Year: 2002. Weight: 2.92 g [2.83g]. Mint: Calcutta (No mintmark below Date). Mintage: N/A.

Year: 2002. Weight: 2.90 g [2.83g]. Mint: Hyderabad (Star mintmark below Date). Mintage: N/A.

Weight: 3.81 g [3.80g].

Year: 2002. Weight: 3.87 g [3.80g]. Mint: Calcutta (No mintmark below Date). Mintage: N/A.

Year: 2002. Weight: 3.82 g [3.80g]. Mint: Hyderabad (Star mintmark below Date). Mintage: N/A.

Year: 2002. Weight: 3.84 g [3.80g]. Mint: Noida (Dot mintmark below Date). Mintage: N/A.

KM#92.2 Rupee. Year: 2002. Weight: 4.84 g [4.85g]. Metal: Stainless Steel. Diameter: 25.00 mm. Thickness: 1.40 mm. Edge: Plain. Alignment: Medal. Mint: Mumbai [Bombay] (Diamond mintmark below Date). Obverse: Ashoka Pillar Lion Capitol in the center with "सत्यमेव जयते" (Satyameva Jayate) [Truth alone triumphs] written below it. "भारत" (bharat) written on the left side clockwise and "INDIA" written on the right side clockwise.

Type2: Plain / Smooth edge.

Weight: 4.96 g [4.85g].

Year: 2002. Weight: 4.98 g [4.85g]. Mint: Calcutta (No mintmark below Date). Mintage: N/A.

Year: 2002. Weight: 4.97 g [4.85g]. Mint: Hyderabad (Star mintmark below Date). Mintage: N/A.

Weight: 4.98 g [4.85g].

Year: 2002. Weight: 4.98 g [4.85g]. Mint: Noida (Dot mintmark below Date). Mintage: N/A.

Jayaprakash Narayan (b. 11 October 1902 – d. 08 October 1979), popularly referred to as JP or Lok Nayak (Hindi for The People's Leader), was an Indian independence activist, theorist, socialist and political leader. He is also known as the "Hero of Quit India Movement" and he is remembered for leading the mid-1970s opposition against Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, for whose overthrow he had called for a "total revolution". His biography, Jayaprakash, was written by his nationalist friend and an eminent writer of Hindi literature, Rambriksh Benipuri. In 1999, he was posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award, in recognition of his social work. Other awards include the Magsaysay award for Public Service in 1965.
At the age of 17, Jayaprakash was married to Prabhavati Devi (b. 1906), daughter of lawyer and nationalist Brij Kishore Prasad in October 1919. Prabhavati was very independent and on Gandhi's invitation, went to stay at his ashram while Jayaprakash continued his studies. It was under her influence that Jayaprakash joined the Sarvodaya movement and actively participated in peace overtures in the North East India and the Middle East. She established Mahila Charkha Samiti in Patna to involve deserted and abandoned women in the charkha or the spinning wheel movement on the Gandhian model. Prabhavati Devi died on 15 April 1973 after a long battle with cancer.
Narayan died in Patna, Bihar, on 08 October 1979, three days before his 77th birthday, due to effects of diabetes and heart ailments. In March 1979, while he was in hospital, his death had been erroneously announced by the Indian prime minister, Morarji Desai, causing a grief wave of national mourning, including the suspension of parliament and regular radio broadcasting, and the closure of schools and shops. When he was told about the gaffe a few weeks later, he smiled.

Year: 2002. Weight: 4.95 g [4.95g]. Mint: Hyderabad (Star mintmark below Date). Mintage: N/A.

KM#121.5 Rupee. Year: 2002. Weight: 5.68 g [6.00g]. Metal: Copper-Nickel. Diameter: 26.00 mm; 11 sided (Hendecagonal). Thickness: 1.71 mm. Edge: Plain. Alignment: Medal. Mint: Mumbai [Bombay] (Diamond mintmark below Date). Mintage: N/A.

TypeC: Asoka Column 13mm tall, 4 fur rows on right lion. Further coin details under 1995.

Year: 2002. Weight: 5.97 g [6.00g]. Mint: Calcutta (No mintmark below Date). Mintage: N/A.

TypeC: Asoka Column 13mm tall, 4 fur rows on right lion. Further coin details under 1995.

Year: 2002. Weight: 6.26 g [6.00g]. Mint: Hyderabad (Star mintmark below Date). Mintage: N/A.

