# List of postage stamps of India (1971–1980)

This is a list of commemorative postage stamps issued by the India Post between 1971 and 1980.

## 1971

| # | Issue Date | Description | Denomination |
| 1 | 11 January 1971 | Centenary of Indian Life Insurance | 20 p |
| 2 | 10 February 1971 | Golden Jubilee of Kashi Vidyapeeth | 20 p |
| 3 | 10 February 1971 | Sant Ravidas | 20 p |
| 4 | 12 February 1971 | Birth Centenary of Deenabandhu Charles Freer Andrews | 20 p |
| 5 | 19 February 1971 | 15th Death Anniversary of Acharya Narendra Deo | 20 p |
| 6 | 10 March 1971 | Census Centenary | 20 p |
| 7 | 14 April 1971 | Ramana Maharshi | 20 p |
| 8 | 29 April 1971 | 65th Death Anniversary of Raja Ravi Varma | 20 p |
| 9 | 30 April 1971 | Birth Centenary of Dadasaheb Phalke | 20 p |
| 10 | 7 August 1971 | Birth Centenary of Abanindranath Tagore | 20 p |
| 11 | 14 September 1971 | Swami Virajanand | 20 p |
| 12 | 12 October 1971 | 2,500th Anniversary of Charter of Cyrus the Great | 20 p |
| 13 | 31 October 1971 | World Thrift Day | 20 p |
| 14 | 4 November 1971 | 25th Anniversary United Nations Educational and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) | 20 p |
| 15 | 14 November 1971 | National Children's Day | 20 p |
| 16 | 21 November 1971 | 1st Death Anniversary of Dr.Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman | 20 p |
| 17 | 24 December 1971 | Golden Jubilee of Visva Bharati University, Shantiniketan, West Bengal | 20 p |
| 18 | 30 December 1971 | CRICKET VICTORIES (Victories against West Indies and England) | 20 p |

## 1972

| # | Issue Date | Description | Denomination |
| 1 | 26 February 1972 | First Anniversary of Arvi Satellite Earth Station | 20 p |
| 2 | 29 May 1972 | Silver Jubilee of Indian Standards Institute (ISI) | 20 p |
| 3 | 30 June 1972 | 50th Anniversary of International Union of Railways | 20 p |
| * | | XX Olympic Games, Munich (Set of 2 Stamps) | |
| 4 | 10 August 1972 | Hockey Player | 20 p |
| 5 | 10 August 1972 | Various Sports and 1972 | 1.45 Rs |
| 6 | 15 August 1972 | Birth Centenary of Aurobindo | 20 p |
| 7 | 15 August 1972 | 25th Anniversary of Independence | 20 p |
| 8 | 15 August 1972 | Greetings to Armed Forces on Silver Jubilee of Independence | 20 p |
| 9 | 5 September 1972 | Birth Centenary of V. O. Chidambaram Pillai | 20 p |
| * | | Personality Series, (Set of 4 Stamps) | |
| 10 | 16 October 1972 | Birth Centenary of Bhai Vir Singh | 20 p |
| 11 | 16 October 1972 | Birth Centenary of Tanguturi Prakasham | 20 p |
| 12 | 16 October 1972 | 300th Birth Anniversary of Vemana | 20 p |
| 13 | 16 October 1972 | Birth Centenary of Bertrand Russell | 1.45 Rs |
| * | | Asia-72: 3rd Asian International Trade Fair, New Delhi (Set of 2 Stamps) | |
| 14 | 3 November 1972 | Logo of Asia ’72 | 20 p |
| 15 | 3 November 1972 | Asia '72: Hand of Buddha in ‘Abhaya Mudra’ | 1.45 Rs. |
| 16 | 30 December 1972 | First Death Anniversary of Dr.Vikram Sarabhai | 20 p |
| 17 | 30 December 1972 | 50th Anniversary of USSR | 20 p |

