Nepal Post Nepalese Influential Personalities - 1969

NEPAL POST on 13 April 1969 issued three First Day Cover stamps called the  "National Dignitaries Series". The designer  was Amar Chitrakar. The printer was India Security Press, Nasi, using a Photogravure method.

10 Paisa - Amshuverma or Amshu Verma  was a king of Nepal from around 605–621 CE. Initially a feudal lord, he rose to the position of Mahasamanta (equivalent to prime minister) in about 598 CE when Shivadeva I of the Licchavi dynasty was the ruling monarch and by 604, Shivadeva was reduced to a mere figurehead.

 

25 Paisa -  King of Gorkha, Ram Shah (1550-1636 CE) was known as the "great conqueror" and "conscientious". He brought many changes to the Kingdom of Gorkha, including fixed and uniform weights and measurements, criminal codes, created a fixed rate of interest and built the Newar architecture palace Gorkha Palace.

50 Paisa - Bhimsen Thapa  (1775 –1839 CE) was a Nepalese statesman who served as the Mukhtiyar (equivalent to prime minister) from 1806 to 1837 CE. He is widely known as the longest-serving prime minister of Nepal. Born into an ordinary military family in the Gorkha Kingdom, Bhimsen first came close to the Crown Prince Rana Bahadur Shah at an early age in 1785 CE. In 1798, he was recruited as a bodyguard for the King by his father. Thereafter, he rose to influence after helping the exiled ex-King Rana Bahadur Shah engineer his return to power in 1804 CE. In gratitude, Rana Bahadur made Bhimsen a Kaji (equivalent to a minister) of the newly formed government. Widely considered one of the 19th century's most significant figures in Nepalese history, Bhimsen is seen as a patriotic, clever, and diplomatic statesman who played an important role in defending his country against then-widespread British colonial imperialism in South Asia. 

Source: Wikipedia