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19th General Assembly of International Astronomical Union, New Delhi

19 November 1985

100

Picture on stamp is of Halley's Comet. It is named after Edmond Halley who was an English astronomer, geophysicist, mathematician, meteorologist, and physicist who is best known for computing the orbit of the eponymous Halley's Comet.

19th Death Centenary of St Thomas (Apostle)

03 July 1973

20p

Picture on stamp is of highly decorative 'Stone Cross' of Church at St. Thomas Mount, Madras.

175th Anniversary of Wilson College, Mumbai

11 December 2007

500

Picture on stamp is of The Wilson College, Mumbai which was founded by the Indian missionary Rev. John Wilson, in 1832.

175 Years of Martiniere School, Kolkata

01 March 2011

500

Picture on stamp is of Martiniere School, Kolkata. The schools were established in 1836 in accordance with the will of the French-born soldier of fortune and philanthropist Major General Claude Martin.

15th Anniversary of Indian Mountaneering Foundation, New Delhi

15 May 1973

20p

Picture on stamp is of Mount Everest named after Sir George Everest who was a British surveyor and geographer, and the Surveyor General of India from 1830 through 1843.

150th Anniversary of The Lawrence School, Sanawar

04 October 1997

200

Picture on stamp is of Lawrence School, Sanawar. It is an independent private preparatory co-educational boarding school near Chandigarh. The school, founded in 1847 by Sir Henry Lawrence and his wife Honoria, is one of Asia's oldest surviving boarding schools.

150th Anniversary of St. Paul's Church, Chennai

25 January 2009

500

Picture on stamp is of St. Paul's Church, Chennai. St Paul was an apostle (though not one of the Twelve Apostles) who taught the gospel of Christ to the first-century world.

150th Anniversary of St. Joseph's Boys High School, Bangalore

28 November 2008

500

Picture on stamp is of Joseph's Boys High School, Bangalore. It was was founded in 1858 to offer a liberal education for the boys of European and Anglo-Indian families. It is named after St Joseph who is venerated as a saint in the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Anglican, Lutheran and Methodist faiths.

150th Anniversary of La Martiniere College, Lucknow

01 October 1995

200

Picture on stamp is of La Martiniere College, Lucknow.It was founded by an endowment from the wealthy eighteenth-century Frenchman, Major-General Claude Martin (1735–1800), who was an officer in the French and later the British East India Company.

150th Anniversary of First Postage Stamp

06 May 1990

600

Picture on stamp is of 'Penny Black' bearing effigy of Queen Victoria.

150th Anniversary of Bethune Collegiate School, Calcutta

07 May 1999

300

Picture on stamp is of Bethune School & J. F. D. School. It is a women's college in India. It was founded as a school in 1849 by John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune who was a barrister and law member of the Governor-General's Council. He was an Anglo-Indian lawyer and a pioneer in promoting women's education in 19th-century India.

150 Years of Anaesthesia

27 December 1996

500

Picture on stamp is of Victorian Doctors performing operation. In 1847, Scottish obstetrician James Young Simpson (1811–1870) of Edinburgh was the first to use chloroform as a general anesthetic.