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22 49731833 Government Mint Employee Booked for Stealing Unreleased Rs 20 Coins n employee of the his/her employer), which carries a Acting on a tip-off, a Central Government Mint in Mumbai maximum sentence of seven years. Industrial Security Force (CISF) Aw a s r e c e n t l y inspector posted at the booked for “stealing” two mint had the employee’s unreleased Rs 20 coins and locker in front of two eye- hiding it in his locker. witnesses and had found As per reports, the the unreleased Rs 20 coins. accused identified as R The MRA Marg police, who Chabukswar was booked had booked Chabukswar by the police under on Monday, are now Section 381 of the Indian investigating if he has Penal Code (theft by a clerk stolen more coins from the of property owned by mint earlier. Cont on Page 3rd.. Karnataka Postal Circle Releases Special Cover to Honour MS Dhoni Following His Resignation engaluru: As a tribute to India’s most ‘capped skipper’ BMahendra Singh Dhoni, the Karnataka Postal Circle has released a special cover to honour him. While the move to mark the National Sports Day on 29th August 2020, with release of covers to honour 11 Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna awardees from 2017 to 2020 was planned in advance, the cover on Dhoni was added following his resignation from one-day international cricket a fortnight ago. The pandemic has taught us the formats and the unique distinction of Sharda Sampath, Chief Postmaster importance of fitness and health and leading the team to victory in the General of the Circle, released the a determination to fight - which are World T20 championship in 2007, covers at Meghdoot auditorium of all qualities of sportspersons.” An World Cup in 2011 and ICC the GPO. In her address, she said, official statement said, “Mahendra Champions Trophy in 2013.” This “The entire world is passing through Singh Dhoni has the distinction of cover was sponsored by the Karntaka hard times and the world of sports is captaining the Indian cricket team in State Cricket Association. no exception. maximum number of games in all Cont on Page 3rd.. ICCG - An Iso 9001 - 2008 Certified Group QA/QMS/0315194 - Download Free News Paper. www.iccg.in Sr. 6th Year 62nd Issue July Page.2 Numismatic News Paper of India A Division of :- INDIAN COINS & CURRENCY GROUP Article Banaras Hindu University he Banaras Hindu University Hindu School and establish a Bahadur of Raj Darbhanga. was established by Madan university. Established in 1898 in the In October 1915, with support from TMohan Malviya. A prominent Kamachha area of , the Malviya's allies in the Indian National lawyer and an Indian independence vision behind the school was that Congress, the Banaras Hindu activist, Malviya considered there should be learning institutions University Bill was passed by the education as the primary means for based on Hindu philosophy. Malviya Imperial Legislative Council. In achieving a national awakening. had supported Besant's cause and in November 1915, Besant, Bhagwan At the 21st Conference of the Indian 1903, he had raised 250,000 Rupees Das, and other trustees of the Central National Congress in Benares in in donations to finance the Hindu School agreed to the December 1905, Malviya publicly construction of the school's hostel. In government's condition that the announced his intent to establish a 1907 Besant had applied for a royal school become a part of the new university in Varanasi. On the request charter to establish a university. university. of Malviya, Attar Singh laid the However, there was no response BHU was finally established in 1916, foundation stone of Banaras Hindu from the British government. the first university in India that was University at Varanasi in 1914. Following the publication of the result of a private individual's Malviya continued to develop his Malviya's plan, Besant met Malviya efforts. The foundation for the main vision for the university with inputs and in April 1911 they agreed to unite campus of the university was laid by from other Indian nationalists and educationists. He published his plan in 1911. The focus of his arguments was the prevailing poverty in India and the decline in income of Indians compared to Europeans. The plan called for the focus on technology and science, besides the study of India's religion and culture: Malviya's plan evaluated whether to seek government recognition for the university or operate without its control. He decided in favor of the former