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St. Andrew's Church, Egmore, Chennai

25 February 1997

800

Picture on stamp is of St. Andrew's Church, Egmore, Chennai. St. Andrew was a Christian Apostle and the brother of Saint Peter.

150 Years of Anaesthesia

27 December 1996

500

Picture on stamp is of Victorian Doctors performing operation. In 1847, Scottish obstetrician James Young Simpson (1811–1870) of Edinburgh was the first to use chloroform as a general anesthetic.

100 Years of Cardiac Surgery

25 February 1996

500

Picture on stamp is of suturing of a Heart wound & Cardiac Transplantation. The first surgery on the heart itself was performed by Norwegian surgeon Axel Cappelen on 4 September 1895 at Rikshospitalet in Kristiania, now Oslo.

150th Anniversary of La Martiniere College, Lucknow

01 October 1995

200

Picture on stamp is of La Martiniere College, Lucknow.It was founded by an endowment from the wealthy eighteenth-century Frenchman, Major-General Claude Martin (1735–1800), who was an officer in the French and later the British East India Company.

125th Anniversary of St. Xavier's College, Bombay

04 December 1994

200

Picture on stamp is of St. Xavier's College, Bombay. He was was a Roman Catholic missionary born in Xavier, Kingdom of Navarre (now part of Spain), and co-founder of the Society of Jesus.

Calcutta Tricentenary

28 December 1990

600

Picture on stamp is of 18th Century Shipping on the Ganges & old Fort William.

150th Anniversary of First Postage Stamp

06 May 1990

600

Picture on stamp is of 'Penny Black' bearing effigy of Queen Victoria.

75th Anniversary of Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics, Bombay

19 April 1989

Picture on stamp is of Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics, Bombay. It was named after the then-Governor of Bombay, Lord Sydenham of Combe, who was instrumental in making the undergraduate degree of Bachelor of Commerce possible in Mumbai.

Centenary of St. Martha's Hospital, Bangalore

30 December 1986

100

Picture on stamp is of Original Building of St. Martha's Hospital. Martha is venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox churches, and commemorated by the Lutheran Church and the Anglican Communion.

Mayo College, Ajmer

12 April 1986

100

Picture on stamp is of Main Building of Mayo College, Ajmer. It was founded in 1875 by Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo who was also the Viceroy of India from 1869 to 1872.

250th Anniversary of Naval Dockyard, Bombay

11 January 1986

250

Picture on stamp is of Bombay and Duncan Dry Docks. The Duncan Dock named after Jonathan Duncan, then Governor of Bombay, consists of two dry docks, namely the Upper Duncan Dry Dock built in 1807 and Lower Duncan Dry Dock built in 1810.

Centenary of St. Stephen's Hospital, Delhi

25 November 1985

100

Picture on stamp is of St. Stephen's Hospital, Delhi. It is named after St.Stephan who is venerated as a saint in the Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Orthodox Churches.