Bigger India
From Mahatma Gandhi to Sachin Tendulkar, Indians who have their own foreign stamps
Indian princess Sophia Alexandra Duleep Singh (1876-1948) was recently featured on one of the eight heritage stamps released by the UK’s Royal Mail, which is honouring the suffragette movement.
Apart from India, Mahatma Gandhi has been featured on the stamps of more than 150 countries in the world, including the UK, Iran, Italy, Syria, Morocco, the US, Uganda, and Mauritius among others.
The Master Blaster has been featured on the stamps of more than five countries, which include the United Kingdom and Togo. Tendulkar got his Indian stamp only after he retired in 2013, but the other countries stamps were issued earlier.
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