TypeC: Asoka Column 13mm tall, 4 fur rows on right lion. Further coin details under 1995.

Same as KM#154.4 Five Rupee, but...

Year: 2002. Weight: 8.83 g [9.00g]. Mint: Mumbai [Bombay] (Diamond mintmark below Date). Mintage: N/A.

Type4: Security edge but Asoka base thinner and smaller (Type C Asoka Column).

Same as KM#154.2 Five Rupee, but...

Year: 2002. Weight: 8.81 g [9.00g]. Mint: Calcutta (No mintmark below Date). Mintage: N/A.

Type2: Reeded edge.

This coin has security line with Large Dots but also major position is Reeded edge.

Same as KM#154.1 Five Rupee, but...

Year: 2002. Weight: 8.97 g [9.00g]. Mint: Noida (Dot mintmark below Date). Mintage: N/A. This coin has security line with Large Dots.

Type1: Security edge. Further coin details under 1992.

Year: 2003. Weight: 4.91 g [4.85g]. Mint: Mumbai [Bombay] (Diamond mintmark below Date). Mintage: N/A.

Weight: 4.88 g [4.85g].

Year: 2003. Weight: 5.00 g [4.85g]. Mint: Calcutta (No mintmark below Date). Mintage: N/A.

Year: 2003. Weight: 4.97 g [4.85g]. Mint: Hyderabad (Star mintmark below Date). Mintage: N/A.

Weight: 4.94 g [4.85g].

Weight: 4.95 g [4.85g].

Year: 2003. Weight: 4.93 g [4.85g]. Mint: Noida (Dot mintmark below Date). Mintage: N/A.

Pratap Singh I (b. 09 May 1540 – d. 19 January 1597) popularly known as Maharana Pratap, was the 13th king of Mewar, a region in north-western India in the present day state of Rajasthan. He ruled as Maharana of Mewar from 01 March 1572 to 19 January 1597.
Maharana Pratap was born in a Hindu Rajput family. He was born to Udai Singh II and Jaiwanta Bai. His younger brothers were Shakti Singh, Vikram Singh and Jagmal Singh. Pratap also had 2 stepsisters: Chand Kanwar and Man Kanwar. He was married to Ajabde Punwar of Bijolia. He belonged to the Royal Family of Mewar. After the death of Udai Singh in 1572, Rani Dheer Bai wanted her son Jagmal to succeed him but senior courtiers preferred Pratap, as the eldest son, to be their king. The desire of the nobles prevailed.
The bloody Siege of Chittorgarh in 1568 had led to the loss of the fertile eastern belt of Mewar to the Mughals. However, the rest of the wooded and hilly kingdom was still under the control of the Rana. The Mughal emperor Akbar was intent on securing a stable route to Gujarat through Mewar; when Pratap Singh was crowned king (Rana) in 1572, Akbar sent a number of envoys entreating the Rana to become a vassal like many other Rajput leaders in the region. When the Rana refused to personally submit to Akbar, war became inevitable.
The Battle of Haldighati was fought on 18 June 1576 between Maharana Pratap and Akbar's forces led by Man Singh I of Amer. The Mughals were victorious and inflicted significant casualties among the Mewaris but failed to capture Maharana. The site of the battle was a narrow mountain pass at Haldighati near Gogunda, modern day Rajsamand in Rajasthan. Maharana Pratap fielded a force of around 3000 cavalry and 400 Bhil archers. The Mughals were led by Man Singh of Amber, who commanded an army numbering around 5000-10,000 men. After a fierce battle lasting more than six hours, Maharana found himself wounded and the day lost. The mughal were unable to capture him. He managed to escape to the hills and lived to fight another day.
Mughal pressure on Mewar relaxed after 1579 following rebellions in Bengal and Bihar and Mirza Hakim's incursion into the Punjab. In 1582, Maharana Pratap attacked and occupied the Mughal post at Dewair (or Dawer). In 1585, Akbar moved to Lahore and remained there for the next twelve years watching the situation in the north-west. No major Mughal expedition was sent to Mewar during this period. Taking advantage of the situation, Pratap recovered Western Mewar including Kumbhalgarh, Udaipur and Gogunda. During this period, he also built a new capital, Chavand, near modern Dungarpur.
Reportedly, Pratap died of injuries sustained in a hunting accident at Chavand on 19 January 1597, aged 56. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Amar Singh I.

