Two Rupee Note - Part One

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This article is organised as 3 parts series.
Part 1 - Benegal Rama Rau to S Jagannathan
Part 2 - KR Puri to Manmohan Singh
Part 3 - Amitav Ghosh to C Rangarajan

1st Issue B Rama Rau

An interesting note, this one has the numeral in Gujrati. Amongst the most expensive currency note in the Rs 2 series. Relatively difficult to get.
Prefix: A to C
Size: 64 x 114
IPM: B01

2st Issue B Rama Rau, Incorrect Hindi

The first issue has Two Rupees written only in English. This was corrected in subsequent isues where the amount in words was in both English and Hindi Language. However in Hindi it was spelt as "Rupya" instead of "Rupye". This was subsequently corrected in next issue. This error was also present in Rs 5 and Rs 10 denomination.
Prefix: A to J
Size: 64 x 114
IPM: B02

3rd  Issue B Rama Rau, Correct Hindi

The amount in Hindi was corrected to "Rupye". This was done in all other denomination of Rs 5 and Rs 10 as well.
Prefix: J to L
Size: 64 x 114
IPM: B03

H V R Iyengar

Prefix: L to X
Size: 64 x 114
IPM: B04

P C Bhattacharya, Brown

The design of Tiger had multiple issues, there was one with distinct Brown color and other with distinct Green color. After this the design was changed to Standing Tiger

Prefix: A to D
Size: 64 x 114
IPM: B05

P C Bhattacharya, Olive Green Ting

The design of Tiger had multiple issues, there was one with distinct Brown color and other with distinct Green color. After this the design was changed to Standing Tiger

Prefix: A to G
Size: 64 x 114
IPM: B06

P C Bhattacharya, Standing Tiger

A new design was adopted with Standing Tiger at the back. The size was reduced by few mm to save on paper. Notes of other denomination had substantial size reduction.

Prefix: A to F
Size: 63 x 107
IPM: B07

L K Jha, Standing Tiger

Prefix: F to M

Size: 63 x 107
IPM: B08

L K Jha, Special Gandhi Issue

On the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi's Birth Centenary, all the currencies were specially designed to include the photo of Gandhi. This was done for all denominations.

Prefix: A to C

Size: 63 x 107
IPM: B09

B N Adarkar, Special Gandhi Issue

On the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi's Birth Centenary, all the currencies were specially designed to include the photo of Gandhi. This was done for all denominations.

Prefix: D to E

Size: 63 x 107
IPM: B10

S Jagannathan - Incorrect Urdu

The standing Tiger design. This one had error in the Urdu Line. This was corrected in the next issue.

Prefix: A to M

Size: 63 x 107
IPM: B11

S Jagannathan- Correct Urdu
The standing Tiger design with correct Urdu Line.
Prefix: M to W
Size: 63 x 107

IPM: B12