2 rs coins
The figure on the obverse is the Jantar Mantar, which was the logo of the Asian games of 1982 and has also featured on many coins and stamps. The jantar mantar is situated at what is now the Connaught place area of Delhi, and was built by raja Sawai Jai Singh, the founder of Jaipur between 1710 and 1724. It is actually a complex observatory built in the 18th century, the dark age of Indian history. The Maharaja built five such Jantar Mantars including one at Delhi. The other four monuments are built at Jaipur, Varanasi, Ujjain and Mathura. Delhi’s monument, however, is historically the most important in all the five.it also serves somewhat like London’s Hyde Park, as the venue of all sorts of protests and demonstrations by individuals, groups and even larger political parties.The figure on the obverse is the Jantar Mantar, which was the logo of the Asian games of 1982 and has also featured on many coins and stamps. The jantar mantar is situated at what is now the Connaught place area of Delhi, and was built by raja Sawai Jai Singh, the founder of Jaipur between 1710 and 1724. It is actually a complex observatory built in the 18th century, the dark age of Indian history. The Maharaja built five such Jantar Mantars including one at Delhi. The other four monuments are built at Jaipur, Varanasi, Ujjain and Mathura. Delhi’s monument, however, is historically the most important in all the five.it also serves somewhat like London’s Hyde Park, as the venue of all sorts of protests and demonstrations by individuals, groups and even larger political parties.
The symbolism on the reverse: on the centre there is the four headed lion capital taken from the original sculpture which was erected around 250 BC atop an Ashoka pillar at Sarnath, and is now preserved at a museum in Sarnath. The sculpture was sculpted in sandstone and has been adopted as the national symbol of India. at the base of the symbol, there is a horse on the left and a bull on the right, and in the middle there is Ashoka chakra, which can also be found on the centre of the Indian flag.
Above the lion capital we can see the Ashoka chakra, which is a depiction of the Dharmachakra, or the wheel of dharma. It has 24 spokes and it symbolizes the teachings of lord Buddha. The Ashoka chakra has been widely inscribed on many relics of the Mauryan emperor Ashoka the great including the lion capital and the Ashoka pillar, and it also finds its way on the Indian flag. The Ashoka chakra award is an Indian decoration award for soldiers who show exemplary bravery on the field of battle.
The lettering on the right reads "supreme court of India", and the lettering on the left in Hindi reads "Bharat ka ucchatam nyayalay" which means the same thing. The lettering below the lion capital reads "yato dharmastato jaya" in Sanskrit, which means that where there is virtue or Dharma, there is victory; thus enshrouding the principle that is the bottomline for any court of jutice: May the truth triumph! This line is taken from the Mahabharata where it is said by Gandhari.
The supreme court of India: The Supreme Court in India is the ultimate interpreter of the constitution and the laws of the land. It has appellate jurisdiction over all civil and criminal proceedings involving substantial issues concerning the interpretation of the constitution. The court has the original and exclusive jurisdiction to resolve disputes between the central government and one or more states and union territories as well as between different states and union territories. And the Supreme Court is also empowered to issue advisory rulings on issues referred to it by the president. The Supreme Court has wide discretionary powers to hear special appeals on any matter from any court except those of the armed services. It also functions as a court of record and supervises every high court.
Tukaram was born in 1608, in the small village of Dehu in the West Indian state of Maharashtra to Bolhoba and Kanakai a couple belonging to the lower Sudra class. He had two other brothers. Despite their lower class status the family was well to do and enjoyed good social standing in the village. Tukaram's troubles started with the illness of his father, due to which he had to start supporting his family at the tender age of thirteen. Shortly thereafter, both his parents died. Tukaram's problems only mounted; death of his family members and economic hardship seemed to plague him. Tukaram was married twice, his first wife Rakhumabai died due to starvation during a famine, his second wife Jijabai or Avali as she was called, was much younger than his first had been and had little patience with his devotion and for God and she nagged him continuously. He had three sons. Tukaram was initiated without any intermediaries as the other saints usually were. He dreamt that he was initiated by the Lord Hari himself dressed as a Brahman. Tukaram continuously sang the praises of the Lord, he sang it in the form of abhangs which he wrote. These were in his mother tongue Marathi. The abhangs express his feelings and philosophical outlook. During his 41 years, Tukaram composed over 5,000 abhangs. Many of them speak of events in his life, which make them somewhat autobiographical. Yet, they are focused on God, Pandurang, and not Tukaram. His abhangs became very popular with the masses of common people. It was this very popularity that caused the religious establishment (the high caste Brahmins) to hate and persecute Tukaram. as, he was causing them to lose their power over the people. There are many miracles attributed to Tukaram.
