1950 to 1980

Year Theme Denominations

1964 Jawaharlal Nehru 1 Re 50 P

Rs 10 1 Re
1969 Mahatma G hi Birth Centenary 50 P 20
P

1970 Food For All Rs 10 20 P

1972 Independence Jubilee Rs 10 50 P

Rs 20, Rs 10
1973 Grow More Food – FAO Series
50 P

Rs 50, Rs 10
1974 Planned Families – FAO Series
10 P

Rs 50, Rs 10
1975 Equality, Development Peace – FAO Series
10 P

Rs 50, Rs 10,
1976 Food Work for All – FAO Series
10 P 5 P

Rs 50, Rs 10,
1977 Save for Development – FAO Series
10 P 5 P
Rs 50 Rs 10,
1978 Food Shelter for All – FAO Series 10 P 5
P
Rs 50, Rs 10,
1979 Happy Child Nation's Pride
10 P 5 P

Rs 100, Rs 10,
1980 Rural Women’s Advancement
25 P 10 P
 1981 to 1990

Year Theme Denominations

Rs 100, Rs 10,
1981 First World Food Day
25 P 10 P

1981 International Year of Child Rs 100

Rs 100, Rs 10,
1982 IX Asian Games
25 P 10 P

Rs 100, Rs 10,
1982 National Integration
Rs 2 50 P

Rs 100, Rs 10,
1985 RBI Golden Jubilee
Rs 2 50 P

Rs 100, Rs 20,
1985 Homage to Indira G hi
Rs 5 50 P

Rs 100, Rs 10
1985 International Youth Year
1 Re

Rs 100, Rs 20
1986 Fisheries – World Food Day
50 P

Rs 100, Rs 20
1987 Small Farmers – World Food Day
1 Re

Rs 100, Rs 20,
1989 Jawharlal Nehru Birth Centenary
Rs 5 1 Re

1990 Dr. B.R.Ambedkar Birth Centenary 1 Re

1990 Food for Future 1 Re

 1991 to 2000

Year Theme Denominations

Rs 10, Rs 5
1991 Commonwealth Parliamentary  Conference
1 Re

Rs 5, Rs 2
1991 Tourism Year
1 Re

1991 Rajiv Ghi 1 Re

Rs 100, Rs 50,
1992 Quit India Movement
Rs 10 1 Re

1992 L Vital Resources Rs 2

Rs 10, Rs 5
1993 89th Inter Parliamentary Union Conference
1 Re

Rs 100 Rs 50
1994 ILO World of Work
Rs 5

1994 Water for Life Rs 2

1994 International Year of the Family 1 Re

1996 Netaji Subhas Chra Bose Rs 2

1996 2nd International Crop Science CongressRs 5

Rs 100, Rs 50,
1996 Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Rs 10 Rs
2
Rs 100 Rs 50,
1997 Netaji Subhas Chra Bose Rs 10 Rs
2
 Rs 100 Rs 50
1997 IPU – Men Women Partnership in Politics
Rs 5

Year Theme Denominations

1997 50 Years of Independence Rs 50 50 P

1997 Cellular Jail 1 Re

Rs 100, Rs 50,
1998 Sri Aurobindo
Rs 10 Rs 2

Rs 100, Rs 50,
1998 Deshbhu Chittaranjan Das
Rs 10 Rs 2

Rs 100, Rs 50
1999 Chhatrapathi Shivaji
Rs 2

1999 Saint Dnyaneshwar Rs 100 1 Re

2000 50 Years of Supreme Court Rs 50 Rs 2

 2001 to 2005

Year Theme Denominations

Rs 100, Rs 50,
2001 Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee
Rs 10 Rs 2

