Indian 100-rupee note

TheIndian 100-rupee banknote(₹100) is a denomination of theIndian rupee.It has been in continuous production sinceReserve Bank of Indiatook over the functions of the controller of currency inIndiain 1935. The present₹100 banknote in circulation is a part of theMahatma Gandhi New Series(which replaced the Mahatma Gandhi Series of₹100 in 2018).

One hundred rupees

(India)
Value	₹100 (approx. $1.25)
Width	142 mm
Height	66 mm
Security features	Security thread, latent image, micro-lettering, intaglio print, fluorescent ink, optically variable ink, watermark, and see through registration device.
Years of printing	July 2018 – present
Obverse
Design	Mahatma Gandhi
Designer	Reserve Bank of India
Design date	2018
Reverse
Design	Rani ki vav
Designer	Reserve Bank of India
Design date	2018

History

100-rupee banknote, signed byRBIgovernorS. Venkitaramanan.

The first 100-rupee note featured the portrait ofGeorge VI.After independence in 1947,Reserve Bank of Indiacontinued to issue the notes by replacing the portrait of George VI with theEmblem of India,as a part of the Lion Capital Series of banknotes.

Mahatma Gandhi Series

Design

The₹100 banknote of theMahatma Gandhi Seriesis 157 × 73 mm blue-green coloured, with the obverse side featuring a portrait ofMahatma Gandhiwith a signature of the governor ofReserve Bank of India.

As of 2012, the new₹signhas been incorporated into banknote of₹100.In January 2014 RBI announced that it would be withdrawing from circulation all banknotes printed prior to 2005 by 31 March 2014. The deadline was later extended to 1 January 2015, and then again to 30 June 2016.

Mahatma Gandhi New Series

On 10 November 2016, the Reserve Bank of India announced a new redesigned₹100 banknote to be available as a part of theMahatma Gandhi New Series.On 19 July 2018, theReserve Bank of Indiaunveiled the revised design of₹100 banknote.

Design

The new bank note has a base color ofLavenderwith motif ofRani ki vav(Queen's stepwell) on the reverse side.Rani ki vavis located inPatan,Patan district,Gujarat,India.It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Dimensions of the bank note are measured at 142 mm × 66 mm.

Security features

The security features of the₹100 banknote includes:

• A windowedsecurity threadthat reads 'भारत' (Bharat in theDevanagariscript) and 'RBI' alternately.
• Latent imageof the value of the banknote on the vertical band next to the right hand side of Mahatma Gandhi's portrait.
• WatermarkofMahatma Gandhithat is a mirror image of the main portrait.
• The number panel of the banknote is printed in embeddedfluorescentfibers and optically variable ink.
• Since 2005 additional security features like machine-readable security thread, electrotype watermark, and year of print appears on the bank note.

Languages

As like the otherIndian rupeebanknotes, the₹100 banknote has its amount written in 17 languages. On the obverse, the denomination is written inEnglishandHindi.On the reverse is a language panel which displays the denomination of the note in 15 of the 22official languages of India.The languages are displayed in alphabetical order. Languages included on the panel areAssamese,Bengali,Gujarati,Kannada,Kashmiri,Konkani,Malayalam,Marathi,Nepali,Odia,Punjabi,Sanskrit,Tamil,TeluguandUrdu.

Denominations incentral level official languages(At below either ends)
Language	₹100
English	One Hundred rupees
Hindi	एक सौ रुपये
Denominations in 15state level/other official languages(As seen on the language panel)
Assamese	এশ টকা
Bengali	একশ টাকা
Gujarati	એક સો રૂપિયા
Kannada	ಒಂದು ನೂರು ರುಪಾಯಿಗಳು
Kashmiri	ہَتھ رۄپیہِ
Konkani	शंबर रुपया
Malayalam	നൂറു രൂപ
Marathi	शंभर रुपये
Nepali	एक सय रुपियाँ
Odia	ଏକ ଶହ ଟଙ୍କା
Punjabi	ਇਕ ਸੌ ਰੁਪਏ
Sanskrit	शतं रूप्यकाणि
Tamil	நூறு ரூபாய்
Telugu	నూరు రూపాయలు
Urdu	سو روپیے