An uproar was created by the release of the 2 rupee coin with the cross-like sign, which the government says to be based on unity in diversity. You can see the post on the 2 rupee with cross sign. due to the uproar, the government had to withdraw the previous design , and it was replaced with the design shown above.
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| 2rs coin(1x Asian Games 1982) |
The figure on the obverse is the Jantar Mantar, which was the logo of the Asian games of 1982 and has also featured on many coins and stamps. The jantar mantar is situated at what is now the Connaught place area of Delhi, and was built by raja Sawai Jai Singh, the founder of Jaipur between 1710 and 1724. It is actually a complex observatory built in the 18th century, the dark age of Indian history. The Maharaja built five such Jantar Mantars including one at Delhi. The other four monuments are built at Jaipur, Varanasi, Ujjain and Mathura. Delhi’s monument, however, is historically the most important in all the five.it also serves somewhat like London’s Hyde Park, as the venue of all sorts of protests and demonstrations by individuals, groups and even larger political parties.The figure on the obverse is the Jantar Mantar, which was the logo of the Asian games of 1982 and has also featured on many coins and stamps. The jantar mantar is situated at what is now the Connaught place area of Delhi, and was built by raja Sawai Jai Singh, the founder of Jaipur between 1710 and 1724. It is actually a complex observatory built in the 18th century, the dark age of Indian history. The Maharaja built five such Jantar Mantars including one at Delhi. The other four monuments are built at Jaipur, Varanasi, Ujjain and Mathura. Delhi’s monument, however, is historically the most important in all the five.it also serves somewhat like London’s Hyde Park, as the venue of all sorts of protests and demonstrations by individuals, groups and even larger political parties.
This 2 rupee coin was released on the occasion of the IXth Asian games, which were held at Delhi in 1982. The Asian Games, also called the Asiad, is a multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. The games are regulated by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) under the supervision of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Medals are awarded in each event, with gold for first place, silver for second and bronze for third, a tradition which started in 1951.
The first Asian Games were held in New Delhi in 1951, where they were held again in 1982.
Competitors are entered by a National Olympic Committee (NOC) to represent their country of citizenship. National anthems and flags accompany the medal ceremonies, and tables showing the number of medals won by each country are widely used. In general only recognised nations are represented, but a few non-sovereign countries are allowed to take part. The special case of Taiwan was handled by having it compete as Chinese Taipei, due to the political status of Taiwan.
As you enter the Jantar Mantar, you find some abstract structures within its premises. They are, in fact, yantras- instruments to track the celestial bodies, plot their course, predict the eclipses and keep the time. There are four yantras-- Samrat, Misra, Jai Prakash and Ram. They tell a lot about the technological achievements under the Rajput kings and their efforts to understand the mysteries of astronomy. These yantras were designed by the Maharaja himself.
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| 2rs coin(1809-2009 Louis Brailie) |
The lettering on the reverse below figure in Braille script reads: L.BRL , short for Louis Braille.
There was a time, not long ago, when most people thought that blind people could never learn to read. People thought that the only way to read was to look at words with your eyes.
A young French boy named Louis Braille thought otherwise. Blind from the age of three, young Louis desperately wanted to read. He realized the vast world of thought and ideas that was locked out to him because of his disability. And he was determined to find the key to this door for himself, and for all other blind persons.
This story begins in the early part of the nineteenth century. Louis Braille was born in 1809, in a small village near Paris. His father made harnesses and other leather goods to sell to the other villagers. Louis' father often used sharp tools to cut and punch holes in the leather.
One of the tools he used to makes holes was a sharp awl. An awl is a tool that looks like a short pointed stick, with a round, wooden handle. While playing with one of his father's awls, Louis' hand slipped and he accidentally poked one of his eyes. At first the injury didn't seem serious, but then the wound became infected. A few days later young Louis lost sight in both his eyes. The first few days after becoming blind were very hard.
