List of postage stamps of India (1971–1980)

This is a list of commemorative postage stamps issued by the India Post between 1971 and 1980.

1971

#Issue dateDescriptionImageDenomination 1 11 January 1971 Centenary of Indian Life Insurance 20 p 2 10 February 1971 Golden Jubilee of Kashi Vidyapeeth 20 p 3 10 February 1971 Sant Ravidas 20 p 4 12 February 1971 Birth Centenary of Deenabandhu Charles Freer Andrews 20 p 5 19 February 1971 15th Death Anniversary of Acharya Narendra Deo 20 p 6 10 March 1971 Census Centenary 20 p 7 14 April 1971 Ramana Maharshi 20 p 8 29 April 1971 65th Death Anniversary of Raja Ravi Varma 20 p 9 30 April 1971 Birth Centenary of Dadasaheb Phalke 20 p 10 7 August 1971 Birth Centenary of Abanindranath Tagore 20 p 11 14 September 1971 Swami Virajanand 20 p 12 12 October 1971 2,500th Anniversary of Charter of Cyrus the Great 20 p 13 31 October 1971 World Thrift Day 20 p 14 4 November 1971 25th Anniversary United Nations Educational and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) 20 p 15 14 November 1971 National Children's Day 20 p 16 21 November 1971 1st Death Anniversary of Dr.Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman 20 p 17 24 December 1971 Golden Jubilee of Visva Bharati University, Shantiniketan, West Bengal 20 p 18 30 December 1971 CRICKET VICTORIES (Victories against West Indies and England) 20 p

1972 #Issue dateDescriptionImageDenomination 1 26 February 1972 First Anniversary of Arvi Satellite Earth Station 20 p 2 29 May 1972 Silver Jubilee of Indian Standards Institute (ISI) 20 p 3 30 June 1972 50th Anniversary of International Union of Railways 20 p * XX Olympic Games, Munich (Set of 2 Stamps) 4 10 August 1972 Hockey Player 20 p 5 10 August 1972 Various Sports and 1972 1.45 Rs 6 15 August 1972 Birth Centenary of Aurobindo 20 p 7 15 August 1972 25th Anniversary of Independence 20 p 8 15 August 1972 Greetings to Armed Forces on Silver Jubilee of Independence 20 p 9 5 September 1972 Birth Centenary of V. O. Chidambaram Pillai 20 p * Personality Series, (Set of 4 Stamps) 10 16 October 1972 Birth Centenary of Bhai Vir Singh 20 p 11 16 October 1972 Birth Centenary of Tanguturi Prakasham 20 p 12 16 October 1972 300th Birth Anniversary of Vemana 20 p 13 16 October 1972 Birth Centenary of Bertrand Russell 1.45 Rs * Asia-72: 3rd Asian International Trade Fair, New Delhi (Set of 2 Stamps) 14 3 November 1972 Logo of Asia ’72 20 p 15 3 November 1972 Asia '72: Hand of Buddha in ‘Abhaya Mudra’ 1.45 Rs. 16 30 December 1972 First Death Anniversary of Dr.Vikram Sarabhai 20 p 17 30 December 1972 50th Anniversary of USSR 20 p