## 1973

| # | Issue Date | Description | Denomination |
| 1 | 8 January 1973 | 'INDIPEX 73', International Stamp Exhibition, New Delhi | 1.45 Rs |
| * | | 25th Anniversary of Independence (Set of 2 Stamps) | |
| 2 | 26 January 1973 | Ashok Chakra interlocked by 'Nāga' | 20 p |
| 3 | 26 January 1973 | National Tri-coloured Smoke From Gnat Fighters & India Gate | 1.45 Rs |
| 4 | 18 February 1973 | Ramakrishna Paramahamsa | 20 p |
| 5 | 1 March 1973 | First Anniversary of Army Postal Service Corps | 20 p |
| 6 | 10 April 1973 | 'Jai Bangla', Inauguration of First Bangladesh Parliament | 20 p |
| 7 | 12 April 1973 | Birth Centenary of Kumaran Asan | 20 p |
| 8 | 13 April 1973 | Homage to Martyrs for Independence | 20 p |
| 9 | 14 April 1973 | Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar | 20 p |
| * | | Indian Miniature Paintings, (Set of 4 Stamps) | |
| 10 | 5 May 1973 | Radha-Kishangarh | 20 p |
| 11 | 5 May 1973 | Dance Duet | 50 p |
| 12 | 5 May 1973 | Lovers on Camel Back | 1 R |
| 13 | 5 May 1973 | Taming of Elephant | 2 Rs |
| 14 | 15 May 1973 | 15th Anniversary of Indian Mountaineering Foundation, New Delhi | 20 p |
| 15 | 8 June 1973 | 25th Anniversary of Air India's International Services | 1.45 Rs. |
| 16 | 3 July 1973 | 19th Death Anniversary of St. Thomas | 20 p |
| 17 | 21 July 1973 | Death Centenary of Michael Madhusudan Dutt | 20 p |
| 18 | 21 July 1973 | Birth Centenary of Vishnu Digambar Paluskar | 30 p |
| 19 | 21 July 1973 | Dr. Gerhard Armauer Hansen, Centenary of Discovery of Leprosy Bacillus | 50 p |
| 20 | 21 July 1973 | 5th Birth Centenary of Nicolaus Copernicus | 1 R |
| 21 | 31 July 1973 | Allan Octavian Hume | 20 p |
| 22 | 15 August 1973 | Homage to Gandhi and Nehru on 25th anniversary of Independence | 20 p |
| * | | Personality Series, (Set of 3 Stamps) | |
| 23 | 27 September 1973 | Romesh Chunder Dutt | 20 p |
| 24 | 27 September 1973 | K. S. Ranjitsinhji | 30 p |
| 25 | 27 September 1973 | Birth Centenary of Vithalbhai Patel | 50 p |
| 26 | 30 September 1973 | Bicentenary of President's Bodyguard | 20 p |
| 27 | 9 October 1973 | 50th Anniversary of Interpol (International Criminal Police Organization) | 20 p |
| 28 | 17 October 1973 | Syed Ahmad Khan | 20 p |
| 29 | 14 November 1973 | National Children's Day | 20 p |
| * | | 'INDIPEX – 73', India International Philatelic Exhibition, New Delhi. (Set of 3 Stamps) | |
| 30 | 14 November 1973 | All Roads to Delhi | 20 p |
| 31 | 14 November 1973 | Ceremonial Elephant & Independence | 1 R |
| 32 | 14 November 1973 | Peacock | 2 Rs |
| 33 | 25 November 1973 | Silver Jubilee of National Cadet Corps, (NCC) | 20 p |
| 34 | 25 December 1973 | First Death Anniversary of C. Rajagopalachari | 20 p |

