30/03/2020
Country INDIA
Type Circulating
commemorative coin
Year 2007
Value5 Rupees
5 INR = 0.07 USD
CurrencyRupee (decimalized, 1957-date)
Composition Stainless
steelWeight 6 g
Diameter 23 mm
Shape Round
Orientation Medal alignment
Commemorative issue
Birth Centenary of Shaheed Bhagat Singh
Obverse
Ashoka Pillar Lion Capitol, denomination to the right
NOTE: Different mintmarks
* (five-pointed star) = Hyderabad
(no mintmark) = Calcutta
Lettering:
рднрд╛рд░рдд INDIA
рд╕рддреНрдпрдореЗрд╡ рдЬрдпрддреЗ 5
рд░реВрдкрдпреЗ RUPEES
Reverse
Bust of Shaheed Bhagat Singh facing
Note: Coins were released in September 2008 only for UNC/Proof sets. In 2012 they were released for Circulation.
Lettering:
рд╢рд╣реАрдж рднрдЧрдд рд╕рд┐рдВрд╣ рдЬрдиреНрдорд╢рддреА
SHAHEED BHAGAT SINGH BIRTH CENTENARY
1907 - 2007
Shaheed Bhagat Singh 1907-31 was an Indian socialist considered to be one of the most influential revolutionaries of the Indian independence movement. Seeking revenge for the death of Lala Lajpat Rai, Singh was involved in the murder of British police officer John Saunders. He eluded efforts by the police to capture him. Soon after, together with Batukeshwar Dutt, he and an accomplice threw two bombs and leaflets inside the Central Legislative Assembly. The two men were arrested, as they had planned to be. Held on this charge, he gained widespread national support when he underwent a 116-day fast in jail, demanding equal rights for European prisoners and those Indians imprisoned for what he believed were political reasons. During this time, sufficient evidence was brought against him for a conviction in the Saunders case, after trial by a Special Tribunal and appeal at the Privy Council in England. He was convicted and subsequently hanged for his participation in the murder, aged 23
