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Satish Gujral Honoured with Commemorative Postage Stamp on Birth Centenary

Satish Gujral Honoured with Commemorative Postage Stamp on Birth Centenary
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Some special mail stamps were made in India to remember a great artist named Satish Gujral.

He was a painter, a sculptor, and a writer who made beautiful art for many years.

The stamps celebrate the year he would have turned one hundred years old.

A minister from the Indian government, Mr. Jyotiraditya M. Scindia, revealed the special stamp at a big ceremony in New Delhi.

The picture on the stamp is extra special because it is a self-portrait, a painting Mr. Gujral made of himself.

He only painted four self-portraits in his whole life.

It shows his face in black and white, like a photograph, with bright colors all around it.

The painting belongs to his family and was a gift they have treasured.

Now everyone who gets this stamp can remember the wonderful art he made.

Key facts

Honoree
Padma Vibhushan Satish Gujral
Occasion
Birth centenary of Satish Gujral
Released by
Raseel Gujral Art Legacy (RGAL) in association with the Department of Posts, Government of India
Unveiled by
Jyotiraditya M. Scindia, Union Minister of Communications
Venue
Bikaner House, New Delhi
Stamp artwork
Self-portrait painted circa 2010, one of only four in his career
Artist's disciplines
Painter, sculptor, muralist, architect, writer

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