2001 Bhagwan Mahavir 2600th Janm Kalyanak

Rs 100 Rs 5

Rs 100, Rs 10
2002 Lokyanak Jaya Prakash Narayan
1 Re

Rs 100, Rs 50,
2002 Sant Tukaram
Rs 10 Rs 2

2003 150 Glorious Years of Railways Rs 100 Rs 2

Rs 100, Rs 10
2003 Veer Durgadass Rathod
1 Re

Rs 100, Rs 10
2003 Maharana Prathap
1 Re

2003 Dadabhai Naoroji Rs 5

2004 150 Years of Telecommunication Rs 100 Rs 2

2004 150 Years of India Post Rs 100 1 Re

2004 K Kamraj Rs 100 Rs 5

2004 Lal Bahudur Shastri Rs 100 Rs 5

 Rs 10, Rs 5,
2004 Unity in Diversity
Rs 2 1 Re

2005 75 Years of Di March Rs 100 Rs 5

2006 to 2010

Year Theme Denominations

2006 Jagath Guru Sree Narayana Gurudev Rs 100 Rs 5

2006 Mahatma Basaveshwara Rs 100 Rs 5

2006 200 Years of SBI Rs 100 Rs 5

2006 50 Years of ONGC Rs 50 Rs 5

2007 Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak Rs 100 Rs 5

2007 150 Years of First War of Independence Rs 100 Rs 5

2007 Platinum Jubilee of Indian Air  Force Rs 100 Rs 2

2007 50 Years of Khadi Village Industries Rs 50 Rs 5

2008 Shaheed Bhagat Singh Birth Centenary Rs 100 Rs 5

2008 Ter Centenary of Gur-Ta-Gaddi Rs 100 Rs 10

2009 Saint Alphanso Birth Centenary Rs 100 Rs 5

2009 Perarignar Anna Birth Centenary Rs 100 Rs 5

2009 60 Years of Common Wealth Rs 100 Rs 5

2009 Louise Braille 200th Birth Anniversary Rs 100 Rs 2

Year Theme Denominations

2009 Homi Bhabha Birth Centenary Rs 100 Rs 10

2010 125th Birth Anniversary of Dr Rajendra Prasad

Rs 100 Rs 5

2010 150th Birth Anniversary of RabindranathRs

Tagore 
150 Rs 5

2010 Mother Teresa Birth Centenary Rs 100 Rs 5

Rs 75, Rs 10,
2010 Reserve Bank of India Platinum Jubilee Rs 5, Rs 2
1 Re

2010 C Subramaniam Birth Centenary Rs 100 Rs 5

2010 1000 Years of Brihadeeswarar Temple Rs 1000 Rs 5

Rs 100, Rs 5
2010 XIX Common Wealth Games
Rs 2
c
 2011 to 2015

Year Theme Denominations

2011 150 Years of Income Tax Rs 150 Rs 5

2011 100 Years of Civil Aviation Rs 100 Rs 5

2011 100 Years of ICMR Rs 100 Rs 5

2011 150 Years of CAG Rs 150 Rs 5

2012 60 years of Kolkata Mint Rs 60 Rs 5

2012 60 Years of Parliament Rs 10 Rs 5

2012 150 Years of Kuka Movement Rs 100 Rs 5

2012 150th Birth Anniversary Motilal Nehru Rs 150 Rs 5

2012 150th Birth Anniversary Madan Mohan Malaviya

Rs 150 Rs 5

Rs 25, Rs 10
2013 Silver Jubilee of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi
Rs 5
2013 150th Birth Anniversary Swami VivekanaRs 150 Rs 5

2013 Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Rs 20 Rs 5

2014 Acharya Tulsi Birth Centenary Rs 20 Rs 5

2014 60 Years of Coir Board Rs 60 Rs 10

Year Theme Denominations

2014 Centenary of Komagata Maru Rs 100 Rs 5

2014 Begum Akhtar Birth Centenary Rs 100 Rs 5

2014 125th Birth Anniversary of Jawharlal Nehru

Rs 125 Rs 5

2015 Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata Rs 100 Rs 5

2015 50 Years of BHEL Rs 50 Rs 5

2015 100 Years of Ghandhi ji Return from South

Rs 100
Africa Rs 10

2015 Swami Chinmayanada Rs 100 Rs 10

2015 International Yoga Day Rs 100 Rs 10

2015 Rani Gaidinliu Birth Centenary Rs 100 Rs 5

2015 125th Birth Anniversary of Dr S Radhakrishnan

Rs 125 Rs 10

2015 Golden Jubilee of 1965 Operations Rs 50 Rs 5

2015 3rd India Africa Summit Rs 500 Rs 10

2015 Dr BR Ambedkar - 125th Birth Anniversary

Rs 125 Rs 10

2016 to 2020

Year Theme Denominations

2016 Lala Lajpat Rai - 150th Birth Anniversary Rs 150 Rs 10

2016 Biju Patnaik – Birth Centenary Rs 100 Rs 5

2016 National Archives of India – Centenary Year Rs 125 Rs 10

2016 Allahabad High Court – Centenary Year Rs 150 Rs 5

2016 Tatya Tope - 200th Birth Anniversary Rs 200 Rs 10

2016 Maharana Pratap – 475th Birth Anniversary Rs 100 Rs 10

2016 Banaras Hindu University – Centenary Year Rs 100 Rs 10

2016 Shri Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Rs 500 Rs 10

2016 University of Mysore Centenary CelebrationsRs 100 Rs 5

2017 Shrimad Rajachra Rs 150 Rs 10

2017 MS Subbulakshmi Rs 100 Rs 10

2017 Deendayal Upadhyaya Rs 100 Rs 5

2018 Shri Jagannath Nabakalebara Rs 1000 Rs 10

2018 Prasanta Chra Mahalonobis Rs 125 Rs 5

Year Theme Denominations

2018 Atal Bihari Vajpayee Rs 100

2018 Bi-Centenary of Paika Bidroha Rs 200

2018 75 Years of Tricolour Rs 75

2019 Shri Guru Gobind Singh Rs 350

2019 Dr. M.G. Ramachran Birth Centenary Rs 100 Rs 5

2019 Jallianwala Bagh Massacre Rs 100

2019 Vikram Sarabhai Birth Centenary Rs 100

2019 150 Years of Mahatma Ghi Rs 150

2019 Paramahansa Yogana Rs 125

2019 Guru Nanak Dev Ji 550th Prakash Purab Rs 550

2019 250th Session of Rajya Sabha Rs 250