India Post released a stamp on Robert Caldwell on 7th May 2010. Robert Caldwell was born at Clady, Northern Ireland came to Madras (now Chennai) in 1838 as a missionary of the London Missionary Society.He knew 18 languages. ( the stamp background shows 4 languages of South India like, Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu) He was a member of the Royal Asiatic Society.His most impressive work was "A comparative Study of Grammar of Dravidian Languages".
India Post released a stamp on Dr.Guduru Venkata Chalamon on 8th May 2010 who was a social reformer and an Agriculutre Scientist. He was awarded the 'Padma Shri'in 1967 by the Government of India.
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