North India Statesman
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Do you know why the picture of Mahatma Gandhi is seen on Indian rupees? Why not a picture of any other freedom fighter, poet or leader? Now RBI itself has answered this question. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has said that many names including Rabindranath Tagore, Mother Teresa were considered to put a picture of a famous personality on Indian rupees, but the consensus was named after Mahatma Gandhi. The result of that consensus is that Gandhiji’s picture has been on the notes for a long time. This is said in a documentary on the functioning of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
That’s why a picture of a famous person was posted
The central bank said that it was later realized that if a bank note has a picture of a famous person, it becomes easy to identify. If the design of fake notes is not good, then the picture of a famous person makes it easy for people to identify real and fake notes. In view of the design and safety facilities of the note in the Indian context, there were many famous celebrities whose picture could come on the note. For this, many famous people including Rabindranath Tagore, Mother Teresa and Abul Kalam Azad were considered, but in the end Mahatma Gandhi agreed.
Whose picture was this before independence?
Before independence, the British Indian rupee reflected colonialism and historical and political contexts associated with it. It contained pictures of flora and organisms (tigers, deer). The grandeur of the British Empire was depicted through ‘decorated elephants’ and ornate paintings of the king on the rupee. According to the RBI, but when India became independent, the pictures printed on the rupee also started changing gradually. Initially, the lion mark of the Ashoka Pillar, the famous place etc. were used on the rupee. Gradually, with the development and progress of India, the rupee started telling the story of development through paintings. The progress made in the field of science and the achievements of Green Revolution in the country was beautifully engraved on notes through Aryabhata and farming farmers etc.
Mahatma Gandhi’s picture was first printed on the note in 1969
According to the Reserve Bank of India website, a 100 rupee memorial note was issued for the first time in 1969 to commemorate Mahatma Gandhi’s birth centenary. It had his image with Sevagram Ashram. His image has been regularly visible on money since 1987. In October that year, 500 rupee notes were issued with Gandhi’s image. With the development of reproductive technology, traditional security features were considered insufficient. In 1996, a new ‘Mahatma Gandhi series’ was launched with new security facilities.
In this way money is delivered to the whole country
The RBI has also stated through a recently released documentary to bring its functioning and role to the people that it uses major transport systems like trains, waterways, airways etc. to provide money from printing press to every corner of the country. This is the first time that the functioning of RBI has been introduced as a documentary. The name of this documentary is ‘RBI Unlocked: Beyond the Rupi’.
