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150 Rupees 150th Birth Anniversary of Lala Lajpat Rai
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of India |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Weight | 35 g |
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| Reverse description | A forward-facing bust portrait of Lala Lajpat Rai, the Indian independence activist and political leader, is centrally positioned in the field, depicted wearing a traditional turban. The commemorative dates '1865 - 2015' appear in the exergue below the portrait, marking the 150th anniversary of his birth. A circular legend in Latin script reading '150TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF LALA LAJPAT RAI' runs along the lower portion of the rim, while the Devanagari legend 'लाला लाजपत राय की 150 वीं जयंती' arcs along the upper rim. |
| Reverse script | Latin/Devanagari |
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Lala Lajpat Rai died in Lahore on November 17, 1928, eighteen days after being struck by police batons during a protest against the Simon Commission. The British government never formally prosecuted anyone. Bhagat Singh's subsequent assassination of a British police officer in retaliation, and his eventual execution, made Rai's death one of the most politically charged episodes of the independence movement.
The .500 fineness is characteristic of RBI commemorative rupee issues from this period — fine silver was reserved for earlier colonial-era coinage.