## 1974

| # | Issue Date | Description | Denomination |
| * | | Indian Masks (used in Dance Drama) (Set of 4 Stamps) | |
| 1 | 15 April 1974 | Sun | 20 p |
| 2 | 15 April 1974 | Moon | 50 p |
| 3 | 15 April 1974 | Narasimha | 1 R |
| 4 | 15 April 1974 | Ravana | 2 Rs |
| 5 | 2 June 1974 | 300th Anniversary of Coronation of Chatrapati Shivaji | 25 p |
| 6 | 3 July 1974 | Maithili Sharan Gupta | 25 p |
| 7 | 3 July 1974 | Jainarain Vyas | 25 p |
| 8 | 3 July 1974 | Utkal Gourab Madhusudan Das | 25 p |
| 9 | 15 July 1974 | Kandukuri Veeresalingam | 25 p |
| 10 | 15 July 1974 | Tipu Sultan | 50 p |
| 11 | 15 July 1974 | Max Müller | 1 R |
| 12 | 1 August 1974 | 75th Birth Anniversary of Kamala Nehru | 25 p |
| 13 | 14 August 1974 | World Population Year | 25 p |
| 14 | 24 August 1974 | Varahagiri Venkata Giri | 25 p |
| * | | Centenary of Universal Postal Union, (Set of 3 Stamps) | |
| 15 | 3 October 1974 | U.P.U. Emblem | 25 p |
| 16 | 3 October 1974 | 'Birds & Nest' (Madhubani Style) & U.P.U. Emblem | 1 R |
| 17 | 3 October 1974 | Arrows Encircling Globe | 2 Rs |
| 18 | 9 October 1974 | Centenary of Mathura museum (Se-Tenant) | 25 p (Each) |
| 19 | 9 October 1974 | Centenary of Mathura museum (Se-Tenant) | 25 p (Each) |
| 20 | 9 October 1974 | Birth Centenary of Nicholas Roerich | 1 R |
| 21 | 13 November 1974 | 2500th Anniversary of Bhagwan Mahavira's attainment of Nirvana (Jal Mandir) | 25 p |
| 22 | 14 November 1974 | National Children's Day | 25 p |
| 23 | 14 November 1974 | 25th Anniversary of UNICEF in India | 25 p |
| 24 | 16 November 1974 | 25th Anniversary of Indian Territorial Army | 25 p |
| 25 | 2 December 1974 | 19th International Dairy Congress, New Delhi | 25 p |
| 26 | 8 December 1974 | Help for Mentally Retarded Children | 25 p |
| 27 | 12 December 1974 | Birth Centenary of Guglielmo Marconi | 2 Rs |
| 28 | 24 December 1974 | Saint Francis Xavier's Apostle Celebration | 25 p |

## 1975

| # | Issue Date | Description | Denomination |
| 1 | 10 January 1975 | World Hindi Convention, Nagpur | 25 |
| 2 | 26 January 1975 | 25th Anniversary of the Republic | 25 |
| 3 | 6 February 1975 | 33rd World Table Tennis Championships, Calcutta | 25 |
| 4 | 16 February 1975 | International Women's Year | 25 |
| 5 | 8 April 1975 | Bicentenary of Indian Army Ordnance Corps | 25 |
| 6 | 11 April 1975 | Centenary of Arya Samaj | 20 |
| 7 | 12 April 1975 | World Telugu Conference, Hyderabad, India | 25 |
| 8 | 20 April 1975 | Launch of First Indian Satellite | 25 |
| * | | Indian birds, (Set of 4 Stamps) | |
| 9 | 28 April 1975 | Indian Pitta | 25 |
| 10 | 28 April 1975 | Black headed Oriole | 50 |
| 11 | 28 April 1975 | Western Tragopan | 100 |
| 12 | 28 April 1975 | Monal Pheasant | 200 |
| 13 | 24 May 1975 | 4th Centenary of Ramcharitmanas (epic poem by Tulsidas) | 25 |
| 14 | 20 June 1975 | Centenary of Indian Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) | 25 |
| 15 | 28 June 1975 | 500th Birth Anniversary of Michelangelo Buonarroti (Se-tenant of Four) | 50 (Each) |
| 16 | 28 July 1975 | 25th Anniversary of International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage | 25 |
| 17 | 1 August 1975 | Satellite Instructional Television Experiment | 25 |
| 18 | 14 August 1975 | 600th Birth Anniversary of Sant Arunagirinathar | 50 |
| 19 | 26 August 1975 | Namibia Day | 25 |
| 20 | 4 September 1975 | Mir Anees | 25 |
| 21 | 4 September 1975 | Ahilyabai Holkar | 25 |
| * | | Indian classical dances, (Set of 6 Stamps) | |
| 22 | 20 October 1975 | Bharata Natyam | 25 |
| 23 | 20 October 1975 | Odissi | 50 |
| 24 | 20 October 1975 | Kathak | 75 |
| 25 | 20 October 1975 | Kathakali | 100 |
| 26 | 20 October 1975 | Kuchipudi | 150 |
| 27 | 20 October 1975 | Manipuri | 200 |
| * | | Personality Series (Set of 3 Stamps) | |
| 28 | 24 October 1975 | Vengalil Krishnan Krishna Menon | 25 |
| 29 | 24 October 1975 | Ameer Khusrau | 50 |
| 30 | 24 October 1975 | Bahadur Shah Zafar | 100 |
| 31 | 28 October 1975 | 21st Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, New Delhi | 200 |
| 32 | 31 October 1975 | Birth Centenary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel | 25 |
| 33 | 3 November 1975 | Birth Centenary of Karmavir Nabin Chandra Bardoloi | 25 |
| 34 | 14 November 1975 | National Children's Day | 25 |
| 35 | 13 December 1975 | 50th Anniversary of India Security Press, Nasik | 20 |
| 36 | 16 December 1975 | Tercentenary of the martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur | 25 |
| 37 | 20 December 1975 | Centenary of the Theosophical Society | 25 |
| 38 | 24 December 1975 | Centenary of the Indian Meteorological Department | 25 |
| * | | INPEX-75 India National Philatelic Exhibition, Calcutta (Set of 2 Stamps) | |
| 39 | 25 December 1975 | Early Mail Cart | 25 |
| 40 | 25 December 1975 | Indian Bishop Mark (1775 A.D.) | 200 |

