayan, Writer (2009)
P
R
S
- Chatrapati Shivaji, Maratha King (1961)
- Surdas, poet and saint (1953)
- Bhim Sen Sachar, Freedom fighter (1986)
- Swami Sivananda (1986)
- S. Satyamurti, Freedom fighter (1987)
- Veer Narayan Singh, patriot (1987)
- Nain Singh, pundit (2004)
- Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, Saint (1967)
- Alluri Sitaramaraju, Freedom fighter (1986)
- Yellapragada Subbarao, Scientist (1995)
- Giani Zail Singh (1995)
- Muhammad Ismail Sahib (1996)
- Sant Kavi Sunderdas (1997)
- Bhaktivedanta Swami (1997)
- Muhammed Abdurahiman Shahib (1998)
- Shanker Dayal Sharma (2000)
- Raj Kumar Shukla (2000)Bihar*General Zorawar Singh(2000)
- Basawon Singh (Sinha) (2000)
- R. Srinivasan(2000)
- Swami Sahajanand Saraswati (2000)Ghazipur
- Swami Shraddhanand (1970)
- Potti Sriramulu (2000)
- Suraj Narain Singh (2001)
- Yogendra Shukla, Freedom fighter and revolutionary (2001)
- Baikunth Shukla, Freedom fighter and revolutionary (2001)
- Jubba Sahni, Freedom fighter and revolutionary (2001)
- Krishna Nath Sarmah, Nationalist (2001)
- Samanta Chandra Sekhar (2001)
- Thakur Satyananda (2002)
- Chandraprabha Saikiani(2002)
- Anna Bhau Sathe (2002)
- Tipu Sultan, Sultan of Mysore and Freedom fighter (1974)
- Janardan Swami (2003)
- Swami Swaroopanandji (2003)
- Major Somnath Sharma, Paramveer Chakra (2003)
- Siddhar Swamigal (2004)
- Indra Chandra Shastri (2004)
- Radhanath Sikdar (2004)
- Nain Singh (2004)
- K Subrahmanyam (2004)
- Bhagat Puran Singh (2004)
- Bhaskara Sethupathy (2004)
- Padampat Singhania (2005)
- Madhavrao Scindia (2005)
- Dr. T.S. Soundram (2005)
- M. S. Subbulakshmi (2005)
- NMR Subbaraman (2006)
- M. Singaravelar (2006)
- Ma Po Shivagnanam (2006)
- Satyendra Narain Singh,freedom fighter & Bihar chief minister
- V.G.Suryanarayana Sastriar, Tamil scholar and writer (2007)
- Damodaram Sanjivayya, Politician and chief minister (2008)
- Maharshi Bulusu Sambamurthy (2008)
- Shri Shirdi Sai Baba, saint (2008)
- Ramdhari Singh Dinkar
- Rahul Sankrityayan
T
- Purushottam Das Tandon, freedom fighter (1982)
- Rabindranath Tagore, poet (1953, 1961)
- J.R.D. Tata, industrialist (1958)
- Thiruvalluvar, Tamil poet (1960)
- Bal Gangadhar Tilak, independence leader (1956)
- Tulsidas, poet and saint (1953)
- Tyagaraja, musician (1961)
- Tansen, Singer (1986)
- P.M. Thevar (1995)
- Omkarnath Thakur (1997)
- Prabodhankar Thackeray (2002)
- Sant Tukaram (2002)
- Jamshedji Nusserwanji Tata, industrialist (2008)
- Mother Theresa, Humanitarian, Nobel Peace Prize Winner (1980 and 1997)
V
- Vaidyanatha Iyer, freedom fighter, Madurai, Tamil Nadu (1999)[1]
- Victoria of the United Kingdom (1854)
- Visvesvarayya, The Great engineer and statesman from karnataka (1960)
- Sardar A. Vedaratnam (1998)
- Pandit Suryanarayan Vyas, Author (2002)
- Vaidyaratnam P.S. Varier, Founder of Arya Vaidya Sala, Kottakkal (2002)
- S. S. Vasan (2004)
- Randhir Prasad Verma, Superintendent of Police and Ashok Chakra Winner (2004)
- Tenneti Viswanatham (2004)
- Thirumuruga Kirubananda Variyar (2006)
- G. Varadaraj (2006)
- Saint Vallalar (2007)
- Thillaiyadi Valliammai (2008)
- Virchand Gandhi, 19th Century Indian Legend (8 November 2009)
- Vijay Chandra Sekhar, Tamil Actor (2010)
- Ecoman Vijaypal Baghel, environmentalist,(2001)
Y
Z
French India
See also
References
- Who's who on Indian stamps (451 brief biographies). Mohan B. Daryanani. 1999. ISBN 8493110108.