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Commemorative Postage Stamp on Champaran Satyagraha Activist Rajkumar Shukla Released
Commemorative Postage Stamp on Champaran Satyagraha Activist Rajkumar Shukla Released: Details, Profile, Highlights
The Department of Post (DoP) has issued a Commemorative Postage Stamp on Champaran Satyagraha, Rajkumar Shukla in New Delhi on 18th December 2018.
The Commemorative Postage Stamp on Rajkumar Shukla was released as a tribute to the contribution made by Rajkumar Shukla in the launch of Champaran Satyagraha in the year 1917.
Earlier, the Department of Posts had released a postage stamp in the year 2000 to commemorate the 125th birth anniversary of Pandit Raj Kumar Shukla.
The Department of Posts has been issuing postage stamps to honor and to pay a tribute to the important personalities who made a great contribution to public life especially the freedom fighters of India. The total number of such stamps released this year has reached 43 with the issuance of this postage stamp.
Profile
Rajkumar Shukla was born on 23rd August 1875 in Satwaria village of Champaran in Bihar. He a famous Indigo cultivator of Champaran and as he was a money lender as well.
Rajkumar Shukla rose to fame for his close association with Gandhiji during the Champaran Satyagraha. He convinced Mahatma Gandhi to visit Champaran, which was a turning point in India’s struggle for independence.
