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{{Short description|Denomination of the Indian rupee}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2018}}
{{Infobox banknote
| country = '''India'''
| denomination = One hundred rupees
| value = {{Indian Rupee}}100 (approx. $1.11)
| unit =
| width_mm = 142
| height_mm = 66
| security_features = Security thread, latent image, micro-lettering, intaglio print, fluorescent ink, optically variable ink, watermark, and see through registration device.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/FAQView.aspx?Id=39#32 |title=Are there any special features in the banknotes of Mahatma Gandhi series- 1996? |work=Your Guide to Money Matters |publisher=Reserve Bank of India |access-date=11 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112123135/http://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/FAQView.aspx?Id=39 |archive-date=12 January 2012 }}</ref>
| paper_type =
| years_of_printing = July 2018 – present
| obverse = India new 100 INR, Mahatma Gandhi New Series, 2018, obverse.png
| obverse_design = [[Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi|Mahatma Gandhi]]
| obverse_designer = [[Reserve Bank of India]]
| obverse_design_date = {{start date and age|2018|}}
| reverse = India new 100 INR, Mahatma Gandhi New Series, 2018, reverse.png
| reverse_design = [[Rani ki vav]]
| reverse_designer = [[Reserve Bank of India]]
| reverse_design_date = {{start date and age|2018|}}
}}
The '''Indian 100-rupee banknote''' ({{Indian Rupee}}100) is a denomination of the [[Indian rupee]]. It has been in continuous production since [[Reserve Bank of India]] took over the functions of the controller of currency in [[India]] in 1935. The present {{INR}}100 banknote in circulation is a part of the [[Mahatma Gandhi New Series]] (which replaced the Mahatma Gandhi Series of {{INR}}100 in 2018).

==History==
[[File:100 Rupees old series banknote of India, signed by RBI governor S. Venkitaramanan.jpg|thumb|100-rupee banknote, signed by [[Reserve Bank of India|RBI]] governor [[S. Venkitaramanan]].]]
The first 100-rupee note featured the portrait of [[George VI]]. After independence in 1947, [https://www.rbi.org.in/ Reserve Bank of India] continued to issue the notes by replacing the portrait of George VI with the [[Emblem of India]], as a part of the Lion Capital Series of banknotes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rbi.org.in/currency/museum/p-brit.html |title=India Paper Money A Retrospect |work=Republic India Issues |publisher=Reserve Bank of India |access-date=11 January 2012 |archive-date=18 January 2012
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118070600/http://www.rbi.org.in/currency/museum/p-brit.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Mahatma Gandhi Series==

===Design===

The {{INR}}100 banknote of the [[Mahatma Gandhi Series]] is 157 × 73&nbsp;mm blue-green coloured, with the obverse side featuring a portrait of [[Mahatma Gandhi]] with a signature of the governor of [[Reserve Bank of India]].

As of 2012, the new [[Indian rupee sign|{{INR}} sign]] has been incorporated into banknote of {{INR}}100.<ref>{{cite web|title=Issue of ₹100 Banknotes with incorporation of Rupee symbol|url=http://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/BS_ViewCurrencyPressRelease.aspx?Id=25462|publisher=RBI|access-date=23 January 2012|archive-date=11 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150611233300/https://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/BS_ViewCurrencyPressRelease.aspx?Id=25462|url-status=dead}}</ref> In January 2014 RBI announced that it would be withdrawing from circulation all banknotes printed prior to 2005 by 31 March 2014. The deadline was later extended to 1 January 2015, and then again to 30 June 2016.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=107510 | title=Withdrawal of Currencies Issued Prior to 2005 | publisher=Press Information Bureau | date=25 July 2014 | access-date=25 July 2014}}</ref>

==Mahatma Gandhi New Series==

On 10 November 2016, the Reserve Bank of India announced a new redesigned {{INR}}100 banknote to be available as a part of the [[Mahatma Gandhi New Series]]. On 19 July 2018, the [[Reserve Bank of India]] unveiled the revised design of {{INR}}100 banknote.<ref name=inr100>{{Cite web|title = RBI to Issue New Design ₹ 100 Denomination Banknote|url = https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/BS_PressReleaseDisplay.aspx?prid=44533|website=rbi.org.in|access-date = 2018-07-19|language = en}}</ref>

===Design===

The new bank note has a base color of [[Lavender (color)|Lavender]] with motif of [[Rani ki vav]] (Queen's stepwell) on the reverse side. [[Rani ki vav]] is located in [[Patan, Gujarat|Patan]], [[Patan district]], [[Gujarat]], [[India]]. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Dimensions of the bank note are measured at 142&nbsp;mm × 66&nbsp;mm.