Durgadas Rathore (Durga Das Rathore) (b. 13 August 1638 – d. 22 November 1718) is credited with having preserved the rule of the Rathore dynasty over Marwar, India, following the death of Jaswant Singh in the 17th century. In doing so he had to defy Aurangzeb, a Mughal Empire.
Durgadas was the son of Askaran Rathore, a Rajput minister of Jaswant Singh, the ruler of Marwar. He was a distant relative of the royal family, being a descendant of Karana, a son of Rao Ranmal.
Jaswant Singh was campaigning in Afghanistan when he died in December 1678, leaving no heir. Aurangzeb took the opportunity to intervene by imposing Muslim rule over Marwar. This formed a part of the Mughal strategy to destroy Hinduism and his flooding of the area with troops was successful in denying any opposition. Soon after Jaswant Singh's death two of his ranis (queens) each gave birth to male child. One of these sons died soon after his birth, leaving the other – Ajit Singh – as sole heir. This news reached Aurangzeb by February 1679 but he chose not to recognise the child as the legitimate heir. He imposed jizya, a tax on non-Muslims, and soon after sold the kingdom to another chieftain, Indra Singh. Aurangzeb had moved his base from Delhi to Ajmer to oversee the subjugation but in April 1679 returned to his capital, leaving administrative and military support in Marwar for the unpopular new ruler.
Prominent grandees of Marwar, including Durgadas, went to Delhi to plead the recognition of Ajit Singh as heir. Aurangzeb refused their request, although he did offer to bestow a title and a grant when the child attained the age of majority. Aurangzeb required that the child be raised in the imperial harem and that the ranis live there also. According to one contemporary source, Aurangzeb also offered to give Ajit Singh the throne of Jodhpur in the future if it was agreed that the child was raised in the Muslim faith.
The attitude of Aurangzeb was not acceptable to the Rathore delegation, who resolved upon rescuing Ajit Singh and the ranis from Delhi. They were aware that many of them were likely to die in the process and this proved to be the case: as they retreated from the city on 25 June 1679 they were pursued by Mughal guards and fought several desperate and deadly rearguard actions in order to protect Durgadas, who had the ranis and child with him. The pursuit continued till the evening, when the Mughals finally tired. The infant Ajit Singh was taken to safety in Balunda, where the wife of one of the delegation kept the child for almost a year. Later, he was moved to the safety of the Aravalli Hills near Abu Sirohi, a remote town on the southern fringes of Marwar. There Ajit Singh grew up in anonymity.
Durgadas took advantage of the disturbances following the death of Aurangzeb in 1707 to seize Jodhpur and eventually evict the occupying Mughal force. Ajit Singh was proclaimed Maharaja of Jodhpur and went on to rebuild all the temples that had been desecrated by the occupying Muslims.
Durgadas after completing his duties successfully and fulfilled the promise which he had given to Jaswant Singh, left Jodhpur and live in Sadri, Udaipur, Rampura, Bhanpura for some time and then left to worship Mahakaal at Ujjain. On 22 November 1718, on the banks of the Shipra at Ujjain, Durgadas died at the age of 81 years, his canopy in red stone is still at the Chakratirtha, Ujjain, which is pilgrimage for all freedom fighters and Rajputs.

Year: 2003. Weight: 6.03 g [6.00g]. Mint: Mumbai [Bombay] (Diamond mintmark below Date). Mintage: N/A.

TypeC: Asoka Column 13mm tall, 4 fur rows on right lion. Further coin details under 1995.

Year: 2003. Weight: 5.98 g [6.00g]. Mint: Hyderabad (Star mintmark below Date). Mintage: N/A.

TypeC: Asoka Column 13mm tall, 4 fur rows on right lion. Further coin details under 1995.

Same as KM#154.4 Five Rupee, but...

Year: 2003. Weight: 8.88 g [9.00g]. Mint: Mumbai [Bombay] (Diamond mintmark below Date). Mintage: N/A.

Type4: Security edge but Asoka base thinner and smaller (Type C Asoka Column).

Same as KM#154.1 Five Rupee, but...

Year: 2003. Weight: 8.97 g [9.00g]. Mint: Calcutta (No mintmark below Date). Mintage: N/A. This coin has security line with Large Dots.

