Money Trivia..Watch it...Part 3

Did you know: Between 1978-1987, the highest denomination in circulation was Rupees One Hundred!

Money Trivia...Watch It...Part 5

Did you know: The first Rupees Two notes were issued in 1943 with the Portrait of King George VI.

Money Trivia ...Watch it..Part 2

India developed some of the world's earliest coins around 600BC? They were made using a flat irregular piece of silver of a standard weight. Then a series of punches were applied on the front portion that indicated when and where it was made. These punches covered a wide variety of symbols shown in the image. 



Courtesy : Axis Bank 

Money Trivia...Watch It....Part 1

Did you know, due to the shortage of metal during World War II, 36 Princely States, mostly in Gujarat, Rajasthan, Sind, Baluchistan and Central Provinces were forced to issue paper tokens instead of coins, some with the value of ‘One Pice’ or’ 1/192nd’ of a Rupee.



Pic courtesy : Axis Bank

Indo Pak 1971 War Declaration

Pakistani Army officer Lt. Gen Niazi signed the surrender papers on 16th December 1971.... 41 years ago on this day itself, 93,000 Pakistani soldiers under Niazi surrendered to a warrior of the Indian Army..Lt Gen. Jagjit Singh Arora..at the Eastern Front....as shown in the picture...this concluded the 1971 war ..and resulted in the formation of Bangladesh

Elephant with a golden Ambari at Baroda in 1895

The elephant was one of about 55 state elephants owned by the Gaekwar Sayaji Rao III (ruled 1875-1939), 12th Maharaja of Baroda

AP CM Kiran Kumar Reddy with Harsha Bhogle in his college days

Unknown Source:  Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy during his College days with his team mate and
Famous Commentator Harsha Bhogle