2002 - Loknayak Jaya Prakash Narayan Birth Centenary - VIP and Proof Set

This post gives the details of Proof Set. For UNC Set please refer to the Next post.

In the Year 2002 the second set issued was to commemorate the Birth Centenary of Loknayak Jaya Prakash Narayan. A proof set and UNC set were released.
The details are;




Loknayak Jayaprakash Narayan (October 11, 1902 - October 8, 1979), widely known as JP or Loknayak (leader of the masses), was an Indian independence activist and political leader, remembered especially for leading the opposition to Indira Gandhi in the 1970s and for giving a call for peaceful Total Revolution. He was posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award, in recognition of his social work.
Narayan joined the Indian National Congress on the invitation of Jawaharlal Nehru in 1929; M. K. Gandhi became his mentor in the Congress. He shared the same house at kadam kuan in Patna with his close friend and nationalist Ganga Sharan Singh (Sinha). During the Indian independence movement he was arrested, jailed, and tortured several times by the British. He won particular fame during the Quit India movement.
On April 19, 1954, Narayan announced in Gaya that he was dedicating his life (Jeevandan) to Vinoba Bhave's Sarvodaya movement and its Bhoodan campaign, which promoted distributing land to Harijans. He gave up his land, set up an ashram in Hazaribagh, and worked towards uplifting the village
Narayan returned to prominence in State politics in the late 1960s. In 1974, he led the student's movement in the state of Bihar which gradually developed into a popular people's movement known as the Bihar movement
After Indira revoked the emergency on January 18, 1977 and announced elections, it was under JP's guidance that the Janata Party (a vehicle for the broad spectrum of the anti-Indira Gandhi opposition) was formed. The Janata Party was voted into power, and became the first non-Congress party to form a government at the Centre
Jayaprakash Narayan died on 8 October 1979


VIP Set:
Coins of Rs 100, Rs 10 and Rs 1





Proof Set:
Coins of Rs 100, Rs 10 and Rs 1








Prices on eBay / Auction Houses:
Price Type Start Price End Price Sold No of Bids Date Last Listing Times ID
Auction 26000 No 0 4-Dec-11 23-Dec-11 2 120818746255 | 120830285123
Auction 26000 No 0 31-Dec-11 21-Jan-12 3 120833160983 | 120837872713 | 120843725035
Auction 18000 18500 Yes 1 19-May-12 MA-2587
Auction 18000 18000 Yes 1 17-Aug-12 CNG-8.267




UNC Set:Coins of Rs 100, Rs 10 and Rs 1
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1 comment:

  1. Sir, I am a collector, kindly let me know the current price of
    (2002 Loknayak Jaya Prakash Narayan Birth Centenary, Proof set and UNC Sets).

    Thanks.

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