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2016 - Banaras Hindu University - Hyderabad Mint UNC Set

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The Seventh release of the year saw a commemorative coin on Centenary Year of Banaras Hindu University. This is a first for commemorating a University. There is another one planned this year for Mysore University. The denominations are Rs 100 and Rs 10.

The coin and the details of the set are;

Banaras Hindu University commonly referred to as BHU; formerly known as Central Hindu College is a public central university located in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. Established in 1916 by Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, BHU is one of the largest residential universities in Asia, with over 20,000 students.

The university's main campus spread over 1,300 acres (5.3 km2) was built on land donated by the Kashi Naresh, the hereditary ruler of Banaras. The Banaras Hindu University, South campus, spread over 2,700 acres (11 km2), hosts the Krishi Vigyan Kendra (Agriculture Science Centre) and is located in Barkachha in Mirzapur district, about 60 km from Banaras.

BHU is organised into 6 institutes and 14 faculties (streams) and more than 132 departments. Total student enrolment at the university exceeds 30000, and includes students from over 34 nations. It has over 60 hostels for resident students. Several of its colleges, including engineering (IIT-BHU), management (FMS-BHU), science, linguistics, journalism & mass communication, performing arts, law, agriculture (IAS-BHU), medicine (IMS-BHU) and Institute of Environment And Sustainable Development (IESD-BHU), are ranked among the best in India and world.

Mumbai Mint Coins
Proof: Coins of Rs 100 and Rs 10 UNC: Coins of Rs 100 and Rs 10
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Hyderabad Mint Single Coin UNC
Coin of Rs 10

2016 - Banaras Hindu University - UNC Set

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This post gives the details of UNC set. For Proof Set refer to the previous Post. For Hyderabad Mint UNC set refer to this link.

The coin and the details of the set are;

Proof Set
Coins of Rs 100 and Rs 10
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UNC Set
Coins of Rs 100 and Rs 10

2016 - Maharana Pratap 475th Birth Anniversary - Hyderabad Mint UNC Set

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The sixth release function saw the release of a coin commemorating 475th Birth Anniversary of Maharana Pratap. It was a low key affair. This is the second time a commemorative coin of Maharana Pratap is being released. The first was released in 2003 although there was no specific occasion.

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Maharana Pratap or Pratap Singh of Mewar (May 9, 1540 – January 19, 1597) was a Hindu ruler of Mewar, a state in north-western India. In popular Indian culture, Pratap is considered to exemplify the qualities like bravery and chivalry to which Rajputs aspire.

In 1568, during the reign of Udai Singh II, Chittor was conquered by the Mughal Emperor Akbar after the third Jauhar at Chittor. However, Udai Singh and the royal family of Mewar escaped before the capture of the fort and moved to the foothills of the Aravalli Range where Udai Singh founded the city of Udaipur. Rana Udai Singh wanted Jagmal, his favourite son, to succeed him but his senior nobles wanted Pratap, the eldest son, to be their king as was customary. During the coronation ceremony Jagmal was physically moved out of the palace by the Chundawat Chief and Tomar Ramshah and Pratap was made the King, the Rana of Mewar

Maharana Pratap never accepted Akbar as ruler of India, and fought Akbar all his life. Akbar first tried diplomacy to win over Maharana Pratap but nothing worked. Pratap maintained that he had no intention to fight with Akbar but he could not bow down to Akbar and accept him as his suzerain.

Living a life on the run, the dream of reconquering Chittor (and thus reclaiming the glory of Mewar) was greatly cherished by Pratap, and his future efforts were bent towards this goal. In essence Pratap remained king only on paper as he never ruled any land in his lifetime.

Nearly all of Pratap's fellow Rajput chiefs had meanwhile entered into the vassalage of the Mughals. Even Pratap's own brothers, Shakti Singh and Sagar Singh, were serving Akbar. Indeed, many Rajput chiefs, such as Raja Man Singh of Amber (later known as Maharaja of Jaipur) were serving as army commanders in Akbar's armies and members of his council. Akbar sent a total of six diplomatic missions to Pratap, seeking to negotiate the same sort of peaceful alliance that he had concluded with the other Rajput chiefs. Pratap roundly rebuffed every such attempt displaying his self-respect and honour

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2015 – 200th Birth Anniversary of Tatya Tope - UNC Set

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The fifth release function in 2016 saw the release of a coin commemorating the 200th Birth Anniversary of Tatya Tope. This would be the first time a coin of denomination Rs 200 was released.

Technically Tope's Birth year is 1814 and hence the 200th year should have started in 2014 and completed in 2015. The coins finally released in 2016 on Martyr Day.

The details are as below;

Ramachandra Pandurang Tope (1814 – 18 April 1859) was an leader in the Rebellion of 1857 and one of its notable generals. He is better known by his nickname Tatya Tope, which is also transliterated as Tantya Tope or Tantia Topi

A personal adherent of Nana Sahib of Bithur, he progressed with the Gwalior contingent after the British reoccupied Kanpur and forced General Windham to retreat from the city. Later on, he came to the relief of Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi and with her seized the city of Gwalior. However, he was defeated by General Napier's British Indian troops at Ranod and after a further defeat at Sikarabandoned the campaign. He was executed by the British Government at Shivpuri on 18 April 1859.

