The stamp carries a portrait of Syed Mohammad Zamin Ali . The first day cover designed by Charanjit Lal depicts a view of the Muir Central College Building, Allahabad.
Syed Mohammad Zamin Ali occupies a distinguished position in the realm of Urdu language and literature. He blazed a trial in the Urdu academic world by introducing graduate, post-graduate and research courses in Allahabad University. A founder-head of the Urdu Department of Allahabad University, he designed the basic structure of Urdu studies from the primary to the highest level in India. Born on 25 June 1880 at Mustafabad village in the Rae Bareli district of Uttar Pradesh, Zamin Ali was the youngest son of late Syed Wajid Ali.
He passed away on 25 April 1955. Paying tribute to Prof. Ali, Pandit Nehru described him as "the most brilliant crusader for the cause of Urdu of my time."
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