2005 - 75 Years of Dandi March - VIP and Proof Set

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

In the Year 2005 a Commemorative Prooft Set and UNC Set was released to commemorate the Salt Satyagraha or Dandi March as is popularly called.

The details are;

The Salt Satyagraha, which began with the Dandi March on March 12, 1930, was an important part of the Indian independence movement. It was a campaign of nonviolent protest against the British salt monopoly in colonial India, and triggered the wider Civil Disobedience Movement. This was the most significant organized challenge to British authority since the Non-cooperation movement of 1920–22, and directly followed the Purna Swaraj declaration of independence by the Indian National Congress on January 26, 1930. Mahatma Gandhi led the Dandi march from his base, Sabarmati Ashram near Ahmedabad, to the sea coast near the village of Dandi. As he continued on this 24 day, 390 km march to produce salt without paying the tax, growing numbers of Indians joined him along the way. When Gandhi broke the salt laws at 6:30 am on April 6, 1930, it sparked large scale acts of civil disobedience against the British Raj salt laws by millions of Indians. The campaign had a significant effect on changing world and British attitudes toward Indian independence and caused large numbers of Indians to join the fight for the first time.
The Dandi March and the ensuing Dharasana Satyagraha drew worldwide attention to the Indian independence movement through extensive newspaper and newsreel coverage. The Salt March to Dandi, and the beating by British police of hundreds of nonviolent protesters in Dharasana, which received worldwide news coverage, demonstrated the effective use of civil disobedience as a technique for fighting social and political injustice
The commemorative is a fitting tribute to one of the significant landmarks in India’s freedom struggle.

Release Function:

The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh releasing commemorative coins in the memory of late Prime Minister, Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri in New Delhi on October 04, 2005.
The Union Finance Minister, Shri P. Chidambaram and the Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting and Culture, Shri S. Jaipal Reddy are also seen.

Executive Set Coins of Rs 100 & Rs 5

In Glass Stand

Special Set Coins of Rs 100 and Rs 5

In Glass Slab

Image Credits: Abhay

Special Set Coins of Rs 100 & Rs 5 - Restrike

The Dandi March coins were restruck in 2012 by the Mumbai Mint. The Proof and UNC package was kept same. However the Special & Executive packages were redone ... these were is tall Glass stands.

Image Credits; eBay Seller Coin_Vault

Proof Set:
Both Coins of Rs 100 and Rs 5

The Coins of Rs 5 and Rs 100

Proof Set:

Remint. Available from the Mint Counter in mumbai at 3350
The packaging is same except at the back it says "Coins Reminted by" instead of "Coins Minted by"

UNC Set:

Both Coins of Rs 100 and Rs 5

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