1)2009 – HOMI BHABHA BIRTH CENTENARY YEAR
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2009 – HOMI BHABHA BIRTH
CENTENARY YEAR
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Denomination
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Rs 100,Rs 10
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Description
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Homi baba
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Issue Price (Face value)
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Rs 1400 /-
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Approx. Market Price
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Rs 3000/-
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Mint
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Mumbai
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100 Rs
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Alloy , 35 grams, 44mm, 200 serrations (SILVER)
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10 Rs
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Nickel brass, 7.71 grams, 27 mm ,100 serrations
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ü Indian Nuclear physist and architect of Indian Atomic energy program
ü TIFT, BARC Research institutions started
ü Father of Indian Nuclear Program
2) 2009 Saint Alphonsa Birth centenary (1910-2009)
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2009 Saint
Alphonsa Birth centenary (1910-2009)
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Denomination
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Rs 100,Rs 5
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Description
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SAINT ALPHONSA BIRTH CENTENARY
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Issue Price (Face value)
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Rs 1400 /-
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Approx. Market Price
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Rs 3000/-
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Mint
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Mumbai
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100 Rs
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Alloy , 35 grams, 44mm, 200 serrations (SILVER)
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5 Rs
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Nickel brass, 6 grams, 23 mm ,100 serrations
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ü
She is catholic saint lived for 35 years
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Born in 19th Aug 1910 Arpookara
Village of Changansery (Kottayam,Kerala)
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She was declared as servant of God
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Hundreds of miraculous cures are claimed for her
intervention , many of them involving straightening of clubbed feet possibly
because of her deformed feet herself
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Her cures are published in Passion flower magazine.
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Pope Bendict X VI on 12th oct 2008
announced her as saint (canonization ) at St. Peters square.
3) 2009 “Annadurai” - Perarignar Anna Centenary (1909-1969) Conjeevaram Natarajan Annadurai
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2009 “Annadurai” - Perarignar Anna Centenary (1909-1969)
Conjeevaram Natarajan Annadurai
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Denomination
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Rs 100,Rs 5
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Description
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Perarignar Anna
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Issue Price (Face value)
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Rs 2310 /-
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Approx. Market Price
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Rs 4000/-
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Mint
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Kolkatta
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100 Rs
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Alloy , 35 grams, 44mm, 200 serrations (SILVER)
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5 Rs
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Nickel brass, 6 grams, 23 mm ,100 serrations
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ü
First member of Dravidian Party and non congress
leader to form major Govt of India
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Born in middle class family ,acted movies
,school teacher ,worked as journalist in Madras Presidency
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Various protests against ruling party congress
at centre took him to prison ; last of
which was during anti Hindi agitation in 1965.
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He renamed madras state to Tamil Nadu
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Given govt benefits like subsidiary in rice etc
which became very popular
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Many institutions /organizations are named
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Next Ramachandran 1972 named party to ADMK
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His funeral has highest number of attendance
till data earning Guinness record.
4) 2009 - 200th Birth Anniversary of Louis Braille 1809 -2009
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2009 - 200th Birth
Anniversary of Louis Braille 1809 -2009
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Denomination
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Rs 100,Rs 2
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Description
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Louis Braille with Braille chars (punch holes for blind on coin)
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Issue Price (Face value)
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Rs 1133 /-
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Approx. Market Price
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Rs 4000/-
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Mint
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Kolkata
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100 Rs
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Alloy , 35 grams, 44mm, 200 serrations (SILVER)
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2 Rs
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Nickel brass, 5.6 grams, 27 mm ,100 serrations
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Inventor of Braille, a system of read write used
by blind/visually impaired
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At the age of 3 years , one bad day on his dad’s
workshop, working on leather unit accidentally
hit an eye and later infections spread to second became complete blindness
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Although not given up, he started school and
given new life to blind people by new concept paper punched with copper lines.
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200th Anniversary of his birth
celebrated in every by exhibitions and symposiums about life and his achievements.
5) 2009 60 Years of Common wealth
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2009 60 Years of Common wealth
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Denomination
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Rs 100,Rs 5
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Description
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Parliament building with Flag
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Issue Price (Face value)
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Rs 2310 /-
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Approx. Market Price
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Rs 3500/-
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Mint
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Mumbai
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100 Rs
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Alloy , 35 grams, 44mm, 200 serrations (SILVER)
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5 Rs
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Nickel brass, 6 grams, 23 mm ,100 serrations
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ü
54 member states joined to promote human rights,
democracy, good governance ,rule of law, individual liberty ,free trade ,world
peace