Type1: Security edge. Further coin details under 1992.

Weight: 8.91 g.

Same as KM#154.1 Five Rupee, but...

Year: 2003. Weight: 9.05 g [9.00g]. Mint: Hyderabad (Star mintmark below Date). Mintage: N/A.

Type1: Security edge. Further coin details under 1992.

Same as KM#154.1 Five Rupee, but...

Year: 2003. Weight: 8.95 g [9.00g]. Mint: Noida (Dot mintmark below Date). Mintage: N/A.

Type1: Security edge. Further coin details under 1992.

Small Dots on the security edge.

Sir Dadabhai Naoroji Dordi (b. 04 September 1825 – d. 30 June 1917) also known as the "Grand Old Man of India" and "Unofficial Ambassador of India". Naoroji was born in Navsari into a Gujarati-speaking Parsi family, and educated at the Elphinstone Institute School. He was patronised by the Maharaja of Baroda, Sayajirao Gaekwad III, and started his public life as the Dewan (Minister) to the Maharaja in 1874. Being an Athornan (ordained priest), Naoroji founded the Rahnumae Mazdayasne Sabha (Guides on the Mazdayasne Path) on 01 August 1851 to restore the Zoroastrian religion to its original purity and simplicity. In 1854, he also founded a Gujarati fortnightly publication, the Rast Goftar (or The Truth Teller), to clarify Zoroastrian concepts and promote Parsi social reforms. And also published another newspaper called " Voice of India ". In December 1855, he was appointed Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy at the Elphinstone College in Mumbai [Bombay], becoming the first Indian to hold such an academic position. He travelled to London in 1855 to become a partner in Cama & Co, opening a Liverpool location for the first Indian company to be established in Britain. Within three years, he had resigned on ethical grounds. In 1859, he established his own cotton trading company, Dadabhai Naoroji & Co. Later, he became professor of Gujarati at University College London. He was an Indian Parsi scholar, trader and politician who was a Liberal Party member of Parliament (MP) in the United Kingdom House of Commons (Member of Parliament for Finsbury Central) between 1892 and 1895, and the first Indian to be a British MP, notwithstanding the Anglo-Indian MP David Ochterlony Dyce Sombre, who was disenfranchised for corruption. Naoroji was one of the founding members of the Indian National Congress. His book "Poverty and Un-British Rule in India" brought attention to the draining of India's wealth into Britain. In it he explained his wealth drain theory. He was also a member of the Second International along with Kautsky and Plekhanov. He was married to Gulbai at the age of eleven. He died in Mumbai [Bombay] on 30 June 1917, at the age of 91. Today the Dadabhai Naoroji Road, a heritage road of Mumbai, is named after him. Also, the Dadabhai Naoroji Road in Karachi, Pakistan is also named after him as well, as Naoroji Street in the Finsbury area of London. A prominent residential colony for central government servants in the south of Delhi is also named Naoroji Nagar. His granddaughters Perin and Khrushedben were also involved in the freedom struggle. In 1930, Khurshedben was arrested along with other revolutionaries for attempting to hoist the Indian flag in a Government College in Ahmedabad. In 2014, UK Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg inaugurated the Dadabhai Naoroji Awards for services to UK-India relations. India Post dedicated stamps to Naoroji in 1963, 1997 and 2017.

Weight: 8.93 g [9.00g].

Small Dots on the security edge.

Medium Dots on the security edge.

Type2: Missing tooth rim on the Reverse side as of KM#304, 5 Rupees on 2600th Birth Anniversary of Bhagwan Mahavir Janma Kalyanak. This MULE coin was only produced by Calcutta mint.

Large Dots on the security edge.

Note: KM#317.2 issue has Reeded edge and produced only by Hyderabad mint.

