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The Fact Behind Gandhi's Picture In Currency Notes
Who knew that the picture that we see on the Indian currency notes is a cropped picture of Gandhi ji?
Have you ever wondered why the Indian currency notes have Gandhiji's side portrait on them? Or why that picture alone of Gandhiji's is used on all the notes?
Well, there is a history to it and here we bring to you the actual details behind the history of this particular picture of Mahatma Gandhi's that is used in the Indian currency notes.
Now, we bet this would make you wonder where did that picture come from? How did we manage to get such a perfect shot, at the right moment, for the right purpose?
So, check out the details below of why this particular image of Gandhi ji is used in all the currency notes.
The Original Picture...
The
picture
was
taken
in
1946
by
an
unknown
photographer.
The
picture
is
dated
to
have
been
clicked
in
1946
when
Mahatma
Gandhi
and
Lord
Pethick-Lawrence
met
each
other
in
the
viceroy
house,
in
Kolkata.
It
is
said
that
Pethick-Lawrence
was
a
British
Secretary
back
then.
Image
Source
More About The Picture...
This
particular
picture
was
taken
at
the
former
viceroy's
house
back
in
1946,
which
is
now
known
as
the
Rashtrapati
Bhavan.
This
epic
picture
of
Gandhiji's
was
later
used
as
a
portrait-sized
image
on
all
the
currency
notes.
Image
Source
The Mirror Image Was Used…
The mirror image of the original picture has been used on the Mahatma Gandhi series of the bank notes. In 1987, when Rs. 500 note was used for the first time, a watermark of Gandhi's picture was present on the notes.
The Notes Underwent A Transformation In 1996
The currency notes having Gandhiji's picture only came into existence from 1996. Before that, the notes had the picture of the Ashoka Stambha. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) decided to make a transformation and this trademark picture of Gandhi was used in all the currency notes, starting from Rs. 5 to Rs. 1000.
From then to the present day, Gandhi's picture is still being used on all the Indian currency notes.
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