List of people on the postage stamps of India

This is a list of people on the postage stamps of India.

A Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, politician, Premier and Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir (1988) Maraimalai Adigal, Tamil lecturer, scholar and researcher (2007) Jyoti Prasad Agarwala Cultural icon, nationalist, musician, poet and humanist (2004) Salim Ali, Ornithologist, explorer, ecologist, teacher and writer (1996) Zamin Ali, Educator, Poet, founded the first Department of Urdu in India. Dhirubhai Ambani, industrialist of Gujarat (2002) B. R. Ambedkar, founder of Navayana Buddhism, architect of the Constitution of India (1966, 1973, 1991, 2001, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017)Ambedkar on stamps. colnect.comB. R. Ambedkar on stamps. commons.wikimedia.org Annamacharya Saint, social reformer and singer-poet (2004) Abdul Qaiyum Ansari (2005) Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari Congress President Ghazipur Frank Anthony Parliamentarian, jurist, educationist and philanthropist (2003) Sree Sree Thakur Anukulchandra (1987) Talimeren Ao, footballer and physician (2018) M. V. Arunachalam, businessman and Chairman of Murugappa Group (2018) Rukmini Devi Arundale (1987) Sri Aurobindo, Indian philosopher, author and nationalist Chandra Shekhar Azad revolutionary (1988)

B Bhagwan Baba, Ascetic, mystic and saint-poet (2002) Sant Gadge Baba Religious philosopher, social reformer and saint (1998) Homi Jehangir Bhabha, nuclear physicist Harivansh Rai Bachchan, Hindi writer and poet (2003) Ecoman Vijaypal Baghel, environmentalist (2001) Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna, politician (2018) Allah Jilai Bai (2003) Kanika Bandopadhyay, Exponent of Rabindra Sangeet (2002) Tarashankar Bandopadhyay, Bangla Author and Jnanpith Award Winner (1998) Sibnath Banerjee (1997) Thakkar Bapa, Social Worker (1969) Radha Gobinda Baruah (2000) Panna Lal Barupal (2006) Basaveswara, Social reformer, From Karnataka (1997) Vaikom Muhammad Basheer (2009) D.R. Bendre, Kannada Author and Jnanpith Award Winner (1998) Homi Bhaba (1996) Rajarshi Bhagyachandra (2000) M. Bhaktavatsalam (2008) Raja Bhamashah (2000) Neeraja Bhanot, Indian Flight Attendant and Ashok Chakra Winner (2004) Subramania Bharati, poet and statesman (1960) Mukut Behari Bhargava (2003) Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande musician (1961) Acharya Bhikshu, Founder of Jain Svetambar Terapanth sect (2004) Brajlal Biyani (2002) Sree Sree Borda (2010) Jagadis Chandra Bose, scientist (1958) Sarat Chandra Bose, Freedom Fighter, President of Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee, Member of the interim cabinet Subhas Chandra Bose, Freedom Fighter, President of Indian National Congress, Head of Azad Hind government Louis Braille (2009) Swami Brahmanand, Freedom fighter, member of parliament, social reformer (1997) Buddha (1956, 2007) S.D. Burman, Music composer and singer (2007)

C Bhikaiji Cama, Freedom Fighter (1962) William Carey, missionary M C Chagla, Jurist, judge, educationist, diplomat, Union Cabinet Minister and Statesman (2004) Arun Kumar Chanda (2000) Krishan Chander, author (2017) Prabodh Chandra (2005) Thakur Anukul Chandra (1987) Kittur Rani Channamma Queen of Kittur (1977) Damodar Hari Chapekar, revolutionary (2018) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, novelist and author of "Vande Mataram" Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, novelist (1976) Prithviraj Chauhan, king during the Chahamanas of Shakambhari dynasty (2000, 2018: series of 4 stamps) Subhadra Kumari Chauhan, poet (1976) S.B. Chavan, politician (2007) Father Kuriakose Elias Chavara (1987) A. M. M. Murugappa Chettiar (2005) Rajah Sir Muthiah Chettiar (1987) R.M. Algappa Chettiar (2007) S. Rm. M. Annamalai Chettiar (1980) Calava Cunnan Chetty, founder of a university in Tamil Nadu (2019) Chhatrasal, Bundela Ruler (1987) Dheeran Chinnamalai (2005) Frédéric Chopin, Music composer for the Piano (2001) Jaglal Choudhary (2000) T.B. Cunha, Goan freedom Fighter (1998)

D Jawaharlal Darda (2005) Baba Raghav Das, Ascetic, reformer and freedom fighter (1998) Chittaranjan Das Freedom Fighter, founder of Swaraj Party Lokanayak Omeo Kumar Das (1998) Lala Deen Dayal (2006) D. B. Deodhar, Cricket Player (1996) C. D. Deshmukh (2004) Durgabai Deshmukh, freedom fighter and social activist (1982) Nanaji Deshmukh, politician (2017) Purushottam Laxman Deshpande (2002) Ashapoorna Devi, Bangla Author and Jnanpith Award Winner (1998) Bishnu Dey, Bangla Author and Jnanpith Award Winner (1998) Ramdhari Singh Dinkar Jairamdas Doulatram, politician and freedom fighter (1985) Dnyaneshwar, saint (1997) Kunji Lal Dubey (1996) Henry Dunant, Red Cross founder (1957) Guru Dutt, Director, actor and film producer (2004) Hazari Prasad Dwivedi, Hindi author (1997)

