Indian 1000-rupee note

This article is about the banknote. For the film, see1000 Rupee Note.

TheIndian 1000-rupee banknote(₹1000) is an obsolete denomination of theIndian rupee.It was first introduced by theReserve Bank of Indiain 1938 under British rule and subsequently demonetized in 1946. Post-independence, the denomination was re-introduced in 1954. In January 1978, all high-denomination banknotes of₹1000,5000, and 10000 were demonetized in order to curb unaccounted cash money.

One thousand rupees

(India)
Value	₹1000
Width	177 mm
Height	73 mm
Security features	Security thread, latent image, micro-lettering, intaglio print, fluorescent ink, optically variable ink, watermark, and see through registration device.
Material used	special variety of cotton, linen, abaca and fibre
Years of printing	November 2000 – November 2016
Obverse
Design	Mahatma Gandhi
Design date	2000
Reverse
Design	Economy of India
Design date	2000

In order to contain the volume of banknotes in circulation due to inflation, the₹1000 banknote was again re-introduced in November 2000, under the government ofAtal Bihari Vajpayee,as a part of theMahatma Gandhi Seriesof banknotes; these weredemonetizedon 8 November 2016 by the Prime Minister of IndiaNarendra Modi,with the claimed reasons of preventing the issue of counterfeit currency and to fightcorruptionandblack money in India.

Mahatma Gandhi Series

Design

The₹1000 banknote of theMahatma Gandhi Seriesis 177 × 73 mm pink-red coloured, with the obverse side featuring a portrait ofMahatma Gandhiwith the signature of the governor ofReserve Bank of India.It had aBraillefeature to assist the visually challenged in identifying the currency. The reverse side featured the motif of an oil rig, a satellite and a steel foundry, all together featuring theEconomy of India.

As of 2011, the new₹signhad been incorporated into banknotes of₹1000.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.Denomination of₹1,000 notes cost was₹3.54.

Security features

The security features of the₹1000 banknote included:

• A windowedsecurity threadthat read '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 was printed in embeddedfluorescentfibres and optically variable ink.
• Since 2005, additional security features (including machine-readable security thread, electrotype watermark, and year of print) appear on the bank note.

Discontinuation

Main article:2016 Indian banknote demonetisation

On 8 November 2016, Prime MinisterNarendra Modiannounced that "Starting from midnight 8th November 2016 all₹1000 banknotes of theMahatma Gandhi Serieswill not be accepted as a form of legal tender ", although new₹500 and₹2000 banknotes of the newMahatma Gandhi New Serieswere unveiled.

Languages

Like the otherIndian rupeebanknotes, the₹1000 banknote had its value written in 17 languages. On the obverse, the denomination was written inEnglishandHindi.On the reverse is a language panel which displayed the denomination of the note in 15 of the 22official languages of India,displayed in alphabetical order. Languages included on the panel wereAssamese,Bengali,Gujarati,Kannada,Kashmiri,Konkani,Malayalam,Marathi,Nepali,Odia,Punjabi,Sanskrit,Tamil,TeluguandUrdu.

Denominations incentral level official languages(At below either ends)
Language	₹1000
English	One thousand rupees
Hindi	एक हज़ार रुपये
Denominations in 15state level/other official languages(As seen on the language panel)
Assamese	এহেজাৰ টকা
Bengali	এক হাজার টাকা
Gujarati	એક હજાર રૂપિયા
Kannada	ಒಂದು ಸಾವಿರ ರುಪಾಯಿಗಳು
Kashmiri	ساس رۄپیہِ
Konkani	एक हजार रुपया
Malayalam	ആയിരം രൂപ
Marathi	एक हजार रुपये
Nepali	एक हजार रुपियाँ
Odia	ଏକ ହଜାର ଟଙ୍କା
Punjabi	ਇਕ ਹਜ਼ਾਰ ਰੁਪਏ
Sanskrit	सहस्रं रूप्यकाणि
Tamil	ஆயிரம் ரூபாய்
Telugu	వెయ్యి రూపాయలు
Urdu	ایک ہزار روپیے

Mahatma Gandhi New Series

On 10 November 2016, the thenEconomic Affairs SecretaryShaktikanta Dasannounced a new₹1000 banknote would be released in theMahatma Gandhi New Seriesin the coming months.But on 22 February 2017, Das walked back on his earlier announcement to deny it, saying there was no plan to reintroduce the banknote.