for various reasons. Malviya also considered the question of medium of instruction and decided to start with English given the prevalent environment, and their forces to build the university in Lord Hardinge, the then Viceroy of gradually add Hindi and other Indian Varanasi. India, on Vasant Panchami 4 February languages. A distinguishing Malviya soon left his legal practice to 1916. To promote the university's characteristic of Malviya's vision was focus exclusively on developing the expansion, Malviya invited eminent the preference for a residential university and his independence guest speakers such as Mahatma university. All other Indian activities. On 22 November 1911, he Gandhi, Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose, universities of the period, such as the registered the Hindu University Prof C. V. Raman, Prafulla Chandra universities in Bombay, Calcutta, Society to gather support and raise Roy, Prof Sam Higginbottom, Sir Madras, etc., were affiliating funds for building the university. He Patrick Geddes, and Besant to deliver universities which only conducted spent the next 4 years gathering a series of what are now called The examinations and awarded degrees support and raising funds for the University Extension Lectures to students of their affiliated university. Malviya sought and between 5–8 February 1916. colleges. received early support from the Kashi Gandhi's lecture on the occasion was Around the same time, Annie Besant Naresh Prabhu Narayan Singh and his first public address in India. was also trying to expand her Central Sir Rameshwar Singh

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Cont from Page 1st.. According to the police, it would have notice asking him to cooperate in the 20 coin got delayed due to the been difficult for Chabukswar to investigation. coronavirus pandemic. smuggle the coins out of the office In March 2019, Prime Minister According to the Finance Ministry’s premise, as all employees are Narendra Modi had unveiled a series notification, the Rs 20 coin – the checked by CISF guards on entry and of coins of which, new Re 1, Rs 2, Rs 5 highest-denomination coin minted in exit gates. and Rs 10 coins were circulated but India to date will be in the shape of a However, the police have not yet to the Rs 20 coin was expected to be dodecagon, a 12-sided polygon. arrest the accused due to the COVID- released in April this year. 19 situation but they have sent a However, the release of the new Rs

Cont from Page 1st.. The athletes from other sports who Mirabhai Chanu (weightlifting) and Department of Youth Empowerment were honoured with separate covers Virat Kholi (cricket); 2019: Deepa and Sports sponsored them. The issued to mark each of the years Malik (paralympic athletics) and special covers will be available for bearing pictures of athletes Bajrang Punia (freestyle wrestling); sale at Philatelic Bureaus of imprinted on them are: 2017 and 2020: Rohit Sharma (cricket), Bengaluru GPO, Mangaluru HO, awardees: Devendra Jhajharia Mariappan Thangavelu (paralympic Mysuru HO and Belagavi HO, and at (paralympic athletics) and Sardhara Aathletics), and Rani Rampal e-post officewww.indiapost.gov.in. Singh (hockey); 2018: Saikhom (hockey). The Karnataka State Cont from Page 2nd.. Sir Sunder Lal was appointed the first university convocation. Vice-Chancellor, and the university The university's anthem, known began its academic session the same as the Kulgeet, was composed by month with classes initially held at Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar. the Central Hindu School in the BHU Centennial Kamachha area, while the campus Celebrations: Special was being built on over 1,300 acres (5.3 km2) of land donated by the commemorative coin of Kashi Naresh on the outskirts of the Rs. 100 & Rs. 10 city. A special commemorative coin of Keeping with Malviya's vision Rs 100 was released to mark articulated in his 1911 plan, the Banaras Hindu University's (BHU) Banaras Engineering College 100th year of establishment. Late (BENCO) was among the first new President Pranab Mukherjee, academic colleges of the university to r e l e a s e d a s p e c i a l be established. Krishna Wadiyar commemorative coin of Rs. 100 to IV of Mysore, the first Chancellor of mark Banaras Hindu University's BHU, performed the opening ( B H U ) 1 0 0 t h y e a r o f ceremony of the BENCO workshop establishment. Also a Rs. 10 coin buildings on 17 January 1919, during was released in the market on the his visit to preside over the first occasion.

