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250 Rupees - Gyanendra Bir Bikram Guru Granth Sahib
| Issuer | Nepal Rastra Bank |
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| Year | 2004 |
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| Value | 250 Rupees |
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| Reverse description | Central design depicts an open Guru Granth Sahib, the sacred holy scripture of the Sikh faith, shown in three-quarter perspective with visible text pages. Above the book, the Khanda symbol of the Sikh faith is prominently displayed. The legend नेपाल and NEPAL appear at the top in Devanagari and Latin script respectively, flanking the Khanda emblem. A Devanagari inscription commemorating the 400th anniversary of the Guru Granth Sahib runs along the left border, and the denomination रू. २५० is inscribed below the book. |
| Reverse script | Devanagari, Latin |
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Issued to commemorate the tercentenary of the Guru Granth Sahib's installation as the eternal Guru of the Sikhs in 1704, this coin reflects Nepal's historically significant Sikh community concentrated around Kathmandu and the Terai lowlands. The 300th anniversary was observed across South Asia, and Nepal's participation was a diplomatic as much as a religious gesture — acknowledging the faith of Nepali citizens while reinforcing cultural ties with India's Punjab.
Gyanendra's reign was already politically precarious by 2004, with Maoist insurgency intensifying across the country. Commemorative issues from this period were among the few stable institutional outputs of a government increasingly under siege.