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Indian 1-rupee note

One Rupee

(India)
Value	₹1
Width	97 mm
Height	63 mm mm
Weight	90 GSM g
Security features	Watermark
Material used	100% (Cotton) Rag Content
Years of printing	1917–1926 1940–1995 2015–
Obverse
Design	One-rupee coin
Reverse
Design	Sagar Samrat oil rig

The Indian 1-rupee note (₹1) is made up of hundred 100 paise as ₹1 = 100 paise. Currently, it is the smallest Indian banknote in circulation and the only one being issued by the Government of India, as all other banknotes in circulation are issued by the Reserve Bank of India. As a result, the one rupee note is the only note bearing the signature of the Finance Secretary and not the Governor of the RBI.^[1] Predominantly pinkish green paper is used during printing.

The 1-rupee note was first introduced on 30 November 1917, but printing was discontinued in 1926.^[2] Printing then restarted in 1940 and continued until 1994, when it was stopped again due to cost-cutting measures. Printing resumed for a second time in 2015. The newly-printed notes were first released on 5 March 2015 at Srinathji Temple, Rajasthan by Rajiv Mehrishi, Finance Secretary. Once again RBI decided to issue these notes as per publication in The Gazette of India on 7 February 2020.^[3]

Languages[edit]

As like the other Indian rupee banknotes, the ₹1 banknote has its amount written in 17 languages. On the obverse, the denomination is written in English and Hindi. On the reverse is a language panel which displays the denomination of the note in 15 of the 22 official languages of India. The languages are displayed in alphabetical order. Languages included on the panel are Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Odia, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu.

Gallery[edit]

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  Indian one rupee note

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  Indian one rupee note

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