Commemorative Postage Stamp on former Cheif Minister of Punjab Shri Beant Singh : 17th December, 2013
It is leant that Hon'ble Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan
Singh will release commemorative postage stamp in the denomination of
Rs. 5/- to commemorate the martyrdom of Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh on
17/12/2013.
The postal stamp releasing ceremony will be attended by Punjab
MPs, including Communications Minister Kapil Sibal, Ambika Soni, all family
members of Beant Singh. Besides them, all seniorPunjab Congress
leaders including PCC chief Partap Singh Bajwa, Leader of Opposition Sunil
Jakhar and other Congress leaders from the state, would attend the ceremony. Beant
Singh was assassinated along with 17 others including three commandos at the
Punjab secretariat on August 31, 1995 in a bomb blast. Beant Singh
had become Punjab Chief Minister in 1992.
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