E Edward VII of the United Kingdom (1902) Albert Einstein, physicist (2005) Eknath, saint (2003)

F Lalan Fakir (2003)

G D.R. Gadgil, Economist (2008) Bhaurao Krishnarao Gaikwad (2002) Indira Gandhi, Politician and Indian Prime Minister (1984, 1985) Kasturba Gandhi (1996) Mahatma Gandhi (1948, 1998, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2018: series of 7 stamps for 150th birthday & 2018: India–South Africa Joint Issue, with Mandela stamp, 2019: series of 5 stamps for 150th birthday) Rajiv Gandhi (2004) Sanjay Gandhi (1981) Virchand Gandhi, 19th Century Indian Legend (2009) Gemini Ganesan Actor (2006) Savitri Ganesan Actress (2011) Tyagamurti Goswami Ganeshdutt (1987) Balwant Gargi, writer and academic (2017) B D Garware, Industrialist (2004) George V of the United Kingdom (1911) George VI of the United Kingdom (1937) Mirza Ghalib, poet (1953) Ghantasala, Playback singer and music director (2003) Guru Ghasidas (1987) Ritwik Ghatak, Script writer and Film Director (2007) Santidev Ghose (2002) V.K. Gokak, Kannada Author and Jnanpith Award Winner (1998) Bhaskar Vishwananth Ghokale (2019) Aloysius Gonzaga (2001) Sagarmal Gopa, Freedom fighter (1986) Tripuraneni Gopichand, Telugu Novelist and Film Director (2011) Narayan Ganesh Goray (1998) Babu Gulabrai, writer and philosopher (2002) D. V. Gundappa, Kannada poet (1988) Shyam Lal Gupt 'Parshad' (1997) Sane Guruji, Socio/Political Development Leader (2001)

H Waldemar Haffkine, Plague Vaccine formulator (1960) Hafiz (2004) Lala Hardayal, Freedom Fighter (1987) Matangini Hazra (2002) Walchand Hirachand (2004) Dr. Hiralal (1987) Allan Octavian Hume Civil Servant, Founder of Indian National Congress (1973) Zakir Husain (1998)

I Vaidyanatha Iyer, freedom fighter, Madurai, Tamil Nadu (1999)

J Jagdish Chandra Jain (1998) Jayadeva Sir Phiroze Jamshedjee Jeejeebhoy, financier, philanthropist (1959) Sir William Jones (1997)

K Kabir, poet/saint (1953, 2004) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Indian President and Missile Man of the nation (2015) Mohammad Kabiruddin (2019) Veeran Azhagu Muthu Kone (2015) Zorawar Singh Kahluria, general in the Sikh Empire (2000) Pratap Singh Kairon (2005) Hemu Kalani Ayyan Kali (2002) Kalidasa, poet (1960) Vi. Kalyanasundarnar (2005) Krishan Kant (2005) K. Shivarama Karanth, Kannada Author and Jnanpith Award Winner (2003) Dhondo Keshav Karve, educator (1958) Dr. Kailash Nath Katju, Freedom fighter (1987) Udumalai Narayana Kavi (2008) C. Kesavan, politician (2018) Vakkom Abdul Khader (1998) Bade Ghulam Ali Khan (2003) Hakim Ajmal Khan, Freedom fighter (1987) Mehboob Khan (2007) Syed Ahmad Khan (1998) Ustad Bismillah Khan, Shehnai maestro (2008) Ustad Hafiz Ali Khan (2000) Ustad Sabri Khan, sarangi musician (2018) Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar (1998) Rajesh Khanna, Actor (2013) Martin Luther King Jr. (1969, 2008) S.L. Kirloskar (2003) Saifuddin Kitchlew, freedom fighter (1989)Mohan, p. 211 Jhalkari Bai Koli (2001) Abai Qunanbaiuly (1996) Damodar Dharmananda Kosambi, mathematician, statistician, and polymath (2008) T.T. Krishnamachari (2002) Jiddu Krishnamurti (1987) Hemant Kumar (2003) Kishore Kumar (2003) Tirupur Kumaran, Freedom fighter (2004) Hanagal Kumaraswamiji, saint, holy leader (2017) Pandit Hridya Nath Kunzru, Freedom fighter (1987) G. Sankara Kurup (2003) Kusumagraj (2003) Swami Kuvalayananda (2019) M.M. Kuzhiveli (2019)

