List of postage stamps of India (1981–1990)

This is a list of commemorative postage stamps issued by the India Post between 1981 and 1990.

1981 # Issue date Description Image Denomination 1 2 January 1981 Mazharul Haque 35 2 1 February 1981 St. Stephen's College, Delhi 35 3 9 February 1981 Gommateshwara 100 4 27 February 1981 G. V. Mavalankar 35 5 23 March 1981 Homage to Martyrs 35 6 8 April 1981 Heinrich von Stephan 100 7 20 April 1981 International Year of Disabled Persons 100 * Tribes of India, (Set of 4 Stamps) 8 30 May 1981 Bhil 100 9 30 May 1981 Dandami Maria 100 10 30 May 1981 Toda 100 11 30 May 1981 Khiamngan Naga 100 12 15 June 1981 Conservation of Forests 100 13 22 June 1981 Nilmoni Phukan 35 14 23 June 1981 Sanjay Gandhi 35 15 18 July 1981 SLV-3 and Rohini 100 16 28 July 1981 IX Asian Games, Delhi 1982 (1st Issue) - Games Logo 100 17 1 September 1981 IX Asian Games, Delhi 1982 (1st Issue) - Mascot and Stylised Hockey Player 100 * Indian flowering trees, (Set of 4 Stamps) 18 1 September 1981 flame of the forest 35 19 1 September 1981 Crateva 50 20 1 September 1981 golden shower 100 21 1 September 1981 Bauhinia 200 22 16 October 1981 World Food Day 100 * Indian butterflies, (Set of 4 Stamps) 23 20 October 1981 Stichophthalma camadeva 35 24 20 October 1981 Cethosia biblis 50 25 20 October 1981 Cyrestis achates 100 26 20 October 1981 Teinopalpus imperialis 200 27 31 October 1981 Bellary Raghava 35 28 9 November 1981 Mahar Regiment 35 29 14 November 1981 Children's Day 35 30 19 November 1981 IX Asian Games, Delhi 1982 (2nd Issue) 100 31 27 November 1981 Kashi Prasad Jayaswal 35 32 29 November 1981 Solidarity With The Palestinian People 100 33 4 December 1981 Indian Navy 35 34 14 December 1981 Henry Heras 35 35 24 December 1981 IOCOM Submarine Telephone Cable 100 36 29 December 1981 Fifth World Cup Hockey, Bombay 100 37 30 December 1981 IX Asian Games, Delhi 1982 (3rd Issue) 100

1982 #Issue dateDescriptionImageDenomination 1 28 January 1982 100 Years of Telephone Services 200 2 8 February 1982 12th International Conference of Soil Science, New Delhi 100 3 2 March 1982 Sir J. J. School of Art, Bombay 35 4 15 March 1982 Three Musicians, Picasso 285 * Festival of India, (Set of 3 Stamps) 5 23 March 1892 Ancient Sculpture 200 6 23 March 1982 Kaliya Mardana 305 7 23 March 1982 Radio Telescope, Ooty 305 8 24 March 1982 Robert Koch - Centenary of Discovery of Tubercle Bacillus 35 9 9 May 1982 Durgabai Deshmukh 35 * Himalayan flowers, (Set of 4 Stamps) 10 29 May 1982 Meconopsis aculeata 35 11 29 May 1982 Inula grandiflora 100 12 29 May 1982 Arisaema wallachianum 200 13 29 May 1982 Saussurea obvallata 285 14 19 June 1982 APPLE Satellite 200 15 1 July 1982 Bidhan Chandra Roy 50 16 14 August 1982 Oil Exploration 100 * Festival of India, (Set of 2 Stamps) 17 17 September 1982 Raza 200 18 17 September 1982 M. F. Husain 305 19 1 October 1982 Wildlife Week - Kashmir stag 285 20 8 October 1982 50 Years of Indian Air Force 100 21 15 October 1982 50 Years of Civil Aviation 325 22 21 October 1982 Police Day - Police Beat Patrol 50 23 23 October 1982 100 Years of Post Office Savings Bank 50 24 30 October 1982 IX Asian Games, Delhi 1982 (4th Issue) 100 25 2 November 1982 Troposcatter Communication Link: India - USSR 305 26 6 November 1982 IX Asian Games, Delhi 1982 (5th Issue) 100 27 14 November 1982 Children's Day 50 * IX Asian Games, Delhi 1982, (6th Issue) (Set of 4 Stamps) 28 19 November 1982 Cycling 50 29 19 November 1982 Javelin throw 200 30 19 November 1982 Discus Throw 285 31 19 November 1982 Football 325 * IX Asian Games, Delhi 1982, (7th Issue) (Set of 2 Stamps) 32 25 November 1982 Yachting 200 33 25 November 1982 Rowing 285 34 10 December 1982 50 Years of Indian Military Academy, Dehradun 50 35 15 December 1982 Purushottam Das Tandon Birth Centenary 50 36 18 December 1982 Centenary of Darjeeling Himalayan Railway 285 * 'INPEX - 82', National Stamp Exhibition, New Delhi, (Set of 2 Stamps) 37 30 December 1982 'INPEX - 82', National Stamp Exhibition, New Delhi 50 38 30 December 1982 'INPEX - 82', National Stamp Exhibition, New Delhi 200

