Royal Mail of the UK honours Indian princess Sophia Alexandra

London : The Royal Mail of the UK on Tuesday honoured Indian princess Sophia Alexandra Duleep Singh on the occasion to mark the centenary of the suffragette movement with eight special stamps.

Daughter of Maharajah Duleep Singh, princess Sophia Alexandra Duleep Singh, (August 8 1876-August 22 1948), is the only woman who has got one out of eight stamps to herself.

In the stamp she can be seen "selling copies of the WSPU newspaper The Suffragette in April 1913. A member of the Women's Tax Resistance League, (whose official motto was 'No Taxation Without Representation'), the princess appeared in court on several occasions after refusing to pay taxes."

Original photographs of the campaigns have been used while they were fighting for right to vote to women, which was passed with the 1918 Representation of the People Act.

Princess Sophia is best remembered for her role in the Women's Tax Resistance League, she also participated in other women's suffrage groups, including the Women's Social and Political Union.

The Norfolk Council, on its Twitter handle, posted a message, speaking about the honour given to Princess Sophia.

"Great to see Princess Sophia Duleep Singh featured on the latest batch of @RoyalMailStamps, announced today. A prominent Norfolk women's rights campaigner marked on the centenary of the Representation of the People Act 1918. Her family has links to @AncientHouseMus #Vote100," the tweet read.