Kumaraswami Kamaraj (b. 15 July 1903 – d. 02 October 1975), was the founder and the president of the Indian National Congress (Organisation). Kamaraj was elected the President of Indian National Congress on 09 October 1963. As the president of INC, he refused to become the next Prime Minister himself in 1964 and therefore widely acknowledged as the "Kingmaker" in Indian politics during the 1960s. He also served as the president of the Indian National Congress for two terms i.e. four years between 1964–1967. He was responsible for the elevation of Lal Bahadur Shastri to the position of Prime Minister of India after Nehru's death and Indira Gandhi after Shastri's death. Kamaraj was the 3rd Chief Minister of Madras State (Tamil Nadu): 13 April 1954 – 02 October 1963 and a Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha during 1952–1954 and 1969–1975. On Gandhi Jayanti day 02 October 1963, he resigned from the post of the Chief Minister. He proposed that all senior Congress leaders should resign from their posts and devote all their energy to the re-vitalization of the Congress. He was known for his simplicity and integrity. He played a major role in developing the infrastructure of the Madras state and worked to improve the quality of life of the needy and the disadvantaged. He was involved in the Indian independence movement. As the president of the INC, he was instrumental in navigating the party after the death of Jawaharlal Nehru. As the chief minister of Madras, he was responsible for bringing free education to the disadvantaged and introduced the free Midday Meal Scheme while he himself did not complete schooling. Kamaraj died at his home, on Gandhi Jayanti day (02 October 1975), which also was the 12th anniversary of his resignation. He was aged 72 and died in his sleep. He refused to use the Z-level security that was provided to him as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and instead travelled with just one police patrol vehicle. He did not marry, did not own any property and was never tempted by power. When he died, he left behind 130 rupees, 2 pairs of sandals, 4 shirts, 4 dhotis and a few books. He was awarded with India's highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna, posthumously in 1976.

Year: 2004. Weight: 4.87 g [4.85g]. Mint: Mumbai [Bombay] (Diamond mintmark below Date). Mintage: N/A.

Year: 2004. Weight: 4.99 g [4.85g]. Mint: Calcutta (No mintmark below Date). Mintage: N/A.

Year: 2004. Weight: 4.98 g [4.85g]. Mint: Hyderabad (Star mintmark below Date). Mintage: N/A.

Weight: 4.93 g [4.85g].

The Department of Posts (DoP), trading as India Post, is a government-operated postal system in India, which is a subsidiary of the Ministry of Communications. Generally called "the post office" in India, it is the most widely distributed postal system in the world. Founded on 01 October 1854 by Lord Dalhousie [James Andrew Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie KT PC (b. 22 April 1812 – d. 19 December 1860)], who laid the foundation for the modern Indian postal service. Dalhousie introduced uniform postage rates (universal service) & passed the India Post office act 1854 which significantly improved upon Lord William Bentinck's 1837 act which had introduced Post offices in India. It created the position Director General of post for the whole country.
It is involved in delivering mail (post), remitting money by money orders, accepting deposits under Small Savings Schemes, providing life insurance cover under Postal Life Insurance (PLI) and Rural Postal Life Insurance (RPLI) and providing retail services like bill collection, sale of forms, etc. The DoP also acts as an agent for Government of India in discharging other services for citizens such as old age pension payments and Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) wage disbursement. With 155,015 post offices, India Post has the most widely distributed postal network in the world.
The country has been divided into 23 postal circles, each circle headed by a Chief Postmaster General. Each circle is divided into regions, headed by a Postmaster General and comprising field units known as Divisions. These divisions are further divided into subdivisions. In addition to the 23 circles, there is a base circle to provide postal services to the Armed Forces of India headed by a Director General. One of the highest post offices in the world is in Hikkim, Himachal Pradesh operated by India Post at a height of 14,567 ft (4,440 m).

Year: 2004. Weight: 5.92 g [6.00g]. Mint: Calcutta (No mintmark below Date). Mintage: N/A.

TypeC: Asoka Column 13mm tall, 4 fur rows on right lion. Further coin details under 1995.

Year: 2004. Weight: 6.19 g [6.00g]. Mint: Hyderabad (Star mintmark below Date). Mintage: N/A.

TypeC: Asoka Column 13mm tall, 4 fur rows on right lion. Further coin details under 1995.

Lal Bahadur Shastri (b. 02 October 1904 – d. 11 January 1966) was an Indian politician who served as the 2nd Prime Minister of India: 09 June 1964 – 11 January 1966. He was a senior leader of the Indian National Congress political party. Deeply impressed and influenced by Mahatma Gandhi (with whom he shared his birthday), he joined the Indian independence movement in the 1920s. Following independence in 1947, he joined the Indian government and became one of Prime Minister Nehru's principals, first as Railways Minister (1951–56), and then in a variety of other functions, including Minister of External Affairs: 09 June 1964 – 18 July 1964 and Minister of Home Affairs: 04 April 1961 – 29 August 1963.
He led the country during the Indo-Pakistan War of 1965. His slogan of "Jai Jawan Jai Kisan" ("Hail the soldier, Hail the farmer") became very popular during the war. The war formally ended with the Tashkent Agreement on 10 January 1966; he died the following day, still in Tashkent, with the cause of his death in dispute and it was reported to be a cardiac arrest but his family was not satisfied with it. Shastri was a Congress loyalist. Although Shastri faced stiff opposition from within his party, his relationship with the party and his work aided his ascension to the office of Prime Minister.
A film titled "The Tashkent Files" release in 2019, directed by Vivek Agnihotri revolves around the mystery of the death of Lal Bahadur Shastri.

