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1 Rupee
| Issuer | Government of India |
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| Year | 1957 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ONE RUPEE EK ROOPAYA (SIGNATURE) SECRETARY MINISTRY OF FINANCE |
| Reverse description | Violet on pale green guilloche underprint. At left, a large circular coin vignette in scalloped design bears the numeral '1' flanked by wheat stalks and the date 1957, with 'EK RUPAYA' inscribed in Devanagari below; at center, the denomination 'ONE RUPEE' is rendered in an ornate cartouche beneath 'GOVERNMENT OF INDIA', flanked by the value expressed in seven regional Indian languages including Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Oriya, Telugu, and Urdu; the right portion contains a blank panel framed by a scalloped guilloche border. |
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The Government of India 1 Rupee note has been a bureaucratic constant since the colonial period — the denomination sits outside the Reserve Bank of India's remit entirely, issued instead by the Ministry of Finance and technically constituting a government promissory instrument rather than a central bank note. H. M. Patel's dual signature titles on plate A reflect a mid-series retitling of his position, making plate letter a useful dating proxy within the 1957 issue. L. K. Jha's appearance across three plate letters — B, C, and D — marks his tenure before his later appointment as RBI Governor in 1967.