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20 Rupees Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of India |
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| Year | 2014 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse description | A forward-facing bust portrait of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, the eminent Indian scholar, freedom fighter, and first Education Minister of independent India, occupying the central field. He is depicted wearing his characteristic Karakul cap and traditional attire, with a short beard. The legend 'मौलाना अबुल कलाम आजाद' in Devanagari curves along the left and lower-left periphery, while 'MAULANA ABUL KALAM AZAD' in Latin script arcs along the upper periphery. His birth and death years '1888-1958' appear below the portrait, flanked by '125 वीं जयंती' in Devanagari on the lower left and '125 BIRTH ANNIVERSARY' in Latin on the lower right. |
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| Mint | Kolkata Mint |
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Issued to mark the 125th birth anniversary of Abul Kalam Azad, the independence-era politician who served as India's first Education Minister from 1947 until his death in 1958. His tenure produced the groundwork for the Indian Institutes of Technology and shaped the early framework of secular public education in the new republic. The coin was released under the Government of India's commemorative series coordinated through the Security Printing and Minting Corporation.
The .500 fineness is characteristic of Indian commemorative rupee issues from this period — a deliberate cost-control decision that kept silver content modest while maintaining the appearance of a precious-metal commemorative.