Shree Panch Bada Maharaj Prithivi Narayan Shah
A commemorative postage stamp on Maharajadhiraja Prithvi Narayan, the Founder of Modern Nepal :
Issued by Nepal
Issued on Jan 11, 1968
Issued by : His Majesty’s Government, Postal Services Department, Nepal Philatelic Bureau, Kathmandu
Designer : K. Karmacharya
Type : Stamp, Postal Used
Denomination : 15 Paisa
Colour : Red and Blue
Size : 4.06 cms x 2.28 cms
Perforation : 14½ x 14
Paper : Unwatermarked adhesive stamp paper on reels
Quantity : 2,50,000
Sheet : 50 Stamps
Printing Process : Photogravure
Printer : India Security Press
Name : Prithvi Narayan Shah
Born on Jan 7, 1723 at Gorkha, Nepal
Died on Jan 11, 1775 at Devighat, Nuwakot, Nepal
About :
- Born on January 7, 1723, His Majesty King Prithivi Narayan Shah is one of the greatest figures of Nepalese History. The emergence of Nepal as a united Himalayan Kingdom owes its origin mainly to his lifelong efforts. He unified numerous principalities and narrow ethnic groups into the modern nation-State, we see today. A grateful Nation pays respectful homage to him.
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