Weight: 8.95 g [9.00g].

Weight: 6.13 g [6.00g].

Year: 2005. Weight: 4.99 g [4.95g]. Mint: Mumbai [Bombay] (Diamond mintmark below Date). Mintage: N/A.

Year: 2005. Weight: 4.96 g [4.95g]. Mint: Calcutta (No mintmark below Date). Mintage: N/A.

Year: 2005. Weight: 5.01 g [4.95g]. Mint: Hyderabad (Star mintmark below Date). Mintage: N/A.

Weight: 4.85 g [4.95g].

Note: There are three variants of the cross design.

• Very Small design: right vertical cross bar exactly above the first E in RUPEES.
• Small design: right vertical cross bar extends to the first E in RUPEES.
• Large design: right vertical cross bar extends to the second E in RUPEES.

Weight: 5.74 g [5.80g].

Year: 2005. Weight: 5.77 g [5.80g]. Mint: Hyderabad (Star mintmark below Date). Mintage: N/A.

Weight: 5.71 g [5.80g].

Year: 2006. Weight: 5.77 g [5.80g]. Mint: Mumbai [Bombay] (Diamond mintmark below Date). Mintage: N/A.

Type1: Normal Date.

Weight: 5.65 g [5.80g].

Type2: Thick Date.

Weight: 5.75 g [5.80g].

Type3: Normal Date with Fat digit 6.

Year: 2006. Weight: 5.85 g [5.80g]. Mint: Calcutta (No mintmark below Date). Mintage: N/A.

The right vertical cross bar is exactly above the first E in RUPEES. Unlisted style.

Year: 2006. Weight: 5.72 g [5.80g]. Mint: Hyderabad (Star mintmark below Date). Mintage: N/A.

Weight: 5.73 g [5.80g].

Small Dots on the security edge.

Basavanna (b. 1105 CE at Basavana Bagewadi, in Bijapur district, Karnataka, India - d. 1167 CE at Kudalasangama, Karnataka, India) was an Indian 12th-century Statesman, philosopher, poet, Lingayat saint in the Shiva-focussed Bhakti movement, and social reformer during the reign of the Kalyani Chalukya/Kalachuri dynasty. Basavanna was active during the rule of both dynasties but reached his peak of influence during the rule of King Bijjala II in Karnataka, India.
Basavanna religion is considered as Lingayat. He spread social awareness through his poetry, popularly known as Vachanaas. Basavanna rejected gender or social discrimination, superstitions and rituals but introduced Ishtalinga necklace, with an image of the Shiva Liṅga, to every person regardless of his or her birth, to be a constant reminder of one's bhakti (devotion) to Shiva. As the chief minister of his kingdom, he introduced new public institutions such as the Anubhava Mantapa (or, the "hall of spiritual experience"), which welcomed men and women from all socio-economic backgrounds to discuss spiritual and mundane questions of life, in open.
The traditional legends and hagiographic texts state Basava to be the founder of the Lingayats. However, modern scholarship relying on historical evidence such as the Kalachuri inscriptions state that Basava was the poet philosopher who revived, refined and energized an already existing tradition. The Basavarajadevara Ragale (13 out of 25 sections are available) by the Kannada poet Harihara (c.1180) is the earliest available account on the life of the social reformer and is considered important because the author was a near contemporary of his protagonist. A full account of Basava's life and ideas are narrated in a 13th-century sacred Telugu text, the Basava Purana by Palkuriki Somanatha. Basavanna literary works include the Vachana Sahitya in Kannada Language. He is also known as Bhaktibhandari (literally, the treasurer of devotion), Basavanna or Basaveswara.
The then President of India Abdul Kalam inaugurated Basaveshwar's statue on 28 April 2003 in the Parliament of India. Basaveshwara is the first Kannadiga in whose honour a commemorative coin has been minted in recognition of his social reforms. The former Prime Minister of India, Dr Manmohan Singh was in Bangalore, the capital of Karnataka to release the coins. On 14 November 2015 The Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi inaugurated the statue of Basaveshwara along the bank of the river Thames at Lambeth in London (facing the UK Parliament). Basava Dharma Peetha has constructed 108 ft (33 m) tall statue of Basavanna in Basavakalyan.