But as the days went by Louis learned to adapt and learned to lead an otherwise normal life. He went to school with all his friends and did well at his studies. He was both intelligent and creative. He wasn't going to let his disability slow him down one bit.As he grew older, he realized that the small school he attended did not have the money and resources he needed. He heard of a school in Paris that was especially for blind students. Louis didn't have to think twice about going. He packed his bags and went off to find himself a solid education.When he arrived at the special school for the blind, he asked his teacher if the school had books for blind persons to read. Louis found that the school did have books for the blind to read.These books had large letters that were raised up off the page. Since the letters were so big, the books themselves were large and bulky. More importantly, the books were expensive to buy. The school had exactly fourteen of them.Louis set about reading all fourteen books in the school library. He could feel each letter, but it took him a long time to read a sentence. It took a few seconds to reach each word and by the time he reached the end of a sentence, he almost forgot what the beginning of the sentence was about. Louis knew there must be a better way.There must be a way for a blind person to quickly feel the words on a page. There must be a way for a blind person to read as quickly and as easily as a sighted person.That day he set himself the goal of thinking up a system for blind people to read. He would try to think of some alphabet code to make his 'finger reading' as quick and easy as sighted reading.
Now Louis was a tremendously creative person. He learned to play the cello and organ at a young age. He was so talented an organist that he played at churches all over Paris. Music was really his first love. It also happened to be a steady source of income. Louis had great confidence in his own creative abilities. He knew that he was as intelligent and creative as any other person his own age. And his musical talent showed how much he could accomplish when given a chance.
One day chance walked in the door. Somebody at the school heard about an alphabet code that was being used by the French army. This code was used to deliver messages at night from officers to soldiers. The messages could not be written on paper because the soldier would have to strike a match to read it. The light from the match would give the enemy a target at which to shoot. The alphabet code was made up of small dots and dashes. These symbols were raised up off the paper so that soldiers could read them by running their fingers over them. Once the soldiers understood the code, everything worked fine. Louis got hold of some of this code and tried it out. It was much better than reading the gigantic books with gigantic raised letters.
But the army code was still slow and cumbersome. The dashes took up a lot of space on a page. Each page could only hold one or two sentences. Louis knew that he could improve this alphabet in some way. On his next vacation home, he would spend all his time working on finding a way to make this improvement. When he arrived home for school vacation, he was greeted warmly by his parents.
His mother and father always encouraged him on his music and other school projects. Louis sat down to think about how he could improve the system of dots and dashes. He liked the idea of the raised dots, but could do without the raised dashes. As he sat there in his father's leather shop, he picked up one of his father's blunt awls. The idea came to him in a flash. The very tool which had caused him to go blind could be used to make a raised dot alphabet that would enable him to read. The next few days he spent working on an alphabet made up entirely of six dots. The position of the different dots would represent the different letters of the alphabet. Louis used the blunt awl to punch out a sentence. He read it quickly from left to right. Everything made sense. It worked...
And thus, we got the Braille script, which enabled thousands of blind people around the world to read, and give and take ideas and knowledge with the world.
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| 2rs coin(1950-2000 Supreme Court Of India) |
The symbolism on the reverse: on the centre there is the four headed lion capital taken from the original sculpture which was erected around 250 BC atop an Ashoka pillar at Sarnath, and is now preserved at a museum in Sarnath. The sculpture was sculpted in sandstone and has been adopted as the national symbol of India. at the base of the symbol, there is a horse on the left and a bull on the right, and in the middle there is Ashoka chakra, which can also be found on the centre of the Indian flag.
Above the lion capital we can see the Ashoka chakra, which is a depiction of the Dharmachakra, or the wheel of dharma. It has 24 spokes and it symbolizes the teachings of lord Buddha. The Ashoka chakra has been widely inscribed on many relics of the Mauryan emperor Ashoka the great including the lion capital and the Ashoka pillar, and it also finds its way on the Indian flag. The Ashoka chakra award is an Indian decoration award for soldiers who show exemplary bravery on the field of battle.
The lettering on the right reads "supreme court of India", and the lettering on the left in Hindi reads "Bharat ka ucchatam nyayalay" which means the same thing. The lettering below the lion capital reads "yato dharmastato jaya" in Sanskrit, which means that where there is virtue or Dharma, there is victory; thus enshrouding the principle that is the bottomline for any court of jutice: May the truth triumph! This line is taken from the Mahabharata where it is said by Gandhari.