## 1976

| # | Issue Date | Description | Denomination |
| 1 | 3 January 1976 | First Death Anniversary of Lalit Narayan Mishra | 25 |
| 2 | 24 January 1976 | Birth Centenary of Jim Corbett | 25 |
| 3 | 10 February 1976 | Keoladeo Ghana Bird Sanctuary, Bharatpur | 25 |
| 4 | 4 March 1976 | Bicentenary of 16th Light Cavalry Regiment | 25 |
| 5 | 10 March 1976 | Alexander Graham Bell | 25 |
| 6 | 18 March 1976 | Birth Centenary of Muthuswami Dikshitar | 20 |
| 7 | 7 April 1976 | World Health Day. Prevention of Blindness | 25 |
| 8 | 30 April 1976 | Industrial Development | 25 |
| * | | Indian Locomotives, (Set of 4 Stamps) | |
| 9 | 15 May 1976 | W.D.M 2 1963 | 25 |
| 10 | 15 May 1976 | F/1 1895 | 50 |
| 11 | 15 May 1976 | WP/1 1963 | 100 |
| 12 | 15 May 1976 | GIP NO. 1 1853 | 200 |
| 13 | 29 May 1976 | Bicentenary of American Revolution | 280 |
| 14 | 15 July 1976 | 73rd Birth Anniversary of K. Kamaraj | 25 |
| * | | XXI Olympic Games, Montreal, (Set of 4 Stamps) | |
| 15 | 17 July 1976 | Shooting | 25 |
| 16 | 17 July 1976 | Shot Put | 100 |
| 17 | 17 July 1976 | Hockey | 150 |
| 18 | 17 July 1976 | Running | 280 |
| 19 | 6 August 1976 | Subhadra Kumari Chauhan | 25 |
| 20 | 15 August 1976 | Param Vir Chakra (Highest Gallantry Award) | 25 |
| 21 | 3 September 1976 | 60th Anniversary of Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey Women's University, Bombay | 25 |
| 22 | 9 September 1976 | Bharatendu Harishchandra | 25 |
| 23 | 15 September 1976 | Birth Centenary of Sarat Chandra Chatterjee | 25 |
| 24 | 22 September 1976 | Family Planning Campaign | 25 |
| 25 | 24 September 1976 | Maharaja Agrasen | 75 |
| * | | Indian wild life, (Set of 4 Stamps) | |
| 26 | 1 October 1976 | swamp deer | 25 |
| 27 | 1 October 1976 | Indian lion | 50 |
| 28 | 1 October 1976 | Leopard | 100 |
| 29 | 1 October 1976 | caracal | 200 |
| 30 | 1 October 1976 | Voluntary Blood Donation | 25 |
| 31 | 15 October 1976 | Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala' | 25 |
| 32 | 14 November 1976 | National Children's Day | 25 |
| 33 | 24 November 1976 | Hiralal Shastri | 25 |
| 34 | 26 November 1976 | Dr.Hari Singh Gour | 25 |
| 35 | 1 December 1976 | Inauguration of Indian Airlines Airbus Service | 200 |
| 36 | 27 December 1976 | Diamond Jubilee of Coconut Research | 20 |
| 37 | 30 December 1976 | Centenary of 'Vande Mataram' | 25 |

