Devanahalli Venkataramanaiah Gundappa 17.3.1988

Devanahalli Venkataramanaiah Gundappa, popularly known as DVG, was a Kannada writer and philosopher. His most notable work is the Manku Thimmana Kagga ("Dull Thimma's Rigmarole", 1943), which is similar to the wisdom poems of the late medieval poet Sarvajna.Gundappa. 

He was awarded Padma Hhushan by the Government of India in 1974. The State of Karnataka honored him for his services to Kannada literature in 1970 at Ravindra Kalkshetra, Bengaluru and awarded a purse of Rs 90,000. DVG donated the entire award money to the Gokhale Institute of Public Affairs (depicted on the stamp and the FDC).