India Five Year Plans
Issuing EntityIndia
Year Issued1955
MaterialPaper
TypeCommemorative
About India Five Year Plans
Stamps commemorating Indian economic development through Five Year Plans. Featured dams, steel plants, and agricultural scenes. The Five Year Plan stamps reflected the socialist economic policies of Jawaharlal Nehru. The Bhakra Nangal Dam and Durgapur Steel Plant appeared on stamps. These development themed stamps were unique to India and reflected the nations focus on industrialization and modernization in the post independence era.
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