Tatya Tope was Nana Sahib's close associate and general. During the Siege of Cawnpore in 1857, Nana Sahib's forces attacked the British entrenchment at Kanpur in June 1857. The low supplies of food, water and medicine added to the misery of the British Forces who accepted Nana Sahib offer of safe passage to Allahabad.

Many of General Wheeler's men were either killed or captured. The surviving British women and children were moved from the Savada House to Bibighar, "the House of the Ladies", a villa-type house in Rajasthan.

Nana Sahib decided to use the captives for bargaining with the British. The Company forces from Allahabad, under the command of General Henry Havelock, advanced relentlessly towards Cawnpore. Two forces sent by Nana Sahib to check their advance were defeated. When it became clear that the bargaining attempts had failed, an order was given to murder the women and children imprisoned at Bibighar, on July 15. The details of the incident, such as who ordered the massacre, are not clear. The sepoys refused to kill the captive women and children, but some of them agreed to remove the women and children from the courtyard, when Tope threatened to execute them for dereliction of duty.

The Company forces reached Cawnpore on July 16, and captured the city. Both Nana Sahib and Tope escaped from the city. While Nana Sahib fled to an unknown place, Tope continued the fight against the British. In November 1857, he gathered a large army, mainly consisting of the rebel soldiers from the Gwalior contingent, to recapture Cawnpore. By November 19, Tope's advance guard of 6,000 dominated all the routes west and north-west of Cawnpore. However, his forces were defeated by the Company forces under Colin Campbell in the Second Battle of Cawnpore, marking the end of the rebellion in the Cawnpore area. Tope then joined Rani Laxmi Bai at Kalpi.

After losing Gwalior to the British, Tope and Rao Sahib, nephew of Nana Sahib, fled into Rajputana. He was able to induce the army of Tonk to join him. Tope was defeated at several places

Tope escaped alone into the jungles of Paron. At this point he met Man Singh, raja of Narwar and decided to stay with them. The British forces had failed to subdue Tope for over a year.

Tope was however betrayed into the hands of the British by his trusted friend, Man Singh, while asleep in his camp in the Paron forest. He was captured on 7 April 1859 by a detachment of native infantry from British General Richard John Meade's troops led to him by Singh and escorted to Shivpuri where he was tried by a military court. Tope admitted the charges brought before him saying that he was answerable to his master the Peshwa only. He was executed at the gallows on 18 April 1859.

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Coins of Rs 200 and Rs 10

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2016 - Allahabad High Court – 150th Anniversary - Hyderabad Mint UNC Set

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The fourth function saw the release of a coin commemorating the 150 years of Allahabad High Court.

In a first the sesquicentennial of Allahabad High Court is being commemorated. Although Madras and Bombay High court are older than Allahabad, there was no commemorative coin issued in 2011 for the 150th Anniversary.

This would be also the first issue where the Mumbai Mint has sent out an email on 12-Mar of the coin booking being available for booking; even before the release function.

This is amongst a few times when the coin was available for cash during the release function as well as from the Mint counter. The previous such case was during Yoga day celebrations.

The coin and the details of the set are;

The Allahabad High Court was established on 11-July-1866. It has jurisdiction over the Uttar Pradesh. It is the 3rd oldest High court in India. The first being the Madras [Chennai] High Court, established on 15-Aug-1862 followed by Bombay [Mumbai] in 14-Aug-1862. All these were established under the High Courts Act of 1861.
The year 2016 is being celebrated as sesquicentennial and there are functions organized all over the year with special events from March 13th to March 17th.

Allahabad High Court, one of the oldest courts in the country, is celebrating 150th year of its foundation. The High Court of Judicature for the North-Western Provinces came into existence at Agra under Letters Patent of the 17th March, 1866, replacing the old Sudder Diwanny Adawlat.

The seat of the High Court for the North-Western Provinces was shifted from Agra to Allahabad in 1869 and its designation was altered to ‘the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad’ by a supplementary Letters patent issued on March 11, 1919.

Two courts i.e. the High Court in Allahabad for North Western Provinces and the Chief Court of Oudh for the districts of Oudh at Lucknow, were simultaneously functioning and were exercising the powers of the High Courts over the respective territories. After the attainment of Independence by India, the historical anomaly of existence of the two highest courts of appeal within the same province for the territories known as Agra and Oudh which had come under one local Government as far back as the year 1902 was keenly felt. By the U.P. High Court Amalgamation Order, 1948, the Chief Court of Oudh was amalgamated with the High Court of Allahabad.

On the eve of the Republic Day celebrations on the 26th January, 1950 the date of commencement of the Constitution of India, the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad came to have jurisdiction throughout the entire length and breadth of the State of Uttar Pradesh.

Mumbai Mint Set:
Proof and UNC Sets: Coins of Rs 150 and Rs 5
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Hyderabad Mint Single Coin UNC Set:
Coin of Rs 5.