ICCG - An Iso 9001 - 2008 Certified Group QA/QMS/0315194 - Download Free News Paper. www.iccg.in Sr. 6th Year 62nd Issue July Page.4 Numismatic News Paper of India A Division of :- INDIAN COINS & CURRENCY GROUP Article Shivaji Coins Hoans, Shivrai & Rajmudra hhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj father Shahaji Raje. He made the fort prominence. The Holkar of Indore, was one of the brave warriors; Raigadh as his Capital. Chhatrapati The Scindia of Gwalior, the Gaekwad Ca mass leader and founder of Shivaji Maharaj issued coins in his of Baroda and Bhonsle of Nagpur Hindavi Swaraj in western India. He own name in three metals at Fort Families who later as Maratha was statesman of powerful character Raigadh. Gold coin popularly known Confederacy began. To disintegrate and determination. Chhatrapati as 'Hons', Rupees in Silver and and give ways of rivalry would assert Shivaji Maharaj was born on 19 Copper coin as "Shivarai" paisa. their own regional interest at the February 1630 in the hill-fort of expense of the alliance. Shivneri, near the city of Junnar in On 3rd April 1680 Chhatrapati Shivaji The turning point for the Maratha's Pune district Maharaj passed away peacefully at fortune was the battle of Panipat Fort Raigadh. Sambhaji, the son of 14th January 1761 intending to stop Maloji Bhonsle, the grandfather of Shivaji succeeded his father in 1680 the Afghan warrior Ahmed Shah Chhatrapati Shivaji received the and ruled until 1689. Unfortunately Abdali (Durrani). In his track the estate of Poona with fort of Shivneri Aurangzeb manage to capture Maratha assembled the greatest and Chakan from the Bahamani Sambhaji and forced him to accept army in their history and placed it Sultan. Shahaji Bhonsle, the father of religion of Islam, But he refused. He under the unified command of Shivaji Raje inherited the estate. He was barbarously done death. Peshwas of Poona. By nightfall the then joined Adil Shahi of Bijapur Sultan. Taking the advantage of declining authority of Bijapur Sultan; Shivaji Raje manage to seize some of the surrounding territory; Bijapur proved incapable of quelling his i n s u r r e c t i o n . D r a w i n g e n c o u r a g e m e n t f r o m t h i s experience; Shivaji Raje forces sacked and plundered the Mughal port city of Surat. Shivaji Raje maintained a sort of running Guerillas war with Mughal forces of Aurangzeb and Adil Shah of Bijapur. In his whole regime Shivaji Raje manage to take various forts and His son Shahu then 6 years of age was Peshwa and heir Sadashivrao Bhau capture most of region of western also captured and kept as a prisoner Sahib and all the leading chief were India under his occupation. He until death of Aurangzeb. dead, Maratha losses were said to assassinated the Bijapur general have been in excess of hundred Afzal Khan and defended the After the death of Aurangzeb in 1707, thousand of men. The Maratha territory. On the visit to Mughal the Maratha Confederacy gained a would still remain a force to be emperor Aurangzeb at Delhi Shivaji new cohesiveness and its military reckoned with, they would again was detained but escapes tactfully, success began to make it look as if the cross channel and they would still miraculously and returned to Maratha might even become the new give the Nizam's forces a thrashing Raigarh, with the dream of "Hindavi master of India. but from 1761 onward internal Swaraj". Shivaji Raje managed to The Peshwas or the prime minister dissension grew rife and Maratha establish Maratha Kingdom of within Balaji Baji Rao - I of the pune reached Confederacy would never again the Muslim Kingdom of Mughal and the gate of Delhi. He gained control of exhibit sufficient cohesion to be Adil Shahi of Bijapur. Malwa, parts of Gujrat, Bengal and consider a serious contender for the Shivaji Raje assumed the title of 'Raja' Orissa. crown of India. a n d c r o w n e d h i m s e l f a s It was during this period that some of Cont on Page 5th.. 'Chharatrapati' after the death of his the great Maratha families gained