The supreme court of India: The Supreme Court in India is the ultimate interpreter of the constitution and the laws of the land. It has appellate jurisdiction over all civil and criminal proceedings involving substantial issues concerning the interpretation of the constitution. The court has the original and exclusive jurisdiction to resolve disputes between the central government and one or more states and union territories as well as between different states and union territories. And the Supreme Court is also empowered to issue advisory rulings on issues referred to it by the president. The Supreme Court has wide discretionary powers to hear special appeals on any matter from any court except those of the armed services. It also functions as a court of record and supervises every high court.
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| 2rs coin(1993 Bio Diversity World Food Day) |
The reverse of this coin shows some mountains, plants, sun, clouds and some living beings like birds or fish. The inscription in Hindi reads " vishwa khadya diwas jaiwik vividhta" which means world food day biodiversity. This is also one of the themes of the food and agricultural organization or the F.A.O. , published in Rome and emphasizing on understanding the importance of the natural resources and managing and utilising nature's diversity with efficiency and preserving it for the posterity.
The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization is highlighting biological diversity as a key to ending world hunger. VOA's Peter Heinlein reports on World Food Day observances Monday at U.N. headquarters in New York.
The Food and Agriculture Organization is warning that crops and animal species are fast disappearing from the earth.FAO officials estimate that over the past century, more than three quarters of the genetic diversity of agricultural crops has been lost. Today, just 12 crops and 14 animal species provide most of the world food.
At a World Food Day observance, FAO chief Jacques Diouf told an international audience that the shrinking gene pool means fewer opportunities for growth and breakthroughs in agriculture.
"No one can predict the future," he said. "No one knows which traits from which species may hold the key to tomorrow's agricultural breakthrough. For this reason we must preserve as much as we can of the world agricultural biodiversity."
Mr. Diouf said he remains hopeful of reaching the U.N. goal of cutting in half the number of people suffering from hunger by 2015. He said for many poor farmers, the diversity of life may be their best protection against starvation.
"While we all depend on biodiversity, the people who rely most directly on it and who are most immediately affected by its loss are the roughly 900 million extremely poor men, women and children who live in rural areas," she said. "There, in the Great Lakes valleys of Africa, in the forests of the Amazon or in the vital river systems of Southeast Asia, women and men farmers apply their formidable experience to harvest plants, raise livestock and fish every day to ensure their families food security."
The U.N. observance also featured a video-conference link between farmers and school children who are participating in a pilot project linking school gardens in Latin America, Africa and the United States.
World Food Day was proclaimed in 1979 to heighten public awareness of the challenges of hunger, malnutrition and poverty.
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| 2rs coin(1994 World Food Day) |
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| 2rs coin(1995 Indian Agriculture) |
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| 2rs coin(1996) |
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| 2rs coin(1998 Sri Aurobindo) |
On the reverse, we can see the figure of Sri Aurobindo within the circumscribing lettering "Sri Aurobindo all life is yoga", which is also written in Hindi. Sri Aurobindo was born in Calcutta on 15 August 1872. At the age of seven he was taken to England for education and in 1890 went up to King's College, Cambridge. Here he stood in the first class in the Classical Tripos and also passed the final examination for the Indian Civil Service. Returning to India in 1893, he worked for the next thirteen years in the Princely State of Baroda in the service of the Maharaja and as a professor in Baroda College. During this period he also joined a revolutionary society and took a leading role in secret preparations for an uprising against the British Government in India.
After the Partition of Bengal in 1905, Sri Aurobindo quit his post in Baroda and went to Calcutta, where he soon became one of the leaders of the Nationalist movement. He was the first political leader in India to openly put forward, in his journal Bande Mataram, the ideal of complete independence for the country. Prosecuted twice for sedition and once for conspiracy, he was released each time for lack of evidence.
Sri Aurobindo had begun the practice of Yoga in 1905 in Baroda. In 1908 he had the first of several fundamental spiritual realizations. In 1910 he withdrew from politics and went to Pondicherry in order to devote himself entirely to his inner spiritual life and work. During his forty years in Pondicherry he evolved a new method of spiritual practice, which he called the Integral Yoga. Its aim is a spiritual realisation that not only liberates man's consciousness but also transforms his nature. In 1926, with the help of his spiritual collaborator, the Mother, he founded the Sri Aurobindo Ashram. Among his many writings are The Life Divine, The Synthesis of Yoga and Savitri. Sri Aurobindo left his body on 5 December 1950.