Weight: 9.07 g [9.00g].

Stainless Steel variety instead of Copper-Nickel. No Tooth rim on the border on Reverse side.

Weight: 6.06 g [6.00g].

This coin is considered to be MULE as the Hindi legends between Ashoka Pillar Lion Capitol and Numeral "5" has less gap. Ashoka Pillar Lion Capitol base is thick. Seems like Copper-Nickel dies were used without tooth rim.

Stainless Steel variety instead of KM#325 Copper-Nickel metal. No Tooth rim on the border on Reverse side. Copper-Nickel issues were produced by Mumbai (Diamond mintmark) and Mumbai Proof with "M" mintmark.

Type1: Flag without lines. Gandhi wearing normal dress.

Salt Satyagraha (Salt March): The Salt March, also known as the Salt Satyagraha, Dandi March and the Dandi Satyagraha, was an act of nonviolent civil disobedience in colonial India led by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. The 24-day march lasted from 12 March 1930 to 06 April 1930 as a direct action campaign of tax resistance and nonviolent protest against the British salt monopoly. The Salt March to Dandi started from 12 March to 06 April 1930, where Gandhi, together with 78 volunteers, marched 388 kilometres (241 mi) from Ahmedabad to Dandi, Gujarat to make salt himself, with the declared intention of breaking the salt laws. 300 or more protesters had been beaten, many seriously injured and two killed. At no time did they offer any resistance. This campaign was one of most successful by upsetting British hold on India; Britain responded by imprisoning over 60,000 people.

Weight: 6.06 g [6.00g]. Mintage: N/A.

MULE issue. The Hindi legends between Ashoka Pillar Lion Capitol and Numeral "5" has less gap. Seems like Copper-Nickel dies were used without tooth rim.

Note: This coin is not made in Copper-Nickel variety.

Narayana Guru (August 28, 1855 – September 20, 1928) was a spiritual leader and social reformer in India. Born into a family of the Ezhava caste in an era when people from such communities were regarded as Avarna. He led a reform movement in Kerala, against the injustice in the caste-ridden society of Kerala in order to promote spiritual enlightenment and social equality.
Casteism was practised in Kerala during the 19th and early 20th centuries and the lower caste people such as Ezhavas and Thiyyas and the untouchable castes like Paraiyars, tribals and Pulayars had to suffer discrimination from the upper caste people such as Brahmins. It was against this discrimination that Guru performed his first major public act, the consecration of Siva idol at Aruvippuram in 1888. Overall, he consecrated forty five temples across Kerala and Tamil Nadu. He propagated the ideals of compassion and religious tolerance and one of his noted works, Anukampadasakam, extols various religious figures such as Krishna, The Buddha, Adi Shankara, Jesus Christ.
Guru published 45 works in Malayalam, Sanskrit and Tamil languages which include Atmopadesa Śatakam, a hundred-verse spiritual poem and Daiva Dasakam, a universal prayer in ten verses. He also translated three major texts, Thirukural of Valluvar, Ishavasya Upanishad and Ozhivil Odukkam of Kannudaiya Vallalaar. It was he who propagated the motto, One Caste, One Religion, One God for All (Oru Jathi, Oru Matham, Oru Daivam, Manushyanu) which has become popular as a saying in Kerala. He furthered the non-dualistic philosophy of Adi Sankara by bringing it into practice by adding the concepts of social equality and universal brotherhood.
Mahatma Gandhi visited Guru during his 1925 trip to Kerala to participate in the Vaikom Satyagraha after which the Indian independence movement leader stated that it was a great privilege in his life to have the darshan of an esteemed sage like Sree Narayana Guru.
The first of the several statues of Narayana Guru was erected at Jagannath Temple, Thalassery in 1927 while he was still alive. His statues are seen in many places in Kerala which include a 24 feet statue at Kaithamukku in Thiruvananthapuram. The Government of Kerala observe the birthday, the Sri Narayana Jayanthi, and the date of death (Sree Narayana Guru Samadhi) of Narayana Guru as public holidays.
On 21 August 1967, Narayana Guru was commemorated on an Indian postage stamp of denomination 15 nP. Another commemorative stamp on him was issued by Sri Lanka Post on 04 September 2009. The Reserve Bank of India issued two commemorative coins depicting Guru's image, each valued at ₹5 and ₹100 respectively, on the occasion of his 150th birth anniversary.