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Cont from Page 4th.. After fall of Peshwas the Pune and Chhatrapati Shivaji Raje issued Coins dots, symbols like Sun, Chandra core, Nagpur Branches had taken the field in his own name. Hons in Gold, Stars Nakshatra, Shivalingas, name of against each other. The two other Rupees in Silver and Shivrai paisa in 'RAM' as deity. branches under Scindia and Holkar Copper coin. As 'Shivrai' paisa has Ankushi, Swords, Dhanush, Bow, held Independent. Nagpur the been reported. Many of them are arrow, head are also seen on the Capital of Bhonsle, Gwalior the Anonymous and unattributable Shivrai paisa. The Coins of Peshwas residence of Scindia, issued without mint were issued in the name I n d o r e t h e name and of various Mughal headquarter of issued emperor at their H o l k a r a n d dat time at various Baroda center m i n t s o f of the rising Mughal and p o w e r o f Maratha. Gaekwad. In M a r a t h a t h e l a s t e. S y m b o l s , decades of 18th Maj Shivlinga name c e n t u r y t h e ority of of deity Ram and M a r a t h a w e r e them bore Shree in devnagri. d i v i d i n g i n t o f i v e the name of Shivaji on Many other weaponry branches each with their own chief the obverse, Shri Raja Shiv in symbols were also used to distinguish and government and acting more or devnagri and the title of 'Chhatrapati' the Maratha issue. less independently. (lord of umbrella) on the reverse. After emerging as a independent Various Shivrai paisa are reported princely state, Bhonsles of Nagpur, The Maratha Coinage with ornamental design, pattern of Scindia of Gwalior, Gaekwad of

ICCG - An Iso 9001 - 2008 Certified Group QA/QMS/0315194 - Download Free News Paper. www.iccg.in Sr. 6th Year 62nd Issue July Page.6 Numismatic News Paper of India A Division of :- INDIAN COINS & CURRENCY GROUP International News Museum of Toys he Mint Museum of Toys is a covers dating from 1920s, and The designed by Chan Soo Khian, p u r p o s e - b u i l t m u s e u m Adventures of Tintin collectables. Principal Architect of SCDA Architects Tshowing a private collection of The museum's collection includes a and Structural Engineers Web vintage toys. It was officially opened large collection of enamel signs and Structures. The building has garnered on March 5, 2007 and officiated by tin boxes which are displayed in the international awards including The the Minister for Foreign Chicago Athenaeum, Museum Affairs, Mr George Yeo. The of Architecture and Design museum is located at 26 Seah “International Architecture Street, in the Arts & Heritage Awards” 2007 and was district of Singapore. MINT is Runners Up in the Commercial an acronym for "Moment of Building Category for the Imagination and Nostalgia Cityscape Architectural Review with Toys". Award, held on 4 December Background 2006, at Cityscape Dubai 2006. The museum collection The museum was awarded the includes more than 50,000 2 0 0 7 I n t e r n a t i o n a l t o y s a n d c h i l d h o o d Architectural Award for Best memorabilia from the mid- New Global Design by the 19th century to mid-20th Chicago Athenaeum. Century. All the toys displayed The window-less building in the museum are the lifetime prevents UV-rays from collection of Singaporean, reaching the exhibits; the Chang Yang Fa, an alumnus of shelves are fitted with LED St. Andrew's School. lights; shelvings are designed Exhibits on display include such that no shadows are cast Disneyana toys, Astro Boy, on the exhibits. The building's Batman, Bonzo the Dog, Dan signature facade, which is Dare, Popeye the Sailor, Pre- made up of 26 glass panes war Japanese toys, including a shaped into a wavelike 'Door of Hope' Chinese doll museum's restaurant and wine bar. structure, provides the collection dating from the turn of the Architecture museum an iconic status to 20th Century, Teddy Bear collection The collection is housed within a five- Singapore’s urban landscape. as well as Chinese comics and comic storey contemporary building

