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{{Infobox banknote
| country = India
| denomination = Twenty rupees
| value = {{Indian Rupee}}20 (approx. ${{To USD|20|IND}})
| unit =
| width_mm = 129
| height_mm = 63
| 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=http://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 = April 2019 – present
| obverse = India_new_20_INR,_MG_series,_2019,_obverse.jpg
| obverse_design = [[Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi|Mahatma Gandhi]]
| obverse_designer = [[Reserve Bank of India]]
| obverse_design_date = {{start date and age|2019|}}
| reverse = India new 20 INR, MG series, 2019, reverse.jpg
| reverse_design = [[Ellora Caves]]
| reverse_designer = [[Reserve Bank of India]]
| reverse_design_date = {{start date and age|2019|}}
}}

The '''Indian 20-rupee banknote''' ({{Indian Rupee}}20) is a common denomination of the [[Indian rupee]]. The current {{INR}}20 banknote in circulation is a part of the [[Mahatma Gandhi Series]]. The Reserve Bank introduced the {{Indian Rupee}}20 note in the [[Mahatma Gandhi Series]] in August 2001. Making it one of the last denominations of the series to be introduced in the series; other than the {{Indian Rupee}}5, which was introduced in November 2001.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/FAQView.aspx?Id=39#31 |title=Mahtma Gandhi (MG) 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>

It was first introduced by the [[Reserve Bank of India]] in 1972 to contain the cost of production of banknotes in circulation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rbi.org.in/currency/museum/p-rep.html |title=India Paper Money A Retrospect |author= |date= |work=Republic India Issues |publisher=Reserve Bank of India |access-date=16 January 2012}}</ref> With the introduction of this banknote, the Reserve Bank started a major redesign of the motif of the Lion Capital Series banknotes.

== Mahatma Gandhi New Series ==
On 10 November 2016, the then [[Secretary to Government of India|Economic Affairs Secretary]] [[Shaktikanta Das]] announced a new {{INR}}20 banknote would be released in the [[Mahatma Gandhi New Series]] in the coming months.

The Reserve Bank of India has announced on 26 April 2019 that it would shortly issue a new {{INR}}20 note.<ref name=inr20>{{Cite web|title = RBI Introduces ₹ 20 banknote in Mahatma Gandhi (New) Series|url = https://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/FS_PressRelease.aspx?prid=46913&fn=2753|website=rbi.org.in|access-date = 2019-04-27|language=en}}</ref> The new denomination has a motif of [[Ellora Caves]] on the back, a [[UNESCO World Heritage]] site in [[Aurangabad District, Maharashtra|Aurangabad district]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]] on the reverse, depicting the country's cultural heritage continuing with the theme in Mahatma Gandhi New Series banknotes. Size of the bank note will be 129 mm × 63 mm. This is used alongside to the new [[Indian 20-rupee coin]] which will be released soon.

==History ==

=== Lion Capital series ===
{{Further|Lion Capital Series}}

==== Design ====
The obverse side featured the Lion Capital. The reverse side featured the chariot wheel of the [[Konark Sun Temple]].

===Mahatma Gandhi Series===

====Design====

The {{INR}}20 banknote of the [[Mahatma Gandhi Series]] is 129 × 63 mm green-yellow coloured, with the obverse side featuring a portrait of [[Mahatma Gandhi]] with a signature of the governor of [[Reserve Bank of India]]. It has the [[Braille]] feature to assist the visually challenged in identifying the currency. The reverse side features the famous [[Mount Harriet National Park|Mount Harriet]] in [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]].

As of 2012, the new [[Indian rupee sign|{{INR}} sign]] has been incorporated into banknote of {{INR}}20.<ref>{{cite web|title=Issue of ₹20 Banknotes with incorporation of Rupee symbol (₹) and inset letter 'R'|url=https://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/BS_ViewCurrencyPressRelease.aspx?Id=26645|publisher=RBI|access-date=13 June 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Issue of ₹20/- and ₹50/- denomination Bank notes without inset letter and with ₹ symbol|url=https://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/BS_ViewCurrencyPressRelease.aspx?Id=26294|publisher=RBI|access-date=12 April 2012}}</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. Now further dead line was extended 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>

====Security features====

The security features of the {{INR}}20 banknote include:<ref>[https://paisaboltahai.rbi.org.in/20.aspx RBI - {{INR}}20 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 [[Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi|Mahatma Gandhi]]'s portrait.
*[[Watermark]] of 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 appear on the bank note.

==Languages==

As like the other [[Indian rupee]] banknotes, the {{INR}}20 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"
|+ Text of amount in various languages

|-
!Language
! Amount
|-
! colspan="2" |In [[Languages with official status in India|central level official languages]] (At below either ends)
|-
|[[English language|English]] || Twenty rupees
|-
|[[Hindi]] || {{lang|hi|बीस रुपये}}
|-
! colspan="2" |In 15 [[Languages with official status in India#Eighth Schedule to the Constitution|state level/other official languages]] (on the language panel)
|-
| [[Assamese language|Assamese]] || {{lang|as|বিছ টকা}}
|-
| [[Bengali language|Bengali]] || {{lang|bn|কুড়ি টাকা}}
|-
| [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] || {{lang|gu|વીસ રૂપિયા}}
|-
| [[Kannada]] || {{lang|kn|ಇಪ್ಪತ್ತು ರುಪಾಯಿಗಳು}}
|-
| [[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]] || {{lang|ks|وُہ رۄپیہِ}}
|-
| [[Konkani language|Konkani]] || {{lang|kok|वीस रुपया}}
|-
| [[Malayalam]] || {{lang|ml|ഇരുപത് രൂപ}}
|-
| [[Marathi language|Marathi]] || {{lang|mr|वीस रुपये}}
|-
| [[Nepali language|Nepali]] || {{lang|ne|बीस रुपियाँ}}
|-
| [[Odia language|Odia]] || {{lang|or|କୋଡିଏ ଟଙ୍କା}}
|-
| [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] || {{lang|pa|ਵੀਹ ਰੁਪਏ}}
|-
| [[Sanskrit]] || {{lang|sa|विंशती रूप्यकाणि}}
|-
| [[Tamil language|Tamil]] || {{lang|ta|இருபது ரூபாய்}}
|-
| [[Telugu language|Telugu]] ||{{lang|as|ఇరవై రూపాయలు}}
|-
| [[Urdu language|Urdu]] || {{lang|ur|بیس روپیے}}
|}

==References==

{{Reflist}}

{{Indian currency}}
[[Category:Banknotes of India]]
[[Category:Rupee]]
[[Category:Twenty-base-unit banknotes]]

Indian 20-rupee note - Revision history

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