Who is the most popular Indian after Mahatma Gandhi? An SMS doing rounds in the diamond city is hinting that it is Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
Surtis, especially people in business hubs in the city, have been receiving an SMS asking them to give a missed call on a 10-digit number if they agree that Sardar Patel's image should replace Mahatma's on Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes.
Gandhi’s monopoly in Indian rupee to end :
Mahatma Gandhi, Father of the nation has been on every Indian rupee printed by India government since 1997. It was in 1987 that Gandhi’s image was first printed only on five hundred rupee notes. Now RBI is planning to change the note design by getting other national leaders on board for different denominations.
This led to RBI to have relook at the currency design. Recently India went in for a symbol for the rupee which is now used in cheque books and documents. Late national leaders Nehru, Dr Ambedkar, Indira Gandhi and many more are in the list.
Opening up this matter could lead to demands from various sections of society to include their choice of leaders, many feel. Even though Gandhians might object, many still feel that Gandhiji known for his austerity was not the correct choice for the rupee.
The use of rupee even for illegal activities and funding terrorism has made Gandhi the wrong man to be be on the notes. But same as it also applied for sardar patel too. So changing the image will change the flow of money in right direction ????..........:)
we r having alots of symbols of national dance formns , great historical places , symbols of indial traditional and folk musics and things which inspire people in right direction, RBI should think twice before discussing or replacing just an image on currency note. people dosent thikn abt the image of a partticular one before using it..
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