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| 2012, Shyam Narayan Singh India |
2012, Shyam Narayan Singh India Rs 5 MNH
Text: 2012, Shyam Narayan Singh India Rs 5
Condition: MNH
| Country / Post | India |
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| Date of Issue | 24 January 2012 |
| Primary theme | Politics & Government (Politicians) |
| Subject | Shyam Narayan Singh |
| Width | 28.5 mm |
| Height | 38.5 mm |
| Denomination | 5.00 INR |
| Number in set | 1 |
| Layout/Format | sheet |
| Perforations | 13 by 13 |
| Stamp issuing authority | Ministry of Communications Department of Posts |
| Printer | India Security Press, Nasik |
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SHYAM NARAYAN SINGH (1901-1968) WAS A COURAGEOUS FREEDOM FIGHTER AND LONG SERVING LEGISLATOR FROM BIHAR. HE IS ALSO REMEMBERED FOR HIS ASSOCIATION WITH DR. RAJENDRA PRASAD, PT. JAWAHARLAL NEHRU AND OTHER SENIOR LEADERS OF HIS ERA. THE FREEDOM MOVEMENT HAD INSPIRED SHYAM NARAYAN SINGH AT A YOUNG AGE, AND HE ACTIVELY PARTICIPATED IN VARIOUS STRUGGLES THAT BIHAR WITNESSED. HE WAS TARGETED BY THE AUTHORITIES AND STARTING WITH A NINE-MONTH PRISON TERM IN 1937, HE CAME INTO CONFRONTATION WITH THE FOREIGN RULERS ON MANY OCCASIONS HE WAS THE LAST PERSON IN THE AGITATION OF 1947 IN PATNA TO SPEAK AGAINST THE BRITISH RULE AT THE SECRETARIAT WHICH WAS FOLLOWED BY POLICE FIRING.ONE OF PATNA’S MOST RECOGNIZED MEMORIALS, THE MARTYRS MEMORIAL OR SHAHEED SMARAK HAS BEEN BUILT AT THIS SPOT. SINGH WAS ALSO REMEMBERED FOR HIS EFFORTS TO UPGRADE THE EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS IN THE STATE. THE DEPARTMENT OF POSTS IS HAPPY TO COMMEMORATE THIS BRAVE SON OF INDIA WITH THE ISSUE OF A POSTAGE STAMP
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