L Mohammad Abdul Aziz Lakhnawi (2019) V Lakshminarayana (2004) Rukmini Lakshmipathi (1997) Nupee Lal (2004) Henning Holck-Larsen, cofounder of Larsen and Tubro (2008) Laxmibai, Rani of Jhansi (1957) Madhu Limaye (1997) Abraham Lincoln (2008) Ram Manohar Lohia (1997) Narayan Meghaji Lokhande (2005) Harchand Singh Longowal (1987) Sahir Ludhianvi (2013)

M Anandamayi Ma (1987) Madhubala, Film Actress (2008) Baldev Ram Mirdha, Indian independence activist and social reformer (1989) Mehr Chand Mahajan, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India (2017) Begum Hazrat Mahal (1984) Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (1986) Gulabrao Maharaj, philosopher and Hindi saint (2018)) Kakaji Maharaj (2003) Sant Santaji Jagnade Maharaj (2009) Sri Ramana Maharshi (1998) Dr. Harekrushna Mahtab (2000) Maharana Pratap, Indian king (1967) Mahadevappa Mailar, martyr (2018) Asrar Ul Haq 'Majaaz', Urdu Poet (2008) Madan Mohan Malaviya, educator (1961) B. P. Mandal (2001) Nelson Mandela, (2018: India–South Africa Joint Issue, with Gandhi stamp) Field Marshal SHFJ Manekshaw, Indian Army Officer (2008) Vinoo Mankad, Cricket Player (1996) Murasoli Maran (2004) Chandragupta Maurya (2001) Meera, princess (1953) Balwantrai Mehta (2000) Dinshaw Mehta (2019) A.V. Meiyappan (2006) Vijay Merchant, Cricket Player (1996) Dwarka Prasad Mishra (2001) Narendra Mohan (2003) Atukuri Molla, poet (2017) Syama Prasad Mookerjee, Nationalist (2001) Lord Mountbatten of Burma, last viceroy and first governor-general of India Muddana, poet (2017) Mukesh, Playback singer (2003) Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee (2002) Muktai, Poet-saint (2003) Pankaj Kumar Mullick (2006) Giani Gurumukh Singh Musafir, Socio/Political Development Leader (2001)

N Rani Velu Nachchiyar (2008) Harakh Chand Nahata (2009) J. P. Naik (2007) C. Sankaran Nair, Nationalist (2001) E.M.S. Namboodiripad, Socio/Political Development Leader (2001) Dadabhai Naoroji, businessman, British MP, co-founder Indian National Congress (2017) Raj Narain (2007) Jaiprakash Narayan R. K. Narayan, Writer (2009) Nargis, actress and parliament member (1993) Col. C.K. Nayudu, Cricket Player (1996) Jawaharlal Nehru, Political leader and the first Prime Minister of independent India (1997, 2005) Kamala Nehru Motilal Nehru, freedom leader (1961) Rameshwari Nehru, Women's rights campaigner (1987) S. Nijalingappa, Ex chief minister Of Karnataka, Former of Modern Karnataka (2003) U Kiang Nongbah, Nationalist (2001)

P Shastri Shankar Daji Pade (2019) Bipin Chandra Pal, freedom leader (1958) Dr. B.P. Pal (2008) Nanabhoy Palkhivala (2004) Chittu Pandey Mangal Pandey Marudhu Pandiar Brothers (2004) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (2000) A.T. Paneerselvam (2008) P N Panicker (2004) Pāṇini (2004) Govindaro Pansare (2003) Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, Saint (1967) Chaudhary Brahm Parkash, Leader and former chief minister of Delhi (2001) Maharaja Bijli Pasi (2000) Babubhai Patel, Pappaji on the "Pappaji and Kakaji" stamp, brothers and co-founders of the Yogi Divine Society (2018) Dadubhai Patel, Kakaji on the "Pappaji and Kakaji" stamp, brothers and co-founders of the Yogi Divine Society (2018) Manoharbhai Patel (2007) Vallabhbhai Patel, Freedom Fighter, First Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Vithalbhai Patel, Political Leader (1973) Vithalrao Vikhe Patil (2002) Biju Patnaik, politician (2018) Shivahirao Ganesh Patwardhan, freedom fighter, physician, devoted efforts to leprosy patients (2017) Ram Chand Paul, scientist, Vice-Chancellor of Panjab University (2019) Sheikh Tambi Pavalar (2008) Devaneya Pavanar, Tamil author (2006) Baji Rao Peshwa (2004) Savitribai Phule (1998) Kavimani Desika Vinayagam Pillai (2005) Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai (2003) T.V. Sambasivam Pillai (2019) Rajesh Pilot, politician (2008) S.K. Pottekkatt (2003) Kavi Pradeep (2011) Swami Pranavananda (2002) Saint Mahamati Prannath, follower and namesake of Pranami tradition of Hinduism (2019) Jagdev Prasad (2001) L.V. Prasad, Film actor, producer and director (2006) K.V. Puttappa, writer (1998, 2017)

R Bishnu Prasad Rabha (2009) Mohammad Rafi (2003)