===Security features===

The security features of the {{INR}}100 banknote includes:<ref>[https://paisaboltahai.rbi.org.in/100.aspx RBI - {{INR}}100 security features]</ref>

*A windowed [[security thread]] that reads 'भारत' (''Bharat in the [[Devanagari]] script'') and 'RBI' alternately.
*[[Latent image]] of the value of the banknote on the vertical band next to the right hand side of Mahatma Gandhi's portrait.
*[[Watermark]] of [[Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi|Mahatma Gandhi]] that is a mirror image of the main portrait.
*The number panel of the banknote is printed in embedded [[fluorescent]] fibers and optically variable ink.
*Since 2005 additional security features like machine-readable security thread, electrotype watermark, and year of print appears on the bank note.

==Languages==

As like the other [[Indian rupee]] banknotes, the {{INR}}100 banknote has its amount written in 17 languages. On the obverse, the denomination is written in [[English language|English]] and [[Hindi]]. On the reverse is a language panel which displays the denomination of the note in 15 of the 22 [[List of official languages of India|official languages of India]]. The languages are displayed in alphabetical order. Languages included on the panel are [[Assamese language|Assamese]], [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], [[Kannada]], [[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]], [[Konkani language|Konkani]], [[Malayalam]], [[Marathi language|Marathi]], [[Nepali language|Nepali]], [[Odia language|Odia]], [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], [[Sanskrit]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Telugu language|Telugu]] and [[Urdu]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+
! colspan="2" |Denominations in [[Languages with official status in India|central level official languages]] (At below either ends)
|-
!Language
! {{INR}}100
|-
|[[English language|English]] || One Hundred rupees
|-
|[[Hindi]] || {{lang|hi|एक सौ रुपये}}
|-
! colspan="2" |Denominations in 15 [[Languages with official status in India#Schedule|state level/other official languages]] (As seen on the language panel)
|-
| [[Assamese language|Assamese]] || {{lang|as|এশ টকা}}
|-
| [[Bengali language|Bengali]] || {{lang|bn|একশ টাকা}}
|-
| [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] || {{lang|gu|એક સો રૂપિયા}}
|-
| [[Kannada]] || {{lang|kn|ಒಂದು ನೂರು ರುಪಾಯಿಗಳು}}
|-
| [[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]] || {{lang|ks|ہَتھ رۄپیہِ}}
|-
| [[Konkani language|Konkani]] || {{lang|kok|शंबर रुपया}}
|-
| [[Malayalam]] || {{lang|ml|നൂറു രൂപ}}
|-
| [[Marathi language|Marathi]] || {{lang|mr|शंभर रुपये}}
|-
| [[Nepali language|Nepali]] || {{lang|ne|एक सय रुपियाँ}}
|-
| [[Odia language|Odia]] || {{lang|or|ଏକ ଶହ ଟଙ୍କା}}
|-
| [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] || {{lang|pa|ਇਕ ਸੌ ਰੁਪਏ}}
|-
| [[Sanskrit]] || {{lang|sa|शतं रूप्यकाणि}}
|-
| [[Tamil language|Tamil]] || {{lang|ta|நூறு ரூபாய்}}
|-
| [[Telugu language|Telugu]] || {{lang|te|నూరు రూపాయలు}}
|-
| [[Urdu language|Urdu]] || {{lang|ur|سو روپیے}}
|}

==References==
{{Portal|India|Money|Numismatics}}
{{Reflist}}

{{Indian currency}}
[[Category:Banknotes of India]]
[[Category:Rupee]]
[[Category:One-hundred-base-unit banknotes]]
[[Category:Currencies introduced in 2018]]

Indian 100-rupee note - Revision history

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