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| Issuer | Reserve Bank of India |
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| Year | 1970-1982 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | The Reserve Bank of India seal appears at right, with the denomination ONE HUNDRED RUPEES inscribed at left. A large numeral 100 occupies the central field of the note, set against a guilloche underprint. The Governor's signature and the promise-to-pay legend appear within the lower register. |
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| Obverse lettering | RESERVE BANK OF INDIA GUARANTEED BY THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT I PROMISE TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED RUPEES 100 GOVERNOR |
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The "correct Urdu" designation in the name distinguishes this series from earlier ₹100 notes where the Urdu script on the language panel contained orthographic errors — a printing embarrassment that persisted for years before being corrected. The fix was significant enough that cataloguers treat it as a separate type.
Four governors signed across the issue's twelve-year run, with I. G. Patel's tenure being the longest represented and the only one to carry a plate letter. Narasimham's signature is the scarcest — he served as RBI Governor for only a matter of months in 1977 before moving to the IMF.