1973 #Issue dateDescriptionImageDenomination 1 8 January 1973 'INDIPEX 73', International Stamp Exhibition, New Delhi 1.45 Rs * 25th Anniversary of Independence (Set of 2 Stamps) 2 26 January 1973 Ashok Chakra interlocked by 'Nāga' 20 p 3 26 January 1973 National Tri-coloured Smoke From Gnat Fighters & India Gate 1.45 Rs 4 18 February 1973 Ramakrishna Paramahamsa 20 p 5 1 March 1973 First Anniversary of Army Postal Service Corps 20 p 6 10 April 1973 'Jai Bangla', Inauguration of First Bangladesh Parliament 20 p 7 12 April 1973 Birth Centenary of Kumaran Asan 20 p 8 13 April 1973 Homage to Martyrs for Independence 20 p 9 14 April 1973 Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar 20 p * Indian Miniature Paintings, (Set of 4 Stamps) 10 5 May 1973 Radha-Kishangarh 20 p 11 5 May 1973 Dance Duet 50 p 12 5 May 1973 Lovers on Camel Back 1 R 13 5 May 1973 Taming of Elephant 2 Rs 14 15 May 1973 15th Anniversary of Indian Mountaineering Foundation, New Delhi 20 p 15 8 June 1973 25th Anniversary of Air India's International Services 1.45 Rs. 16 3 July 1973 19th Death Anniversary of St. Thomas 20 p 17 21 July 1973 Death Centenary of Michael Madhusudan Dutt 20 p 18 21 July 1973 Birth Centenary of Vishnu Digambar Paluskar 30 p 19 21 July 1973 Dr. Gerhard Armauer Hansen, Centenary of Discovery of Leprosy Bacillus 50 p 20 21 July 1973 5th Birth Centenary of Nicolaus Copernicus 1 R 21 31 July 1973 Allan Octavian Hume 20 p 22 15 August 1973 Homage to Gandhi and Nehru on 25th anniversary of Independence 20 p * Personality Series, (Set of 3 Stamps) 23 27 September 1973 Romesh Chunder Dutt 20 p 24 27 September 1973 K. S. Ranjitsinhji 30 p 25 27 September 1973 Birth Centenary of Vithalbhai Patel 50 p 26 30 September 1973 Bicentenary of President's Bodyguard 20 p 27 9 October 1973 50th Anniversary of Interpol (International Criminal Police Organization) 20 p 28 17 October 1973 Syed Ahmad Khan 20 p 29 14 November 1973 National Children's Day 20 p * 'INDIPEX – 73', India International Philatelic Exhibition, New Delhi. (Set of 3 Stamps) 30 14 November 1973 All Roads to Delhi 20 p 31 14 November 1973 Ceremonial Elephant & Independence 1 R 32 14 November 1973 Peacock 2 Rs 33 25 November 1973 Silver Jubilee of National Cadet Corps, (NCC) 20 p 34 25 December 1973 First Death Anniversary of C. Rajagopalachari 20 p

1974 #Issue dateDescriptionImageDenomination * Indian Masks (used in Dance Drama) (Set of 4 Stamps) 1 15 April 1974 Sun 20 p 2 15 April 1974 Moon 50 p 3 15 April 1974 Narasimha 1 R 4 15 April 1974 Ravana 2 Rs 5 2 June 1974 300th Anniversary of Coronation of Chatrapati Shivaji 25 p 6 3 July 1974 Maithili Sharan Gupta 25 p 7 3 July 1974 Jainarain Vyas 25 p 8 3 July 1974 Utkal Gourab Madhusudan Das 25 p 9 15 July 1974 Kandukuri Veeresalingam 25 p 10 15 July 1974 Tipu Sultan 50 p 11 15 July 1974 Max Müller 1 R 12 1 August 1974 75th Birth Anniversary of Kamala Nehru 25 p 13 14 August 1974 World Population Year 25 p 14 24 August 1974 Varahagiri Venkata Giri 25 p * Centenary of Universal Postal Union, (Set of 3 Stamps) 15 3 October 1974 U.P.U. Emblem 25 p 16 3 October 1974 'Birds & Nest' (Madhubani Style) & U.P.U. Emblem 1 R 17 3 October 1974 Arrows Encircling Globe 2 Rs 18 9 October 1974 Centenary of Mathura museum (Se-Tenant) 25 p (Each)19 20 9 October 1974 Birth Centenary of Nicholas Roerich 1 R 21 13 November 1974 2500th Anniversary of Bhagwan Mahavira's attainment of Nirvana (Jal Mandir) 25 p 22 14 November 1974 National Children's Day 25 p 23 14 November 1974 25th Anniversary of UNICEF in India 25 p 24 16 November 1974 25th Anniversary of Indian Territorial Army 25 p 25 2 December 1974 19th International Dairy Congress, New Delhi 25 p 26 8 December 1974 Help for Mentally Retarded Children 25 p 27 12 December 1974 Birth Centenary of Guglielmo Marconi 2 Rs 28 24 December 1974 Saint Francis Xavier's Apostle Celebration 25 p

