Rupees Ten is the most popular and widely circulated denomination and is printed in large volumes. First Ten Rupees note was released by The Reserve Bank of India in December 1949 and subsequently on 26th January 1950, the first Republic Day of India, this Ten rupees note was released along with notes of other denominations. In April 1967, the design of the Ten rupees note was changed. The size of the note was reduced substantially in this new pattern. In 1968 the Ten rupees notes in blackish brown colour were issued. On 2nd October 1969, the Reserve Bank of India issued the commemorative note of Rupees Ten along with other denominations to mark the Birth Centenary of Mahatma Gandhi. The obverse of these notes was identical to the 1968 issue. Between 1974 and 1992, Ten rupees notes in three different designs were issued simultaneously and were in circulation concurrently to meet the demand for currency notes at that time. Out of the three designs, this one was completely new design featuring peacock the national bird of India, on the reverse. In 1992 a new design of Ten rupees note was issued with the vignette of Shalimar Gardens on the reverse of the note. Emperor Jehangir built the Shalimar Gardens for his wife Noor Jahan in Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir. In 1996, Ten rupees notes were issued in a new design along with other denominations with the portrait of Mahatma Gandhi. A completely new designed Ten rupees note in a smaller size with the portrait of Mahatma Gandhi was issued in 2017. The reverse has a vignette of the Sun Temple, Konark .The words ‘Swachh Bharat’ are printed in Hindi within the outline of Mahatma Gandhi’s spectacles on the reverse of the note. The Clean India Mission line ‘ek kadam swachhatha ki aur’ in Hindi is printed below this logo.
