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10 Rupees 150th Birth Anniversary of Lala Lajpat Rai
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of India |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Composition | Bimetallic: copper-nickel centre in aluminium bronze ring |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features the Lion Capital of Ashoka Pillar at centre, the national emblem of India, rendered in relief. The inscription 'INDIA' appears in Latin script and 'भारत' in Devanagari script flank the emblem, with the motto 'सत्यमेव जयते' (Satyameva Jayate — Truth Alone Prevails) inscribed below. The denomination '10' is shown beneath the motto, accompanied by the Rupee symbol '₹'. The design is set within a plain field with a milled outer ring. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays a forward-facing portrait bust of Lala Lajpat Rai, the prominent Indian independence activist and nationalist leader, wearing a traditional turban, set within the copper-nickel centre. The commemorative dates '1865 – 2015' appear in the lower portion of the inner disc below the portrait. The aluminium bronze outer ring bears the legend '150TH ANNIVERSARY OF LALA LAJPAT RAI' in Latin script along the lower arc and 'लाला लाजपत राय की 150 वीं जयंती' in Devanagari script along the upper arc. |
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Lala Lajpat Rai died in Lahore on November 17, 1928, roughly three weeks after being beaten by police during a protest against the Simon Commission — a parliamentary body assembled without a single Indian member. The British government never formally acknowledged a causal link between the lathi charge ordered by Superintendent James Scott and Rai's death, a denial that directly accelerated militant nationalist activity and contributed to Bhagat Singh's subsequent assassination of a British officer in retaliation.
The 150th birth anniversary fell in 2015, placing this issue exactly in that commemorative year. KM#439 is one of dozens of Indian commemorative bimetallic tens struck through the 2010s, many with very limited circulation outside official sets.