Engineer's Day : 15th September

Engineer's Day is celebrated every year on the 15th of September in India, Sri Lanka and Tanzania to honour Sri. Visvesvaraya, who played a key role in India's modernization. Sir. Visvesvaraya, the notable civil engineer, was born on 15th September 1860, at Mysore. 

He was a member of the Governing Council of the Tata Iron and Steel company(TISCO) and the below card was issued for the TATA Steel's centenary year. The Tata group is well known globally due to their TCS (IT services) and their recent Jaguar-Land Rover acquisition. TISCO was established in 1907 and now has a presence in 26 countries.

The stamp was issued to commemorate the Golden Jubilee celebrations of Engineers India Limited - a wholly-owned GoI enterprise that went public in 1996. They play a key role in the Chemical and Petroleum industries. 

July 29th : Birth Anniversary J R D TATA

The father of Indian Aviation, Padma Vibhushan and Bharat Ratna recipient Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata was born in 29th July 1904 in Paris, France. His father was a Parsi businessman born in Gujarat, India and mother was a French woman, Suzanne.

He briefly served in French army before he coming back to India to join Tata Company.  In 1929, he renounced his French Citizenship and got Indian Citizenship.  

J R D Tata is the first licensed Indian pilot and he started first commercial airlines in India which later became Air India. 

The Tata Group of Companies include Tata Consultancy Services, Tata Motors, Titan Industries, Tata tea, Voltas etc.; all house-hold names in India. 

J R D Tata, the pioneer industrialist died in 29th November, 1993 in Geneva, Switzerland.

The above definitive stamp was issued in 2009 under the theme "Builders of Modern India". There is rarer commemorative stamp issued in 1994.