## 1977

| # | Issue Date | Description | Denomination |
| 1 | 3 January 1977 | Sixth International Film Festival of India, New Delhi | 200 |
| 2 | 10 January 1977 | Sixth World Conference of Earthquake Engineering, New Delhi | 25 |
| 3 | 22 January 1977 | Birth Centenary of Tarun Ram Phookun | 25 |
| 4 | 7 March 1977 | Paramahansa Yogananda | 25 |
| 5 | 9 March 1977 | First Asian Regional Red Cross Conference, New Delhi | 200 |
| 6 | 22 March 1977 | Death of Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed | 25 |
| 7 | 1 April 1977 | 15th Anniversary of Asian Oceanic Postal Union | 200 |
| 8 | 2 April 1977 | Birth Centenary of Narottam Morarjee | 25 |
| 9 | 4 April 1977 | Makhanlal Chaturvedi | 25 |
| 10 | 14 April 1977 | Vallabhacharya | 100 |
| 11 | 23 April 1977 | 50th Anniversary of Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry | 25 |
| 12 | 5 June 1977 | 5th World Environment Day | 200 |
| 13 | 21 June 1977 | 25th Anniversary of Rajya Sabha (Upper House of Parliament) | 25 |
| * | | Indian flowers, (Set of 4 Stamps) | |
| 14 | 1 July 1977 | Lotus | 25 |
| 15 | 1 July 1977 | Rhododendron | 50 |
| 16 | 1 July 1977 | Kadamba | 100 |
| 17 | 1 July 1977 | Gloriosa lily | 200 |
| 18 | 20 July 1977 | Centenary of Sound Recording | 200 |
| 19 | 22 August 1977 | Birth Centenary of Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy | 25 |
| 20 | 4 September 1977 | 50th Death Anniversary of Ganga Ram | 25 |
| 21 | 6 October 1977 | 32nd International Homeopathic Congress | 200 |
| 22 | 12 October 1977 | Ram Manohar Lohia | 25 |
| * | | 'INPEX-77', 3rd National Philatelic Exhibition, Bangalore. (Set of 2 Stamps) | |
| 23 | 12 October 1977 | Early Postman | 25 |
| 24 | 12 October 1977 | Lion and Palm Tree | 200 |
| * | | 'ASIANA-77', First Asian International Philatelic Exhibition, Bangalore. (Set of 2 Stamps) | |
| 25 | 19 October 1977 | First in Asia 1852 | 100 |
| 26 | 19 October 1977 | Foreign Mail Bombay 1927 | 300 |
| 27 | 23 October 1977 | 15th International Congress of Pediatrics, New Delhi | 200 |
| 28 | 23 October 1977 | Kittur Rani Channamma | 25 |
| 29 | 8 November 1977 | Union Public Service Commission | 25 |
| 30 | 13 November 1977 | 'AGRIEXPO-77', Agriculture Exposition, New Delhi | 25 |
| * | | National Children's Day, (Set of 2 Stamps) | |
| 31 | 14 November 1977 | Cats | 25 |
| 32 | 14 November 1977 | Friends | 100 |
| 33 | 28 November 1977 | Jotirao Phooley | 25 |
| 34 | 28 November 1977 | Senapati Bapat | 25 |
| 35 | 13 December 1977 | 41st Session of International Statistical Institute, New Delhi | 200 |
| 36 | 25 December 1977 | Kamta Prasad Guru | 25 |
| 37 | 30 December 1977 | 60th Year of Great October Socialist Revolution 1917 USSR | 100 |