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ICCG - An Iso 9001 - 2008 Certified Group QA/QMS/0315194 - Download Free News Paper. www.iccg.in Sr. 6th Year 62nd Issue July Page.8 Numismatic News Paper of India A Division of :- INDIAN COINS & CURRENCY GROUP Article Rare Coins in Abu Dhabi Exhibition Amid COVID 19 Pandemic AE: An extraordinary gold In an exclusive interview with Khaleej collection. coin minted during the reign Times, Swiss expat Dr Alain Baron, "My ultimate goal as a collector was Uof Abdul Malik B. Marwan founder of Numismatica Genevensis purely an educative one. I am a very and the first to bare the Islamic SA who was also the curator and tolerant person, very much attached expression of faith, the Kalimah, organiser of the exhibition, said it to education and its values. The idea were among the most precious collections on display for visitors of a rare exhibition at Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque Centre in Abu Dhabi just before the COVID 19 Pandemic lockdown. The Coins of Islam - History Revealed exhibition, had brought together more than 300 rare and precious coins dating from the time of Alexander, tracking the emergence of the Islamic empire from just after the time of the Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) to the emergence of the Caliphates in Syria took him almost 10 years to collect of sharing knowledge with others and its subsequent spread across the coins from different parts of the had convinced me to do the coin North Africa into Al Andalus. It world. "The idea was to get the very collection," he said. displayed the connection between all best coins of every civilisation,"' said According to Baron, the exhibition civilisations. Baron. was very important one because it He explained that coins gave an image of Islamic tolerance are a very powerful and and understanding and displayed the great field of art which history of the Islamic religion since its still needs to be known creation. better by a wider "This image of tolerance bridges audience. "We realised between various civilisations. It that creating a narrative shows that since the creation of between Islam and the Islam, the understanding between 15000 14000 13000 rest of the world was a populations was great," he said. Size “8 x 11” Inches Size “8 x 11” Inches Size “8 x 11” Inches very powerful message "There were lots of communities and there was no better where the Christians, Jews and 9000 8500 8000 way to illustrate this than Muslims lived together without any Size “8 x 5.5” Inches Size “8 x 5.5” Inches Size “8 x 5.5” Inches bringing the old and problems. The fact that the Grand precious coins together Mosque is hosting an exhibition 5000 4500 4000 for public viewing," he showcasing a Christian coin is a very Size “4 x 5.5” Inches Size “4 x 5.5” Inches Size “4 x 5.5” Inches said, adding that it was strong symbol that there is room in an intensive work to the world for all forms of civilisations 1200 1000 900 collect some of the best and religions." Size “2 x 3” Inches Size “2 x 3” Inches Size “2 x 3” Inches coins in the world (some The three-month exhibition that Condition Applied All Rates Are Per Issue of which costing up to a narrated the history of coinage $1 million) as it involved across different Islamic eras and lots of travelling and highlights the cultural interaction convincing the collectors and exchange among cultures had to that the coins will go in a be cut short due to COVID 19 Whatsapp @ 9323282157 p r o p e r a n d s a f e Pandemic.

