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2004 – 150 Years of Telecommunications Commemorative Coin Set

The India Government Mint at Kolkata issued a commemorative Coin set in 2004 to mark the 150 Years of Telecommunications. The coin was released by then Telecom Minister of India Shri Dayanaidhi Maran on (more…)

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2004 150 Years of India Post Commemorative Coin Set

In the year 2004, India Post, one of the Largest Postal Network in the World celebrated 150 years of its existence. His Excellency, the President of India Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam released the commemorative (more…)

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2004 – Lalbahadur Shastri Commemorative Coin Set

Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri was the Second Prime Minister of India. He is still remembered for the popular slogan – Jai Jawan Jai Kissan. Under his able leadership, India won the war against Pakistan which (more…)

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2003 – 150 Years of Indian Railways Commemorative Coin Set

On the 1st of September 2013, Union Minister for railways, Nitish Kumar released the 150 Glorious Years of Indian Railways Network one of the Largest in the World. He was accompanied by Finance minister, (more…)

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2002 – Sant Tukaram Commemorative Coin Set

Sant Tukaram was a prominent Saint and spiritual poet in the early 16th century . He is often referred in honor as Sant Tukaram and was an ardent devotee of Vitthala a form of Lord Vishnu. Then Prime (more…)

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2001 – Syama Prasad Mokerjee Commemorative Coin Set

Dr Syama Prasad Mokerjee was a Bengali Freedom Fighter and a minister in the Jawhar Lal Nehru Cabinet. After fall out with Nehru, he founded the Bharatiya Jana Sangh which in present form is the Bharatiya (more…)

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1999 – Saint Dnyaneshwar Coin Set

Under India’s Most Famous Statesman and Prime Minister of India, Shri Atal Biihari Vajpayee, the India Government Mint of Kolkata in 1999 issued Saint Dnyaneshwar commemorative coins. This is the first (more…)

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1998 – Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das

The India Government Mint in Calcutta issued the Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das Commemorative Coin Set honoring the Indian Politician and Swaraj Party Leader in 1998 with details as follows. Date of Issue (more…)

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