1983 # Issue date Description Image Denomination 1 9 January 1983 First Indian Antarctic Expedition 100 2 30 January 1983 Franklin Delano Roosevelt 325 3 7 February 1983 Siberian crane 285 4 16 February 1983 Jat Regiment 50 * Seventh Non-aligned Summit, (Set of 2 Stamps) 5 7 March 1983 Logo 100 6 7 March 1983 Jawaharlal Nehru 200 * Commonwealth Day, (Set of 2 Stamps) 7 14 March 1983 Mahabalipuram 100 8 14 March 1983 Gomukh of Gangotri Glacier 200 9 25 March 1983 86th Session of International Olympic Committee 100 10 4 April 1983 St. Francis of Assisi 100 11 5 May 1983 Death Centenary of Karl Marx 100 12 18 May 1983 Death Centenary of Charles Darwin 200 13 30 May 1983 50 Years of Kanha National Park 100 14 18 July 1983 World Communications Year 100 15 24 July 1983 Simon Bolivar 200 * India's Struggle for Freedom, (Set of 3 Stamps) 16 9 August 1983 Meera Behn 50 17 9 August 1983 Mahadev Desai 50 18 9 August 1983 India's Struggle for Freedom - A.I.C.C. Quit India Resolution August, 1942 50 19 17 August 1983 Ram Nath Chopra 50 20 27 August 1983 Indian Mountaineering Foundation - Nanda Devi Peak 200 21 15 September 1983 Centenary of Bombay Natural History Society 100 22 23 September 1983 Rock Garden, Chandigarh 100 * Indian wildlife, (Set of 2 Stamps) 23 1 October 1983 golden langur 100 24 1 October 1983 lion tailed macaque 200 25 3 October 1983 5th General Assembly of World Tourism Organisation, New Delhi - Ghats of Varanasi 200 26 7 October 1983 Krishna Kant Handique 50 27 18 October 1983 Hemu Kalani 50 28 14 November 1983 Children's Day 50 29 15 November 1983 Acharya Vinoba Bhave 50 * Bi-Centenary of Man's First Flight, (Set of 2 Stamps) 30 21 November 1983 'UDAN KHATOLA' 100 31 21 November 1983 Montgolfier Balloon, 1783 200 32 22 November 1983 Project Tiger 200 * Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, New Delhi, (Set of 2 Stamps) 33 23 November 1983 Logo 100 34 23 November 1983 Goan Couple of Early 19th Century 200 35 5 December 1983 Birth Centenary of Nandalal Bose - Pratiksha 100 36 28 December 1983 Surendranath Banerjee 50

1984

# Issue date Description Image Denomination 1 7 January 1984 7th Light Cavalry 100 2 9 January 1984 The Deccan Horse 100 3 15 January 1984 The Asiatic Society 100 4 1 February 1984 100 Years of Postal Life Insurance 100 5 12 February 1984 President's Review of the Fleet (Se-tenant of four ) 100 (each)678 9 20 February 1984 XII International Leprosy Congress 100 10 21 February 1984 Vasudev Balwant Phadke 50 11 3 April 1984 Indo-Soviet Joint Manned Space Fight 300 12 23 April 1984 Baba Kanshi Ram 50 * India's Struggle for Freedom, (Set of 4 Stamps) 13 10 May 1984 Mangal Pandey 50 14 10 May 1984 Nana Sahib 50 15 10 May 1984 Tatya Tope 50 16 10 May 1984 Begum Hazrat Mahal 50 17 11 June 1984 G. D. Birla 50 * XXIII Olympics, (Set of 4 Stamps) 18 28 July 1984 Basketball 50 19 28 July 1984 High Jump 100 20 28 July 1984 A girl doing floor exercises 200 21 28 July 1984 Weight Lifting 250 * Forts of India, (Set of 4 Stamps) 22 3 August 1984 Gwalior 50 23 3 August 1984 Vellore 100 24 3 August 1984 Simhagad 150 25 3 August 1984 Jodhpur 200 26 14 September 1984 Baburao Vishnu Paradkar 50 27 23 October 1984 Dr. D. N. Wadia 100 28 14 November 1984 Children’s Day 50 29 19 November 1984 Indira Gandhi 50 30 20 November 1984 12th World Mining Congress 100 31 3 December 1984 Rajendra Prasad Birth Centenary 50 * Roses, (Set of 2 Stamps) 32 23 December 1984 Mrinalini 150 33 23 December 1984 Sugandha 200