## 1978

| # | Issue Date | Description | Denomination |
| * | | Conquest of Kanchenjunga, (Set of 2 Stamps) | |
| 1 | 15 January 1978 | Climbing With Ice Ladder | 200 |
| 2 | 15 January 1978 | Kanchenjunga Peak | 100 |
| 3 | 23 January 1978 | 27th Pacific Area Travel Association Conference, New Delhi | 100 |
| 4 | 11 February 1978 | III World Book Fair, New Delhi | 25 |
| 5 | 21 February 1978 | Birth Centenary of The Mother, Puducherry | 25 |
| 6 | 23 February 1978 | Fifth International Wheat Genetics Symposium, New Delhi | 25 |
| 7 | 16 March 1978 | Nanalal Dalpatram Kavi | 25 |
| 8 | 22 March 1978 | Surjya Sen | 25 |
| * | | Modern Indian paintings, (Set of 4 Stamps) | |
| 9 | 23 March 1978 | Jamini Roy | 25 |
| 10 | 23 March 1978 | Sailoz Mookherjea | 50 |
| 11 | 23 March 1978 | Rabindranath Tagore | 100 |
| 12 | 23 March 1978 | Amrita Shergil | 200 |
| 13 | 14 April 1978 | 400th Birth Anniversary of Peter Paul Rubens | 200 |
| 14 | 16 April 1978 | Charles Spencer Chaplin | 25 |
| 15 | 5 May 1978 | Deendayal Upadhyaya | 25 |
| 16 | 6 July 1978 | Shyama Prasad Mookerjee | 25 |
| * | | Museums of India, (Set of 4 Stamps) | |
| 17 | 27 July 1978 | Kachchh Museum | 25 |
| 18 | 27 July 1978 | Indian Museum | 50 |
| 19 | 27 July 1978 | National Museum | 100 |
| 20 | 27 July 1978 | Salar Jung Museum | 25 |
| 21 | 25 August 1978 | Bhagawadgeeta | 25 |
| 22 | 4 September 1978 | Centenary of Bethune College | 25 |
| 23 | 17 September 1978 | E.V.Ramasami | 25 |
| 24 | 26 September 1978 | Uday Shankar Chowdhury | 200 |
| 25 | 2 October 1978 | 150th Birth Anniversary of Leo Tolstoy | 100 |
| 26 | 15 October 1978 | Birth Centenary of Vallathol Narayana Menon | 25 |
| 27 | 14 November 1978 | National Children's Day | 25 |
| 28 | 17 November 1978 | National Small Industries Fair, New Delhi | 25 |
| 29 | 25 November 1978 | 175th Anniversary of Skinner's Horse (Cavalry regiment) | 25 |
| 30 | 10 December 1978 | Birth Centenary of Mohammad Ali Jauhar | 25 |
| 31 | 10 December 1978 | Birth Centenary of Chakravarti Rajagopalachari | 25 |
| 32 | 23 December 1978 | 75th Anniversary of Powered Flight | 100 |
| 33 | 24 December 1978 | Centenary of Ravenshaw College, Cuttack | 25 |
| 34 | 25 December 1978 | Death Anniversary of Franz Peter Schubert | 100 |

## 1979

| # | Issue Date | Description | Denomination |
| 1 | 20 February 1978 | 4th Reunion of Punjab Regiment | 25 |
| 2 | 24 February 1979 | Bhai Parmanand | 25 |
| * | | International Year of the Child, (Set of 2 Stamps) | |
| 3 | 5 March 1979 | Child and Gandhi | 25 |
| 4 | 5 March 1979 | Indian Symbol of I.Y.C. | 100 |
| 5 | 14 March 1979 | Albert Einstein – Birth Centenary | 100 |
| 6 | 1 May 1979 | Rajarshi Shahu Chhatrapati | 25 |
| 7 | 12 July 1979 | India 80 – Stamp Exhibition | 30 |
| 8 | 12 July 1979 | Postcards – Centenary | 50 |
| 9 | 15 August 1979 | Raja Mahendra Pratap | 30 |
| 10 | 13 September 1979 | Jatindra Nath Das – 50th Death Anniversary | 30 |
| * | | India 80 – Airmails, (Set of 4 Stamps) | |
| 11 | 15 October 1979 | Puss Moth Aircraft | 30 |
| 12 | 15 October 1979 | Airforce Helicopter | 50 |
| 13 | 15 October 1979 | Indian Airlines (Boeing 737) | 100 |
| 14 | 15 October 1979 | Air India (Boeing 747) | 200 |
| 15 | 21 October 1979 | Electric Lightbulb – Centenary | 30 |
| 16 | 23 October 1979 | International Archives Week | 30 |
| 17 | 29 October 1979 | International Commission on Large Dams – 50th Anniversary (Hirakud Dam) | 30 |
| 18 | 10 November 1979 | International Children's Book Fair | 30 |
| 19 | 10 November 1979 | International Trade Fair | 100 |
| 20 | 4 December 1979 | 23rd International Atomic Energy Agency Conference | 100 |
| 21 | 10 December 1979 | Flying and Gliding | 25 |
| 22 | 21 December 1979 | Guru Amar Das – 500th Birth Anniversary | 30 |

