1st August (2002) in Dalit History – Government of India issued stamp on Annabhau Sathe (social reformer, folk poet, and Dalit writer) on 1st August 2002 and declared him as saint of Maharashtra.

Stamp on Annabhau Sathe

“Dalit writers are entailed with the responsibility of liberating and shielding Dalits from the existing worldly and Hindu tortures as the long standing conventional beliefs cannot be destroyed instantly.” – Annabhau Sathe