The stamp was released alongside an official First Day Cover (FDC) and an information sheet. The philatelic issue celebrates his monumental role in structuring Urdu academic studies in India from primary school up to post-graduate and research levels, which included separating the Urdu and Hindi departments at Allahabad University. Upon his passing, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru paid tribute to him as “the most brilliant crusader for the cause of Urdu of my time”.