The Gandhi Series of banknotes are issued by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) as the legal tender of Indian rupee. The series is so called because the obverse of the banknotes prominently display the portrait of Mahatma Gandhi. Since its introduction in 1996, this series replaced all Lion Capital Series banknotes issued before 1996. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) introduced the series in 1996 with ₹10 and ₹500 banknotes.
As of 10 November 2016, the RBI issues banknotes in this series in denominations from ₹5 to ₹100. Printing of five-notes, which had stopped earlier, restarted in 2009. On 8 November 2016, the ₹500 and ₹1000 banknote denominations of this series were demonetised and the new Mahatma Gandhi Series of banknotes were revealed in denominations of ₹500 and ₹2000, intended to replace this series.
The following features are included in the notes. [1]
Mahatma Gandhi Series [2] | ||||||||||
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Image | Value | Dimensions (millimetres) | Main colour | Description | Date of | |||||
Obverse | Reverse | Obverse | Reverse | Watermark | Issue | Withdrawal | ||||
₹5 | 117 × 63 mm | Green | Mahatma Gandhi | Agriculture endeavour | Mahatma Gandhi | 2002 / 2011 | Current | |||
₹10 | 137 × 63 mm | Orange and violet | Indian rhinoceros, Indian elephant, and Bengal tiger | 1996 / 2017 | Current | |||||
₹20 | 147 × 63 mm | Red-orange | Mount Harriet | 2001 / 2018 | Current | |||||
₹50 | 147 × 73 mm | Lilac and Violet | Old Parliament House | 1997 / 2017 | Current | |||||
₹100 | 157 × 73 mm | Blue and green at centre, brown and purple at two sides | Kangchenjunga | 1996 / 2017 | Current | |||||
₹500 | 167 × 73 mm | Orange and Yellow | Gyarah Murti | 2000 / 2016 | 8 November 2016 | |||||
₹1000 | 177 × 73 mm | Amber-Red | Economy of India | 2000 / 2016 | 8 November 2016 | |||||
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixel per millimetre. For table standards, see the banknote specification table. |
Each banknote has its amount written in 17 languages. On the obverse, the denomination is written in Hindi and English. On the reverse is a language panel which displays the denomination of the note in 15 of the 22 official languages of India. The languages are displayed in alphabetical order. Languages included on the panel are Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Odia, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu.
Denominations in union level official languages (At below either ends) | ||||||||
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Language | ₹5 | ₹10 | ₹20 | ₹50 | ₹100 | ₹500 | ₹1000 | |
English | Five rupees | Ten rupees | Twenty rupees | Fifty rupees | One hundred rupees | Five hundred rupees | One thousand rupees | |
Hindi | पाँच रुपये | दस रुपये | बीस रुपये | पचास रुपये | एक सौ रुपये | पांच सौ रुपये | एक हज़ार रुपये | |
Denominations in 15 state level/other official languages (As seen on the language panel) | ||||||||
Assamese | পাঁচ টকা | দহ টকা | বিছ টকা | পঞ্চাশ টকা | এশ টকা | পাঁচশ টকা | এহেজাৰ টকা | |
Bengali | পাঁচ টাকা | দশ টাকা | কুড়ি টাকা | পঞ্চাশ টাকা | একশ টাকা | পাঁচশ টাকা | এক হাজার টাকা | |
Gujarati | પાંચ રૂપિયા | દસ રૂપિયા | વીસ રૂપિયા | પચાસ રૂપિયા | સો રૂપિયા | પાંચ સો રૂપિયા | એક હજાર રૂપિયા | |
Kannada | ಐದು ರೂಪಾಯಿಗಳು | ಹತ್ತು ರೂಪಾಯಿಗಳು | ಇಪ್ಪತ್ತು ರೂಪಾಯಿಗಳು | ಐವತ್ತು ರೂಪಾಯಿಗಳು | ಒಂದು ನೂರು ರೂಪಾಯಿಗಳು | ಐದು ನೂರು ರೂಪಾಯಿಗಳು | ಒಂದು ಸಾವಿರ ರೂಪಾಯಿಗಳು | |
Kashmiri | پانٛژھ رۄپیہِ | دٔہ رۄپیہِ | وُہ رۄپیہِ | پَنٛژاہ رۄپیہِ | ہَتھ رۄپیہِ | پانٛژھ ہَتھ رۄپیہِ | ساس رۄپیہِ | |
Konkani | पांच रुपया | धा रुपया | वीस रुपया | पन्नास रुपया | शंबर रुपया | पाचशें रुपया | एक हजार रुपया | |
Malayalam | അഞ്ചു രൂപ | പത്തു രൂപ | ഇരുപതു രൂപ | അൻപതു രൂപ | നൂറു രൂപ | അഞ്ഞൂറു രൂപ | ആയിരം രൂപ | |
Marathi | पाच रुपये | दहा रुपये | वीस रुपये | पन्नास रुपये | शंभर रुपये | पाचशे रुपये | एक हजार रुपये | |
Nepali | पाँच रुपियाँ | दस रुपियाँ | बीस रुपियाँ | पचास रुपियाँ | एक सय रुपियाँ | पाँच सय रुपियाँ | एक हजार रुपियाँ | |
Odia | ପାଞ୍ଚ ଟଙ୍କା | ଦଶ ଟଙ୍କା | କୋଡିଏ ଟଙ୍କା | ପଚାଶ ଟଙ୍କା | ଏକ ଶତ ଟଙ୍କା | ପାଞ୍ଚ ଶତ ଟଙ୍କା | ଏକ ହଜାର ଟଙ୍କା | |
Punjabi | ਪੰਜ ਰੁਪਏ | ਦਸ ਰੁਪਏ | ਵੀਹ ਰੁਪਏ | ਪੰਜਾਹ ਰੁਪਏ | ਇਕ ਸੌ ਰੁਪਏ | ਪੰਜ ਸੌ ਰੁਪਏ | ਇਕ ਹਜ਼ਾਰ ਰੁਪਏ | |
Sanskrit | पञ्चरूप्यकाणि | दशरूप्यकाणि | विंशती रूप्यकाणि | पञ्चाशत् रूप्यकाणि | शतं रूप्यकाणि | पञ्चशतं रूप्यकाणि | सहस्रं रूप्यकाणि | |
Tamil | ஐந்து ரூபாய் | பத்து ரூபாய் | இருபது ரூபாய் | ஐம்பது ரூபாய் | நூறு ரூபாய் | ஐந்நூறு ரூபாய் | ஆயிரம் ரூபாய் | |
Telugu | ఐదు రూపాయలు | పది రూపాయలు | ఇరవై రూపాయలు | ఏబది రూపాయలు | నూరు రూపాయలు | ఐదువందల రూపాయలు | వెయ్యి రూపాయలు | |
Urdu | پانچ روپیے | دس روپیے | بیس روپیے | پچاس روپیے | سو روپیے | پانچ سو روپیے | ایک ہزار روپیے |
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