Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak, 1956 - Stamp, First Day Cover

Indian Post & Telegraphs issued a stamp, FDC and brochure on 23.7.1956 to celebrate the Centenary of Bal Gangadhar Tilak. 

Tilak was a great traditional and orthodox Vedic scholar. Based on his studies in the Vedas, he prepared his magnum opus -- The Arctic Home in the Vedas. Similarly, his deep knowledge of the Sanskrit language is reflected in the Gītā-rahasya. 

Tilak is wrongly spelt as तिलक (Tilak) instead of  टिळक (Ṭiḷak) as pronounced in Marāṭhi. 

The official First Day Cover shown below is marked with Tilak's birth place, Ratnagiri.

       

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