Surya Bikram Gyawali
A commemorative postage stamp on Itihaskar Suryavikrama Gewali, former Chancellor of Royal Nepal Academy :
Issued by Nepal
Issued on Dec 21, 1987
Issued by :
His Majesty’s Government
Postal Services Department
Nepal Philatelic Bureau
Kathmandu
Design : In the present postage stamp brought out in commemoration of Surya Bikram Gyawali, who served for five years as the Chancellor of Royal Nepal Academy and remained a lifelong member of the Academy, his portrait has been depicted.
Designer : K. Karmacharya
Type : Stamp, Postal Used
Denomination : 60 Paisa
Colour : Multi-Colour
Size : 29.2 mm x 39.0 mm
Format : Vertical
Paper : Unwatermarked Adhesive Gr. Coated Stamp paper
Quantity : 6,000,000 (Six millions)
Sheet : 35
Process : Photogravure
Printer : India Security Press, Nasik Road, India
Name : Surya Bikram Gyawali
Born on 1898 at Banaras, Uttar Pradesh, India
Died on
About :
- Late historian Surya Bikram Gyawali was born in Banaras in the year 1898 A.D. He acquired his primary and higher education in India. Gyawali engaged in his entire life in the practice of history and literature has made his significant contribution in the sphere of Nepali language, literature, culture and history. In order, to pay tribute to him to enhance the national grandeur, he has been awarded with Tribhuvan Puraskar and Prithvi Pragya Puraskar by Royal Nepal Academy and also with Gorkha Dakshin Bahu (first class) and Trishaktipatta (second class).
