Romesh Chunder Dutt
A commemorative postage stamp on R. C. Dutta, an Indian civil servant, economic historian, writer and translator of Ramayana and Mahabharata, president of Indian National Congress (INC) in 1899 [a part of the series ‘Personalities Stamps Series‘] :
Issued by India
Issued on Sep 27, 1973
Type : Stamp, Postal Used
Colour : Dark Brown
Denomination : 20 Paise
Overall size : 3.91 x 2.90 cms.
Printing size : 3.56 x 2.54 cms.
Perforation : 13 x 13
Watermark : Printed on unwatermarked Adhesive Stamp paper on sheets
Quantity printed : 1.5 Million
Number per issue sheet : 35
Printing Process : Photogravure process
Designed and printed at : India Security Press, Nasik Road
Name : Romesh Chunder Dutt
Born on Aug 13, 1848 at Kolkata, Bengal, British India
Died on Nov 30, 1909 at Baroda State, British India [now in Gujarat]
[…] by the relentless efforts of stalwarts like Dadabhai Naoroji, Justice M.G. Ranade, G.V. Joshi and R.C. Dutt who conducted a scientific investigation of India‘s poverty and revealed the one-sided policy […]