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50 Rupees Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of India |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Weight | 30 g |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a right-facing bust portrait of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the renowned Indian statesman and independence leader, rendered in high relief against a polished mirror field. The portrait is unadorned and naturalistic in style, capturing the elder statesman's distinctive features with numismatic precision. Encircling the upper portion of the rim, the honorific legend 'सरदार वल्लभभाई पटेल' in Devanagari script arcs along the left, while 'SARDAR VALLABHBHAI PATEL' in Latin script arcs along the right. The date '1996' is inscribed in the lower exergue, flanked by decorative lozenge stops. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Issued to commemorate the birth centenary of Vallabhbhai Patel, the deputy prime minister whose post-independence diplomatic pressure and, where necessary, military force brought over 560 princely states into the Indian Union between 1947 and 1950. The operation against Hyderabad in September 1948 — a brief military action Patel authorized over Nehru's hesitation — was the most consequential of these integrations.
India's commemorative rupee program of the 1990s produced numerous large-format copper-nickel pieces with limited circulation reach; most were sold directly to collectors through the Bombay and Calcutta mints rather than released through banking channels.