2023-11-22 Wed

On This Day in 1988, Baba Amte won the U.N. Human Rights Award.

He was an Indian social activist and lawyer, devoted his life to serving India's poorest, particularly those affected by leprosy.

Alongside he has also won International Awards like the 1990 Templeton Prize, and the 1999 Gandhi Peace Prize.

Date of Issue: 30 December 2014

Designers: Alka Sharma

Printers: Security Printing Press, Hyderabad

Emission: Commemorative

Perforation: comb13¾

Printing: Offset lithography

Face Value: 5 Indian Rupee