The Indian Paper Money Act, 1861, led to the introduction of the first series of uniface currency notes that carried the portrait of Queen Victoria on them. Besides these currency notes ...
Thomas McKenney, United States superintendent of Indian trade in Georgetown, then port of entry for the District of Columbia, conceived the idea of developing a government collection of portraits of ...
After India gained independence on August 15, 1947, RBI initially released notes bearing the portrait of King George VI ...
In India, we have Mahatma Gandhi on our currency notes ... At the outset, it was felt that the King's portrait be replaced by a portrait of Mahatma Gandhi. Designs were prepared to that effect.