## 1980

| # | Issue Date | Description | Denomination |
| 1 | 21 January 1980 | UNIDO 3rd General Conference, New Delhi | 30 |
| * | | 'India 80', International Stamp Exhibition, New Delhi, (Set of 4 Stamps) | |
| 2 | 25 January 1980 | Army Post Office | 30 |
| 3 | 25 January 1980 | Money Order | 50 |
| 4 | 25 January 1980 | Copper Ticket | 100 |
| 5 | 25 January 1980 | Rowland Hill | 200 |
| 6 | 17 February 1980 | Institution of Engineers (India) | 30 |
| 7 | 26 February 1980 | Madras Sappers | 30 |
| 8 | 29 February 1980 | 4th World Book Fair, New Delhi | 30 |
| 9 | 29 February 1980 | 2nd International Conference on Apiculture, New Delhi | 100 |
| 10 | 18 March 1980 | Welthy Fisher | 30 |
| 11 | 21 March 1980 | Darul Uloom, Deoband | 30 |
| 12 | 15 April 1980 | Keshub Chandra Sen | 30 |
| 13 | 21 April 1980 | Chatrapati Shivaji | 30 |
| 14 | 9 May 1980 | 5th Asian Table Tennis Championships, Calcutta | 30 |
| 15 | 5 June 1980 | N. M. Joshi | 30 |
| 16 | 6 June 1980 | Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyer | 30 |
| 17 | 25 June 1980 | S. M. Zamin Ali | 30 |
| 18 | 27 June 1980 | Helen Keller | 30 |
| * | | XXII Olympic Games, Moscow (Set of 2 Stamps) | |
| 19 | 19 July 1980 | High Jump | 100 |
| 20 | 19 July 1980 | Show Jumping | 280 |
| 21 | 31 July 1980 | Prem Chand | 30 |
| 22 | 27 August 1980 | Nobel Peace Prize, 1979 – Mother Teresa | 30 |
| 23 | 28 August 1980 | Mountbatten | 280 |
| 24 | 27 September 1980 | Scottish Church College, Calcutta | 35 |
| 25 | 30 September 1980 | Rajah Annamalai Chettiar | 35 |
| * | | Dandi March (Se-tenant) | |
| 26 | 2 October 1980 | Dandi March | 35 |
| 27 | 2 October 1980 | Salt Satyagraha | 35 |
| 28 | 8 October 1980 | Jayaprakash Narayan | 35 |
| 29 | 1 November 1980 | Great Indian bustard | 230 |
| 30 | 3 November 1980 | 1400 Hijri | 35 |
| 31 | 14 November 1980 | Children's Day | 35 |
| 32 | 3 December 1980 | Dhyan Chand | 35 |
| 33 | 20 December 1980 | Gold Mining (Centenary of Kolar Gold Fields) | 100 |
| 34 | 25 December 1980 | M. A. Ansari | 35 |
| 35 | 27 December 1980 | India Government Mint, Bombay | 35 |
| * | | Brides of India (Set of 4 Stamps) | |
| 36 | 30 December 1980 | Bride – Tamil Nadu | 100 |
| 37 | 30 December 1980 | Bride – Rajasthan | 100 |
| 38 | 30 December 1980 | Bride – Kashmir | 100 |
| 39 | 30 December 1980 | Bride – Bengal | 100 |