Hundred Rupee Note - Part One

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This article is organized as a Eight part series and 3 parts on Star Series.

Part 1 - B Rama Rau

Part 2 - B Rama Rau, HV Iyengar, PC Bhattacharya, LK Jha, BN Adarkar

Part 3 - S Jagannathan, K R Puri, M Narasimham, I G Patel, Manmohan Singh, RN Malhotra, S Venkitaramanan

Part 4 - C Rangarajan, Bimal Jalan

Part 5 - YV Reddy

Part 6 - D Subba Rao

Part 7 - Raghuram Rajan

Part 8 - Urjit Patel

Star Series: Part 1 - D Subba Rao | Part 2 Raghuram Rajan | Part 3 - Urjit Patel

Rs 100 - Benegal Rama Rau - Value in English Only - Bombay Issue

This was the first Rs 100 note of Republic India, with 2 Elephants on the back. Value only in English.
Design: 2 Elephants on the back.
Prefix: A Indicating Bombay Issue
Size: 109 x 172

Rs 100 - Benegal Rama Rau - Value in English Only - Calcutta Issue

Design: 2 Elephants
Prefix: H Indicating Calcutta Issue
Size: 109 x 172

Rs 100 - Benegal Rama Rau - Value in English Only - Madras Issue

Design: 2 Elephants
Prefix: Q Indicating Madras Issue

Size: 109 x 172

Rs 100 - Benegal Rama Rau - Value in English Only - Kanpur Issue

Design: 2 Elephants
Prefix: U Indicating Kanpur Issue

Size: 109 x 172

Rs 100 - Benegal Rama Rau - Value in English Only - Delhi Issue

Design: 2 Elephants
Prefix: X Indicating Delhi Issue

Size: 109 x 172

Image Credits: abhay

Rs 100 - Benegal Rama Rau - Black Number - Bombay Issue

Design: 2 Elephants on the back with value in Hindi as Rupaya.
Prefix: A Indicating Bombay Issue

Size: 109 x 172

Rs 100 - Benegal Rama Rau - Black Number - Calcutta Issue

Design: 2 Elephants on the back with value in Hindi as Rupaya.
Prefix: H Indicating Calcutta Issue


Size: 109 x 172

Image Credits: abhay

Rs 100 - Benegal Rama Rau - Black Number - Madras Issue

Design: 2 Elephants on the back with value in Hindi as Rupaya.
Prefix: Q Indicating Madras Issue
Size: 109 x 172

Rs 100 - Benegal Rama Rau - Black Number - Kanpur Issue

Design: 2 Elephants on the back with value in Hindi as Rupaya.
Prefix: U Indicating Kanpur Issue
Size: 109 x 172

Rs 100 - Benegal Rama Rau - Black Number - Delhi Issue

Design: 2 Elephants on the back with value in Hindi as Rupaya.
Prefix: X Indicating Delhi Issue
Size: 109 x 172

Rs 100 - Benegal Rama Rau - Red Number - Bombay Issue

These were all issued in year 1951.
Design: 2 Elephants on the back with value in Hindi as Rupaye, Red Serial Number.
Prefix: A Indicating Bombay Issue
Size: 109 x 172

Rs 100 - Benegal Rama Rau - Red Number - Calcutta Issue

Design: 2 Elephants on the back with value in Hindi as Rupaye, Red Serial Number.
Prefix: H Indicating Calcutta Issue
Size: 109 x 172

Image Credits: abhay

Rs 100 - Benegal Rama Rau - Red Number - Madras Issue

Design: 2 Elephants on the back with value in Hindi as Rupaye, Red Serial Number.
Prefix: Q Indicating Madras Issue
Size: 109 x 172

Rs 100 - Benegal Rama Rau - Red Number - Kanpur Issue

Design: 2 Elephants on the back with value in Hindi as Rupaye, Red Serial Number.
Prefix: U Indicating Kanpur Issue
Size: 109 x 172

Rs 100 - Benegal Rama Rau - Red Number - Delhi Issue

Design: 2 Elephants on the back with value in Hindi as Rupaye, Red Serial Number.
Prefix: X Indicating Delhi Issue
Size: 109 x 172