(a) whether the Government has decided to release some postal
stamps in the memory of great personalities particularly Gur-
da-Gaddi;
(b) if so, the details thereof, personality wise ; and
(c) the time by which these postal stamps are likely to be
released?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (DR. SHAKEEL AHMAD)
(a) Yes, Sir. Postal stamps in memory of great personalities
are being released every year, on the basis of proposals
received. However, no proposal has been received by the
Department for a stamp on Gur-da-Gaddi so far.
(b) & (c) Stamps to be released on personalities during 2006
and time by which these stamps are likely to be released is
given below:
Sl.No. Names Proposed release schedule
1. Panna Lal Barupal April, 2006 2. Pankaj Mallick May, 2006 3. Lala Deen Dayal 05-07-2006 4.to8. Legendary Filmmakers December, L.V. Prasad (Telgu) 2006 Pramathesh Baru (Assamese) Ritvik Ghatak (Bengali) Mehboob Khan (Hindi) Bimal Roy (Hindi)