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Bicentenary of Asiatic Society, Calcutta

15 January 1984

100

Picture on stamp is of Old Society Building with the picture of founder Sir William Jones who was an Anglo-Welsh philologist and scholar of ancient India, particularly known for his proposition of the existence of a relationship among Indo-European languages.

Centenary of Fergusson College

02 January 1985

100

Picture on stamp is of Fergusson College which is named after Scottish born Sir James Fergusson, the Governor of Bombay.

125th Anniversary of St. Xavier's College, Calcutta

12 April 1985

100

Picture on stamp is of St. Xavier's College, Calcutta and statue of St. Xavier who was a Roman Catholic missionary.

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.

Centenary of St. Stephen's Hospital, Delhi

25 November 1985

100

Picture on stamp is of St. Stephen's Hospital, Delhi. It is named after St.Stephan who is venerated as a saint in the Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Orthodox Churches.

250th Anniversary of Naval Dockyard, Bombay

11 January 1986

250

Picture on stamp is of Bombay and Duncan Dry Docks. The Duncan Dock named after Jonathan Duncan, then Governor of Bombay, consists of two dry docks, namely the Upper Duncan Dry Dock built in 1807 and Lower Duncan Dry Dock built in 1810.

Mayo College, Ajmer

12 April 1986

100

Picture on stamp is of Main Building of Mayo College, Ajmer. It was founded in 1875 by Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo who was also the Viceroy of India from 1869 to 1872.

Centenary of St. Martha's Hospital, Bangalore

30 December 1986

100

Picture on stamp is of Original Building of St. Martha's Hospital. Martha is venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox churches, and commemorated by the Lutheran Church and the Anglican Communion.

75th Anniversary of Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics, Bombay

19 April 1989

Picture on stamp is of Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics, Bombay. It was named after the then-Governor of Bombay, Lord Sydenham of Combe, who was instrumental in making the undergraduate degree of Bachelor of Commerce possible in Mumbai.

150th Anniversary of First Postage Stamp

06 May 1990

600

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

Calcutta Tricentenary

28 December 1990

600

Picture on stamp is of 18th Century Shipping on the Ganges & old Fort William.

125th Anniversary of St. Xavier's College, Bombay

04 December 1994

200

Picture on stamp is of St. Xavier's College, Bombay. He was was a Roman Catholic missionary born in Xavier, Kingdom of Navarre (now part of Spain), and co-founder of the Society of Jesus.