Mahatma Gandhi New Series

E31777

Indian rupee banknote series family of banknotes

Mahatma Gandhi New Series is the current family of Indian rupee banknotes featuring updated security features and redesigned motifs centered around Mahatma Gandhi.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Mahatma Gandhi Series	2
Mahatma Gandhi New Series canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T246935 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Mahatma Gandhi New Series
Context triple: [Indian rupee, currentBanknoteSeries, Mahatma Gandhi New Series]

A. Great Seal of the Realm (Indian version)
The Great Seal of the Realm (Indian version) was the official seal used to authenticate documents issued in the name of the British monarch as Emperor of India during the period of the British Raj.
B. Gandhi Jayanti
Gandhi Jayanti is an annual Indian national holiday observed on October 2nd to honor the birth and legacy of Mahatma Gandhi, celebrating his role in the country’s nonviolent struggle for independence.
C. Navjivan
Navjivan was an Indian publishing house and imprint associated with Mahatma Gandhi, known for issuing many of his writings and related works on the Indian independence movement.
D. Putlibai Gandhi
Putlibai Gandhi was the deeply religious and influential mother of Mahatma Gandhi, whose piety and values profoundly shaped his character and philosophy.
E. Satyameva Jayate
Satyameva Jayate is a Sanskrit phrase from the ancient Indian scripture Mundaka Upanishad, meaning "Truth alone triumphs," and serves as the national motto of India.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Mahatma Gandhi New Series
Target entity description: Mahatma Gandhi New Series is the current family of Indian rupee banknotes featuring updated security features and redesigned motifs centered around Mahatma Gandhi.

A. Great Seal of the Realm (Indian version)
The Great Seal of the Realm (Indian version) was the official seal used to authenticate documents issued in the name of the British monarch as Emperor of India during the period of the British Raj.
B. Gandhi Jayanti
Gandhi Jayanti is an annual Indian national holiday observed on October 2nd to honor the birth and legacy of Mahatma Gandhi, celebrating his role in the country’s nonviolent struggle for independence.
C. Navjivan
Navjivan was an Indian publishing house and imprint associated with Mahatma Gandhi, known for issuing many of his writings and related works on the Indian independence movement.
D. Putlibai Gandhi
Putlibai Gandhi was the deeply religious and influential mother of Mahatma Gandhi, whose piety and values profoundly shaped his character and philosophy.
E. Satyameva Jayate
Satyameva Jayate is a Sanskrit phrase from the ancient Indian scripture Mundaka Upanishad, meaning "Truth alone triumphs," and serves as the national motto of India.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indian rupee banknote series ⓘ family of banknotes ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
currency	Indian rupee ⓘ
designAuthority	Reserve Bank of India ⓘ
designChangeReason	enhanced security features ⓘ redesigned motifs centered around Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
features	Mahatma Gandhi portrait ⓘ
firstIntroduced	2016 ⓘ
hasDenomination	₹10 banknote ⓘ ₹100 banknote ⓘ ₹20 banknote ⓘ ₹200 banknote ⓘ ₹2000 banknote ⓘ ₹50 banknote ⓘ ₹500 banknote ⓘ
hasSecurityFeature	colour-shifting security thread on higher denominations ⓘ electrotype watermark of denomination numeral ⓘ identification marks for visually impaired ⓘ intaglio printing ⓘ latent image ⓘ microlettering ⓘ optically variable ink on higher denominations ⓘ raised printing for visually impaired ⓘ registration marks for visually impaired ⓘ security thread ⓘ see-through denominational numeral ⓘ see-through register ⓘ watermark of Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
introducedAfter	2016 Indian banknote demonetisation ⓘ
ISO4217Code	Indian rupee ⓘ surface form: INR
issuer	Reserve Bank of India ⓘ
languagePanel	15 Indian languages ⓘ
legalTenderIn	Union of India ⓘ surface form: Republic of India
obverseDesign	portrait of Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
printingAuthority	Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Limited ⓘ
replaced	Mahatma Gandhi New Series self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Mahatma Gandhi Series
reverseMotif	cultural motifs of India ⓘ various Indian heritage sites ⓘ
script	Devanagari for denomination ⓘ
status	current banknote series of Indian rupee ⓘ
theme	Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Indian rupee → currentBanknoteSeries → Mahatma Gandhi New Series ⓘ

Indian rupee → previousBanknoteSeries → Mahatma Gandhi New Series ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mahatma Gandhi Series

Mahatma Gandhi New Series → replaced → Mahatma Gandhi New Series self-linksurface differs ⓘ