1985

# Issue date Description Image Denomination 1 2 January 1985 Fergusson College, Pune 100 2 10 January 1985 Narhar Vishnu Gadgil 50 3 15 January 1985 Regiment of Artillery 100 4 31 January 1985 Indira Gandhi : Crusader for World Peace 2005 2 February 1985 Minicoy Lighthouse 100 6 20 February 1985 Medical College, Calcutta 100 7 6 March 1985 Medical College, Madras 100 8 29 March 1985 The Assam Rifles-Sentinels of the North-East 100 9 1 April 1985 50 Years of Potato Research 50 10 4 April 1985 Baba Jassa Singh Ahluwalia 5011 12 April 1985 St. Xavier's College, Kolkata 100 12 18 May 1985 White winged wood duck 200 * Bougainvillea, (Set of 2 Stamps) 13 5 June 1985 Mahara 50 14 5 June 1985 H. B. Singh 100 15 7 June 1985 Yaudheya Coin - Festival of India 200 16 13 June 1985 Didarganj Yakshi - Festival of India 100 17 21 July 1985 Jairamdas Daulatram 50 18 22 July 1985 Nellie Sengupta - Jatindra Mohan Sengupta 50 19 19 September 1985 Swami Haridas 100 20 10 October 1985 Border Roads Organisation 200 21 24 October 1985 40th Anniversary of the United Nations 200 22 31 October 1985 Indira Gandhi-In the service of the Nation 200 23 14 November 1985 Children’s Day 50 24 19 November 1985 XIX General Assembly International Astronomical Union, New Delhi 100 25 19 November 1985 Indira Gandhi - Priyadarshini 300 26 25 November 1985 St. Stephen's Hospital, Delhi 100 27 2 December 1985 Kakasaheb Kalelkar 50 * South Asian Regional Co-operation, (Set of 2 Stamps) 28 8 December 1985 Map Showing Member Countries 100 29 8 December 1985 Flag of Member Nations 300 30 21 December 1985 Shyama Shastri 100 31 23 December 1985 Master Tara Singh 50 32 24 December 1985 Ravishankar Maharaj 50 33 24 December 1985 International Youth Year 200 34 27 December 1985 Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel 500 35 28 December 1985 Centenary of the Indian National Congress (Se-tenant of 4) 100 each363738

1986 # Issue date Description Image Denomination 1 11 February 1986 Naval Dockyard Bombay 250th Anniversary 250 * INPEX-86, (Set of 2 Stamps) 2 14 February 1986 Hawa Mahal 50 3 14 February 1986 Mobile Camel Post Office 200 4 16 February 1986 200 * 75th Anniversary of First Aerial Post, (Set of 2 Stamps) 5 18 February 1986 Humber Sommer Bi-plane & Latter mail Planes & 1911 Postmark 50 6 18 February 1986 Modern Indian Airlines Plane & Humber Sommer Bi-plane 300 7 22 February 1986 Sixth Triennale-India 1986 100 8 13 March 1986 Chaitanya Mahaprabhu 200 9 12 April 1986 Mayo College, Ajmer 100 10 31 May 1986 World Cup Football Mexico 500 11 14 August 1986 Bhim Sen Sachar 50 12 8 September 1986 Swami Sivananda 200 * X Asian Games, (Set of 2 Stamps) 13 16 September 1986 Women's Volleyball 150 14 16 September 1986 Men's Hurdle 300 15 9 October 1986 200 Years of Madras GPO 500 16 17 October 1986 1 Para (Commando) 300 17 21 October 1986 125th Anniversary of Indian Police Se-tenant 150, 200 18 24 October 1986 International Year of Peace 1986 500 19 14 November 1986 Children’s Day 50 * 40th Anniversary of UNICEF Children's Fund, (Set of 2 Stamps) 21 11 December 1986 Growth Monitoring 50 22 11 December 1986 Inoculating a baby 500 23 12 December 1986 Tansen 100 * 50 Years of Corbett National Park, (Set of 2 Stamps) 24 15 Dec 1986 Indian Elephant 100 25 15 December 1986 Gharial 200 26 26 December 1986 Alluri Sitarama Raju 50 27 29 December 1986 Sagarmal Gopa 50 28 30 December 1986 Veer Surendra Sai 50 29 30 December 1986 St. Martha's Hospital, Bangalore 100

1987