Vithal Bhai J. Patel was a distinguished lawyer, freedom fighter and political leader who co-founded the Swaraj Party and played an influential role in India‘s legislative and nationalist politics, with the birth–centenary issue forming part of the 1973 Personality Series :
Issued by India
Issued on Sep 27, 1973
Type : Stamp, Mint Condition
Colour : Hornet Brown
Denomination : 50 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 reels
Quantity printed : 1.5 Million
Number per issue sheet : 35
Printing Process : Photogravure process
Designed and printed at : India Security Press, Nasik Road
Name : Vithalbhai Jhaverbhai Patel
Born on Sep 27, 1873 at Nadiad, Gujarat, India
Died on Oct 22, 1933 at Geneva, Switzerland
About :
- Vithalbhai Patel was born on September 27, 1873 in Karamsad in Gujarat. After early education at Karamsad and Nadiad, Vithalbhai went to Bombay and qualified for district pleadership. In a few years he became a well known lawyer with considerable practice. His younger brother, Vallabhbhai followed his footsteps. After his return from England in 1908, as a barrister, Vithalbhai practiced in Bombay. Two years later after he lost his wife, he devoted himself entirely to public affairs. He was President of the Bombay Corporation and later he was elected to the Bombay Legislative Council as a representative of local self-governing bodies.
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Vithalbhai Patel: First Indian Elected Speaker - iStampGallery
September 27, 1973[…] Vithalbhai’s political career began in 1912 with his election to the Bombay Legislative Council, where he championed bills on municipal governance, town planning, and education. His 1917 proposal to extend primary education to municipal districts outside Bombay earned widespread acclaim. Elected to the Imperial Legislative Council in 1918, he resigned in 1920 to support Gandhi’s Non-Cooperation Movement. Disillusioned by Gandhi’s suspension of the movement after the Chauri Chaura incident (1922), Vithalbhai co-founded the Swaraj Party to disrupt British governance through legislative participation. […]