1975 #Issue dateDescriptionImageDenomination 1 10 January 1975 World Hindi Convention, Nagpur 25 2 26 January 1975 25th Anniversary of the Republic 25 3 6 February 1975 33rd World Table Tennis Championships, Calcutta 25 4 16 February 1975 International Women's Year 25 5 8 April 1975 Bicentenary of Indian Army Ordnance Corps 25 6 11 April 1975 Centenary of Arya Samaj 20 7 12 April 1975 World Telugu Conference, Hyderabad, India 25 8 20 April 1975 Launch of First Indian Satellite 25 * Indian birds, (Set of 4 Stamps) 9 28 April 1975 Indian Pitta 25 10 28 April 1975 Black headed Oriole 50 11 28 April 1975 Western Tragopan 100 12 28 April 1975 Monal Pheasant 200 13 24 May 1975 4th Centenary of Ramcharitmanas (epic poem by Tulsidas) 25 14 20 June 1975 Centenary of Indian Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) 25 15 28 June 1975 500th Birth Anniversary of Michelangelo Buonarroti (Se-tenant of Four) 50 (Each) 16 28 July 1975 25th Anniversary of International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage 25 17 1 August 1975 Satellite Instructional Television Experiment 25 18 14 August 1975 600th Birth Anniversary of Sant Arunagirinathar 50 19 26 August 1975 Namibia Day 25 20 4 September 1975 Mir Anees 25 21 4 September 1975 Ahilyabai Holkar 25 * Indian classical dances, (Set of 6 Stamps) 22 20 October 1975 Bharata Natyam 25 23 20 October 1975 Odissi 50 24 20 October 1975 Kathak 75 25 20 October 1975 Kathakali 100 26 20 October 1975 Kuchipudi 150 27 20 October 1975 Manipuri 200 * Personality Series (Set of 3 Stamps) 28 24 October 1975 Vengalil Krishnan Krishna Menon 25 29 24 October 1975 Ameer Khusrau 50 30 24 October 1975 Bahadur Shah Zafar 100 31 28 October 1975 21st Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, New Delhi 200 32 31 October 1975 Birth Centenary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel 25 33 3 November 1975 Birth Centenary of Karmavir Nabin Chandra Bardoloi 25 34 14 November 1975 National Children's Day 25 35 13 December 1975 50th Anniversary of India Security Press, Nasik 20 36 16 December 1975 Tercentenary of the martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur 25 37 20 December 1975 Centenary of the Theosophical Society 25 38 24 December 1975 Centenary of the Indian Meteorological Department 25 * INPEX-75 India National Philatelic Exhibition, Calcutta (Set of 2 Stamps) 39 25 December 1975 Early Mail Cart 25 40 25 December 1975 Indian Bishop Mark (1775 A.D.) 200

1976 #Issue dateDescriptionImageDenomination 1 3 January 1976 First Death Anniversary of Lalit Narayan Mishra 25 2 24 January 1976 Birth Centenary of Jim Corbett 25 3 10 February 1976 Keoladeo Ghana Bird Sanctuary, Bharatpur 25 4 4 March 1976 Bicentenary of 16th Light Cavalry Regiment 25 5 10 March 1976 Alexander Graham Bell 25 6 18 March 1976 Birth Centenary of Muthuswami Dikshitar 20 7 7 April 1976 World Health Day. Prevention of Blindness 25 8 30 April 1976 Industrial Development 25 * Indian Locomotives, (Set of 4 Stamps) 9 15 May 1976 W.D.M 2 1963 25 10 15 May 1976 F/1 1895 50 11 15 May 1976 WP/1 1963 100 12 15 May 1976 GIP NO. 1 1853 200 13 29 May 1976 Bicentenary of American Revolution 280 14 15 July 1976 73rd Birth Anniversary of K. Kamaraj 25 * XXI Olympic Games, Montreal, (Set of 4 Stamps) 15 17 July 1976 Shooting 25 16 17 July 1976 Shot Put 100 17 17 July 1976 Hockey 150 18 17 July 1976 Running 280 19 6 August 1976 Subhadra Kumari Chauhan 25 20 15 August 1976 Param Vir Chakra (Highest Gallantry Award) 25 21 3 September 1976 60th Anniversary of Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey Women's University, Bombay 25 22 9 September 1976 Bharatendu Harishchandra 25 23 15 September 1976 Birth Centenary of Sarat Chandra Chatterjee 25 24 22 September 1976 Family Planning Campaign 25 25 24 September 1976 Maharaja Agrasen 75 * Indian wild life, (Set of 4 Stamps) 26 1 October 1976 swamp deer 25 27 1 October 1976 Indian lion 50 28 1 October 1976 Leopard 100 29 1 October 1976 caracal 200 30 1 October 1976 Voluntary Blood Donation 25 31 15 October 1976 Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala' 25 32 14 November 1976 National Children's Day 25 33 24 November 1976 Hiralal Shastri 25 34 26 November 1976 Dr.Hari Singh Gour 25 35 1 December 1976 Inauguration of Indian Airlines Airbus Service 200 36 27 December 1976 Diamond Jubilee of Coconut Research 20 37 30 December 1976 Centenary of 'Vande Mataram' 25

1977