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| 2012, India International Centre |
2012, India International Centre India Rs 5 MNH
Text: 2012, India International Centre Rs 5
Condition: MNH
| Country / Post | India |
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| Date of Issue | 9 February 2012 |
| Primary theme | Architecture (Modern) |
| Subject | India International Centre |
| Width | 47.5 mm |
| Height | 40.0 mm |
| Denomination | 5.00 INR |
| Number in set | 1 |
| Layout/Format | sheet |
| Perforations | 13 by 13 |
| Stamp issuing authority | Ministry of Communications Department of Posts |
| Printer | Security Printing Press Hyderabad |
THE COMING TOGETHER OF A FEW MEN & WOMEN WITH A VISION FOR INDIA’A FUTURE, LED TO THE FOUNDING OF THE INDIA INTERNATIONAL CENTRE (IIC) A PREMIER NON GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION IN THE CAPITALK, IN THE NINETEEN SIXTIES. THE PURPOSE OF THE CENTRE AS STATED IN ITS CHARTER IS TO PROMOTE UNDERSTANDING AND AMITY BETWEEN THE DIFERENT COMMUNITIES OF THE WORLD. THE IIC IS RECOGNIZED FOR ITS CREATIVE INFLUENCE ON THE CULTURAL AND INTELLECTUAL LIFE OF THE COUNTRY. INTELLCTUAL GIANTS OF THE TIME LIKE JAWAHARLAL NEHRU, S. RADHAKRISHNAN, JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER III, C.D. DESHMUKH ECT. CONTRIBUTED TO THE IIC BACOMING A REALITY. THE TALKS AND SYMPOSIA OF THE IIC COVER A WIDE RANGE OF SUBJECTS LIKE INTERNATION AFAIRS, HUMAN RIGHTS, ENVIORNMENT, WILDLIFE, DIMENSIONS IN SCIENCE AND MEDICINE, RELIGION, PHILOSAPHY, CULTURE AND LITERATURE. THE FACILITIES AT THE CENTRE INCLUDE AN ART GALLERY, A HOSTEL, CONFERENCE ROOMS AND CATERING FACILITIES. THE IIC IS ALSO KNOWN AS FOR ITS LIBRARY, OPEN TO RESEARCH SCHOLORS FROM ACROSS THE GLOBE. INDIA POST IS HAPPY TO JOIN THE GOLDEN JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS OF THIS INTELLECTUAL HAVEN BY ISSUING A COMMEMORATIVE POSTAGE STAMP, THE DESIGN OF WHICH HAS TRIED TO CAPTURE THE ESSENCE OF THE CENTRE.
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