Summary:
These include the history of the Azad Hind Bank, established in April 1944 along with photographs of its currency notes. At the outset it was felt that the King's portrait be replaced by a portrait of Mahatma Gandhi. A new Mahatma Gandhi series was launched in 1996 with advanced security features. The Rs 500 note was introduced in October 1987 with the portrait of Mahatma Gandhi but the watermark continued to be the Lion Capital. Though Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru have garnered much of the credit for successful culmination of the Indian freedom struggle, the contribution of Netaji is no less..