Weight: 8.85 g [9.00g].

Weight: 8.79 g [9.00g].

Type1: Ashoka Pillar Lion Capitol 10.2 mm in size and 2.00 mm far from dotted outer circle. The Hindi legends between Ashoka Pillar Lion Capitol and Numeral "5" has more gap. 

Weight: 6.05 g [6.00g].

Stainless Steel variety instead of KM#357 Copper-Nickel metal. The Copper-Nickel variety was only produced by Calcutta mint.

The State Bank of India (SBI) is an Indian multinational, public sector banking and financial services statutory body. It is a government corporation statutory body headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra. SBI is ranked as 236th in the Fortune Global 500 list of the world's biggest corporations of 2019. It is the largest bank in India with a 23% market share in assets, besides a share of one-fourth of the total loan and deposits market.
The bank descends from the Bank of Calcutta, founded on 02 June 1806, via the Imperial Bank of India, making it the oldest commercial bank in the Indian subcontinent. The Bank of Madras on 01 July 1843 merged into the other two "presidency banks" in British India, the Bank of Calcutta and the Bank of Mumbai [Bombay] (founded: 15 April 1840), to form the Imperial Bank of India (renamed on 27 January 1921), which in turn became the State Bank of India on 01 July 1955. The Government of India took control of the Imperial Bank of India in 1955, with Reserve Bank of India (India's central bank) taking a 60% stake, renaming it the State Bank of India.
In 1959, the government passed the State Bank of India (Subsidiary Banks) Act. This made eight banks that had belonged to princely states into subsidiaries of SBI. This was at the time of the first Five Year Plan, which prioritised the development of rural India. The government integrated these banks into the State Bank of India system to expand its rural outreach. In 1963 SBI merged State Bank of Jaipur (est. 1943) and State Bank of Bikaner (est.1944).
SBI has acquired local banks in rescues. The first was the Bank of Bihar (est. 1911), which SBI acquired in 1969, together with its 28 branches. The next year SBI acquired National Bank of Lahore (est. 1942), which had 24 branches. Five years later, in 1975, SBI acquired Krishnaram Baldeo Bank, which had been established in 1916 in Gwalior State, under the patronage of Maharaja Madho Rao Scindia. The bank had been the Dukan Pichadi, a small moneylender, owned by the Maharaja. The new bank's first manager was Jall N. Broacha, a Parsi. In 1985, SBI acquired the Bank of Cochin in Kerala, which had 120 branches. SBI was the acquirer as its affiliate, the State Bank of Travancore, already had an extensive network in Kerala.
There was, even before it actually happened, a proposal to merge all the associate banks into SBI to create a single very large bank and streamline operations. In 2008, the Government of India acquired the Reserve Bank of India's stake in SBI so as to remove any conflict of interest because the RBI is the country's banking regulatory authority.
The first step towards unification occurred on 13 August 2008 when State Bank of Saurashtra merged with SBI, reducing the number of associate state banks from seven to six. On 19 June 2009, the SBI board approved the absorption of State Bank of Indore, in which SBI held 98.3% (Individuals who held the shares prior to its takeover by the government held the balance of 1.7%.). The acquisition of State Bank of Indore added 470 branches to SBI's existing network of branches. Also, following the acquisition, SBI's total assets approached ₹10 trillion. The total assets of SBI and the State Bank of Indore were ₹9,981,190 million as of March 2009. The process of merging of State Bank of Indore was completed by April 2010, and the SBIndore branches started functioning as SBI branches on 26 August 2010.
On 07 October 2013, Arundhati Bhattacharya became the first woman to be appointed Chairperson of the bank. Mrs. Bhattacharya received an extension of two years of service to merge into SBI the five remaining associate banks. Headquarters: State Bank Bhawan, M.C. Road, Nariman Point, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.