IN 1937, when Rajaji was the chief minister of the erstwhile Madras province, he handed over an envelope to his assistant and asked him to paste a stamp on it.
The assistant stuck the stamp, but upside down.
Noticing this, Rajaji thumped the fellow on his back, saying, “Well done, my boy! For so many years we have been trying to overthrow the crown and here you’ve turned the crown upside down in a second!”
The stamp featured the picture of King George.