A commemorative postage stamp on ‘Itihas Shiromani‘ Babu Ram Acharya, a Nepalese historian who named Mount Everest as ‘Sagarmatha‘ :

Issued by Nepal

Issued on 29^th Falgoon 2029 corresponding to 12^th March 1973

Issued by :
His Majesty’s Government
Postal Services Department
Nepal Philatelic Bureau
G.P.O.
Kathmandu

Designer : K. Karmacharya

Type : Stamp, Postal Used

Denomination : 25 Paisa

Colour : Bi-colour

Size : 2.90 x 2.90 cms

Perforation : 13 x 13

Paper : Unwatermarked adhesive paper

Quantity : 1000000 (1 million)

Sheet : 112

Process : Photogravure

Printer : India Security Press, Nasik Road, India

Name : Baburam Acharya

Born on 1887

Died on 1971

About : 

• Babu Ram Acharya was a major historian, research scholar and thinker – an acknowledged genius with extraordinary powers of memory. He lost his eyesight while conducting research and unearthening materials to reconstruct the nation’s glorious history. Yet with his inward vision Mr. Acharya remained throughout his life a perennial source of historical outflow and proved himself the pioneer and unchallenged master in his field. For his life-long dedication he was given the title of “Itihas Siromani” (Gem among historians), awarded the Tribhuwan Prize, decorated with the order of Gorkha Dakshin Bahu and made a member of the Royal Nepal Academy, honoris causa.

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