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100 Rupees 150 Years of Indian Railways
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of India |
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| Year | 2003 |
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| Currency | Rupee (decimalized, 1957-date) |
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| Reverse lettering | रेलवे, १५० गौरवपूर्ण वर्ष Railways 150 Glorious Years Bholu, The Guard 2003 |
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Indian Railways was founded in 1853 when the first passenger train ran 34 kilometres between Bombay's Bori Bunder and Thane — a line built and operated by the Great Indian Peninsula Railway under British colonial administration. By the centenary in 1953, the network had already been nationalised following independence and consolidated into a single state-owned entity. The 150th anniversary fell under the Vajpayee government, which commissioned this issue through the Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India.
The .500 fineness is notably low for a commemorative silver coin, a recurring characteristic of Indian commemoratives from this period rather than an anomaly specific to this issue.