The Mahatma Gandhi Series of banknotes are issued by the Reserve Bank of India as the legal tender of Indian Rupee. As the name suggests, the series is so called because the observe of the banknotes prominently display the portrait of Mahatma Gandhi. Since its introduction in 1996, this series has replaced all issued banknotes.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) introduced the series in 1996 with the ₹10 and ₹500 banknotes. At present, the RBI issues banknotes denominations from ₹5 to ₹1000. Printing of ₹5 notes which had stopped earlier restarted in 2009. ATMs usually dispense ₹100, ₹500, and ₹1000 notes.
The obverse design of this series was based on this photograph of Mahatma Gandhi.
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Lord Pethic-Lawrence with Gandhi in 1946 |
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