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Independence Stamps

15 December 1947

12a

Picture on stamp is of Douglas DC-4 Plane which was made by Donald Wills Douglas, SR., an American aviation engineer

Inauguration of India-UK Air Service

29 May 1948

12a

Picture on stamp is of Aroplane named Lockheed Constellation which was a propeller-driven, four-engined airliner built by Lockheed Corporation formed by Allan Haines (Loughhead) Lockheed, an American aviation engineer

Conquest of Mount Everest

02 October 1953

Picture on stamp is of Mount Everest named after Sir George Everest who was a British surveyor and geographer, and the Surveyor General of India from 1830 through 1843.

Conquest of Mount Everest

02 October 1953

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Picture on stamp is of Mount Everest named after Sir George Everest who was a British surveyor and geographer, and the Surveyor General of India from 1830 through 1843.

Forest Research Institute, Dehradun

11 December 1954

Picture on stamp is of Dehradun Forestry Institute which was originaly founded in 1878 as British Imperial Forest School by Dietrich Brandis who was a German forester who worked with the British Imperial Forestry Service in colonial India.

Bombay University

31 December 1957

10np

Picture on stamp is of Rajabai Tower of Bombay University which was established by John Wilson, a British Missionery

Calcutta University

31 December 1957

10np

Picture on stamp is of Calcutta University whose first Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor were Governor General Lord Canning and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Sir James William Colvile, respectively and both were British citizens.

Madras University

31 December 1957

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Picture on stamp is of Madras University; Lord Elphinstone, who was British, evolved a plan for the establishment of a central collegiate institution or a ‘university.’

First Man on the Moon

19 November 1969

20p

Picture on the stamp is of Neil Alden Armstrong who was an American astronaut and the first person to walk on the Moon

2500th Anniversary of Charter of Cyrus the Great

12 October 1971

20p

Picture on stamp is of Cyrus the Great who was well recognized for his achievements in human rights, politics, and military strategy, as well as his influence on both Eastern and Western civilizations

15th Anniversary of Indian Mountaneering Foundation, New Delhi

15 May 1973

20p

Picture on stamp is of Mount Everest named after Sir George Everest who was a British surveyor and geographer, and the Surveyor General of India from 1830 through 1843.