1 Rupee: 2001- Till date

In the decade of 2001 onwards, the inflation kept on going higher than the previous decade and hence, the frequency of releasing 5Rs. coins increased. As a result, frequency of issuing 1 rupee commemorative coins decreased.

Jaya Prakash Narayan 

Year: 2002
Metal: Ferritic Stainless Steel(FSS)
Weight: 4.95 gm
Diameter: 25 mm

Commemorative issue: 100th Anniversary Birth of Jaya Prakash Narayan.

In his honour a 1 Rs. commemorative coin was issued for general circulation. The other coins issued in this theme 10 Rs. and 100 Rs. were only issued as proof and uncirculated specimens.

Obverse features Ashoka Lion capitol with denomination below it.

Reverse features bust of Loknayak JP Narayan.

Jayaprakash Narayan (11 October 1902 – 8 October 1979), widely known as Loknayak, was an Indian independence activist and political leader, remembered especially for leading the opposition to Indira Gandhi in the 1970s and for giving a call for peaceful Total Revolution. His biography, Jayaprakash, was written by his nationalist friend and an eminent writer of Hindi literature, Ramavriksha Benipuri. In 1998, he was posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award, in recognition of his social work. Other awards include the Magsaysay award for Public Service in 1965. The airport of Patna is also named after him.

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Maharana Pratap 

Year: 2003
Metal: Ferritic Stainless Steel(FSS)
Weight: 5 gm
Diameter: 25 mm

A 1 rupee commemorative coin was issued to commemorate him. The other coins issued in this theme, 10 Rs. and 100 Rs. were only issued as proof and uncirculated specimens.

Obverse features Ashoka Lion capitol with denomination below it.

Reverse features bust of Maharana Pratap.

MahaRana Pratap

Maharana Pratap or Pratap Singh (May 9, 1540 – January 19, 1597) was a Hindu Rajput ruler of Mewar, a region in north-western India in the present day state of Rajasthan. In popular Indian culture, Pratap is considered to exemplify the qualities like bravery and chivalry to which Rajputs aspire, especially in context of his opposition to the Mughal emperor Akbar. The struggle between Rajput confederacy led by Pratap Singh, and the Mughal Empire under Akbar, has often been characterised in popular Hindutva culture as a struggle between Hindus and the invading Muslims, much on the same lines as the struggle between Shivaji and Aurangzeb a little less than a century later.

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Veer Durgadas 

Year: 2003
Metal: Ferritic Stainless Steel(FSS)
Weight: 4.85 gm
Diameter: 25 mm

Obverse features Ashoka Lion capitol with denomination below it.

Reverse features Veer Durgadas.

A 1 rupee commemorative coin was issued to commemorate him. The other coins issued in this theme, 10 Rs. and 100 Rs. were only issued as proof and uncirculated specimens.

Durgadas Rathore (13 August 1638 – 22 November 1718) is credited with having preserved the rule of the Rathore dynasty over Marwar, India, following the death of Maharaja Jaswant Singh in the 17th century. In doing so he had to defy Aurangzeb, a Mughal emperor. He was appointed in the army of Maharaja Jaswant Singh, the ruler of Marwar. The moghuls occupied Marwar after the death of Jaswant Singh. Durgadas fought with the Moghuls and was successful in winning over the Moghul forces &  proclaiming Jaswant Singh’s son Ajit Singh as Maharaja of Jodhpur.

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150 Years of India Post 

Year: 2004
Metal: Ferritic Stainless Steel(FSS)
Weight: 5 gm
Diameter: 24.9 mm

Commemorative issue: 150th Anniversary of the Indian Postal Service.

To commemorate the 150th anniversary of this event a 1 Rs.commemorative coin was issued on 4th October,2004. The other coin issued in this theme, 100 Rs. was only issued as proof and uncirculated specimens.

Obverse features Ashoka Lion capitol with denomination below it.

Reverse features a partial postage stamp design.

On 1st October, 1854, the first postage stamp valid across the country was issued at an affordable and uniform rate of postage, fixed by weight and not by distance. For the first time the common man could use a facility which included free delivery of letters from door to door . From this day forth, the Post Office touched the life of every citizen. Even though the British established the Post office for imperial interests, it became, along with the Railways and the Electric Telegraph, one of the great engines of social development.

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RBI Platinum Jubilee 1935-2010 

Year: 2010
Metal: Ferritic Stainless Steel(FSS)
Weight: 4.9 gm
Diameter: 24.8 mm

Obverse features Ashoka Lion capitol with denomination below it.

Reverse features a seal of Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

To commemorate the Platinum Jubilee of establishment of RBI in 2010, India issued this 1 Rs. coin on 1st April, 2010, for general circulation. Out of the other 4 coins issued on the same occasion, the 2 Rs., 5 Rs. and the 10 Rs. coins were issued for general circulation and the coin of 75 Rs. was issued as  proof/Uncirculated specimen.

RBI Seal

The original choice for the seal of RBI was The East India Company Double Mohur, with the sketch of the Lion and Palm Tree. However it was decided to replace the lion with the tiger, the national animal of India.

The Reserve Bank of India was founded on 1 April 1935 to respond to economic troubles after the First World War. It came into picture according to the guidelines laid down by Dr. Ambedkar.Basic functions of RBI are to regulate the issue of bank notes, keep reserves to secure monetary stability in India, and generally to operate the currency and credit system in the best interests of the country. The Central Office of the RBI was initially established in Calcutta (now Kolkata), but was permanently moved to Bombay (now Mumbai) in 1937. The RBI also acted as Burma's central bank, except during the years of the Japanese occupation of Burma (1942–45), until April 1947, even though Burma seceded from the Indian Union in 1937. After the Partition of India in 1947, the Bank served as the central bank for Pakistan until June 1948 when the State Bank of Pakistan commenced operations. Though originally set up as a shareholders’ bank, the RBI has been fully owned by the Government of India since its nationalization in 1949.

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