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50 Rupees Quit India Movement
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of India |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Value | 50 Rupees |
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| Obverse description | Central field features the Lion Capital of Ashoka (the national emblem of India), depicted facing forward atop its abacus, with the motto 'Satyameva Jayate' (सत्यमेव जयते) inscribed below in Devanagari script. The denomination '50 RUPEES' appears prominently in the lower field, rendered in both Latin numerals and Devanagari script. The legend 'भारत INDIA' arcs along the upper periphery in both Devanagari and Latin scripts. The design is executed in high relief against a polished field, with a beaded border encircling the entire obverse. |
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| Reverse script | Latin/Devanagari |
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The Quit India Movement, launched by Gandhi on August 8, 1942, was followed within hours by the mass arrest of virtually the entire Congress leadership — a move the British calculated would decapitate the resistance. Instead, the movement became the most spontaneous and widespread uprising of the independence struggle, driven largely by ordinary Indians without central direction. This coin was issued on the fiftieth anniversary of that moment.
The Reserve Bank produced a number of large-format commemoratives through the 1990s in this weight class, several of which saw limited distribution outside government gift sets.