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| 2rs coin(2000) |
The theme for the 2 rupee coin has been national integration since the inception of the 2 rupee coin in 1982, and the design continued till 2004 when the controversial 2 rupee with the cross was introduced. The reverse on this coin shows the denomination, country and the four headed lion symbol. The obverse shows the map of India. The small dots on the left are the Lakshadweep Islands, and the line of dots below the "national integration" inscription and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The Hindi inscription above the map reads "rashtriya ekta" which means national integration. The date can be seen at the bottom.
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| 2rs coin(2002 SANT TUKARAM) |
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| 2rs coin(2006) |
In this two rupee coin, the obverse shows a "double plus" symbol with four dots on each side instead of the usual lion capital or the map of India. This symbol is believed to be a Christian cross, introduced on the coins through the RBI by the tsarina, the ElizabethI of India. A lot of hue and cry was raised as the symbol was believed to be a Christian cross , even though officially the theme of this coin is 'unity in diversity', and Mr. Narendra Modi has gone to lengths bringing this symbol on the rupee to the notice of the prople, causing the RBI to withhold the mintage of this design of the Indian rupee with the "cross". This rupee with the cross was minted only for the years 2005, 2006 & 2007 and after that this rupee was withdrawn.
What is the difference between the Christian Cross seen on 2 Rupee Coins minted in 2006 and 1 Rupee Coins minted in 2005? The Christian Cross put into the 2 Rupee Coins issued in 2006 was supposedly a calculated and mischievous pseudo-secular experiment deriving its sanction from Suppressio Veri Suggestio Falsi (suppression of truth and suggestion of falsehood) for which the UPA Government in general and the Congress Party in particular own global monopolistic patents. Perhaps there was an element or grain of vagueness about it. Such vagueness or ambiguity or ambivalence as existed about the Christian Cross on the 2 Rupee Coins of 2006, was completely removed in respect of the 1 Rupee Coins of 2005. The Christian Cross inscribed on the 1 Rupee Coins of 2005 makes it loud and clear that it is a routine Christian Cross.
The 1 Rupee Coin minted in 2005 bearing the ‘Christian Crusader’s Cross’ resembles the Gold Coin issued by Louis the Pious (778 AD-840 AD), also known as Louis I, Louis the Fair, and Louis the Debonaire. He was Emperor and King of France from 814 to his death in 840. He issued a coin bearing a Christian Crusader’s Cross which has been copied by the Mint Master who included the same Cross on one side of the new 1 Rupee coin minted in 2005.
When there was a massive public outcry against these Christian Coins, the UPA Government quietly withdrew these coins from circulation.
All that being said, I still support the current government since lots of progress has been there in the last 5 years; it doesnt matter to me if the above symbol is a christian cross or not.
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| 2rs coin(2007) |
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| 2rs coin(2011) |
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| 2rs coin(Chatrapathi shivaji) |
At the age of 16, he took a pledge to establish a sovereign Hindu state.He clearly outstands all the rulers and generals of India by the exemplary life he lived and is thus respected by the entire cross section of Indians. Shivaji's military skills could be compared to those of Napolean.
He raised a strong army and navy, constructed and repaired forts, used gureilla warfare tactics,developed a strong intelligence network,gave equal treatment to the people from all religions and castes based on merit, and functioned like a seasoned Statesman and General. He appointed ministers with specific functions such as Internal security,Foreign affairs,Finance,Law and Justice,Religious matters,Defence etc.
He introduced systems in revenue collection and warned the officials against harassment of subjects.He thought ahead of times and was a true visionary.In his private life, his moral virtues were exceptionally high.His thoughts and deeds were inspired by the teachings of his mother Jijabai,teacher Dadaji Konddev,great saints likeDnyaneshwar & Tukaram and the valiancy and ideals of the Lords Rama and Krishna.
The tiny kingdom established by Chhatrapati Shivaji known as "Hindavi Swaraja" (Sovereign Hindu state) grew and spread beyond Attock in Northwest India (now in Pakistan)and beyond Cuttack in East India in course of time, to become the strongest power in India. After the death of Chhatrapati Shivaji & his son Sambhaji, their prime ministers or ‘the Peshwas' became the defacto rulers. The Peshwas and the Maratha Sardars (Chieftans) like Shindes of Gwalior, Gaekwads of Baroda & Holkars of Indore contributed to the growth of the Maratha Confederacy.
The history of India is incomplete without the history of Marathas and Shivaji is the nucleus of Maratha history. Shivaji has been a source of inspiration and pride to the past generations and will continue to inspire generations in future.
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