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PM to release stamp on Prabodh Chandra
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, October 22
The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, will release a commemorative postage stamp in the Parliament House Library on October 24 to mark the 94th birth anniversary of Prabodh Chandra, a freedom fighter, former MP and Speaker of Vidhan Sabha in undivided Punjab.

Born in 1911, Prabodh Chandra started his political career at the age of 16 when he organised the Multan Students’ Union. He was associated with the Lahore Revolutionary Party and was a founder member of the students’ movement in Punjab. He passed away in 1986.