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ew Delhi: National Postal Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad photo on its Twitter handle, which Worker Day is a unique tweeted a video, saying: "Appreciate says more than words. "Sale of N95 Nopportunity to say 'thank the work done by the Pune postal masks started today from Philatelic you' not only to postmen but Bureau Counter Kolkata also to all delivery personnel, GPO," India Post tweeted. At as online shopping has another location in West become a lifeline for many of Bengal, personnel in postal us. On July 1, National Postal services are explaining Worker Day is marked in C O V I D - 1 9 p r e v e n t i o n recognition of postal workers measures in the local across the world. language. In Lucknow, the Men and women engaged in postal staff distributed postal services bear the sanitizers to former army overhead sun and lashing rain personnel and differently- to deliver letters and couriers abled persons. on time through the year. Not On National Postal Worker only harsh weather, they have Day, you can take time out to to carry weight as well. show gratitude to your local In India, amid the COVID-19 postal worker and delivery pandemic, postal services personnel. A special thank have uniquely diversified. you card saying, 'Happy W o r k e r s i n p o s t a l National Postal Worker Day' departments have become the new division in transporting COVID-19 or a small gift can bring smile to the 'corona warriors', playing an active testing kits across the country." person who delivers your courier or a role in India's fight against COVID-19. On 29th June, India Post put out a pizza that you may have ordered. India Post Released Special Cover on Migrants of Mumbai ndia Post, Mumbai paid tribute to Pandey. The cover is dedicated to The employees, and a and a construction the migrant workers by releasing unsung Corona Warriors. A migrant labourer who came to the post office Ia special cover which is an ode to taxi driver, a Jeweler craftsman from to send money to his family are their immense invited for release c o n t r i b u t i o n of the Special t o w a r d s t h e cover. The cover m a k i n g o f acknowledges the Mumbai. The same contribution of was released in the natives of Uttar M u m b a i G P O Pradesh, Bihar and premises today by West Bengal in Chief postmaster building this city, g e n e r a l o f a n d t h e i r Maharashtra and h e l p l e s s n e s s Goa, Sri Harish during the ongoing Chandra Agrawal and Postmaster Zaveri Bazaar, an out of work tailor corona lockdown. General of Mumbai Region Smt Swati who now stitches masks for postal

ICCG - An Iso 9001 - 2008 Certified Group QA/QMS/0315194 - Download Free News Paper. www.iccg.in Sr. 6th Year 62nd Issue July Page.10 Numismatic News Paper of India A Division of :- INDIAN COINS & CURRENCY GROUP News Unscrupulous Traders Turning Coins into Razor Blades & Ornaments f late, Indian coins are in high They melt the ferratic stainless steel coins out of the country. The banking demand. It is suspected that coins for making razors. Five razor regulator is planning to introduce Othese coins are being sent to blades are being made from Rs 5 coin plastic currency even for small Bangladesh where the metal is being and each blade is sold at Rs 2. denomination of coins. The problem used to making blades used in A large number of hair dressers are now is the coins released by RBI are shaving equipment, earrings, using these razor blades. Some disappearing,” an officer of the rank necklaces and bracelets worn by boys and girls. The coins made of ferratic stainless steel are being lapped up by unscrupulous traders by offering up to 15 per cent more value than their face value. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) uses ferratic stainless steel and nickel in making Rs 1, 2 and 5 coins and uses copper, aluminum and nickel in the ratio of 92:6:2 in making Rs 10 coin. According to sources, small scale industries in Bangladesh have been making razor blades for shaving purpose and selling the products back in India. As reported in ICCG News May 2016 issue, “On January 5, 2011 Delhi police busted two illegal factories and arrested 5 people involved in melting old Indian coins and converting them to metal slabs for sale in the open market for making artificial jewellery and antiques worth a couple of crores of rupees. Nearly 1,550 kg metal slabs, huge quantity of coins, dyes, air pumps, groups are engaged in making labels of the Assistant General Manager in motors, weighing machines, tools for the razor blades also. The makers SBI said, adding: “All the banks have and other gadgets were recovered. of these products are also offering released large number of coins gifts like raincoats and umbrellas, all during Godavari and Krishna Similarly, a gang was busted in clocks, lunch boxes if bulk orders are Pushkarams but it is suspected that Kanpur in 2013, which illegally placed by hair dressers and retailers 50 per cent of them have just melted coins to make blades and who sell the other products. vanished.” artificial jewellery which were sent to As demand for coins is going up, the “I don’t know for why they are taking Jaipur and Indore. Few more such traders are offering good commission coins. For the past several years they incidents of melting coins have been to the youth asking them to collect take coins from us by paying a reported from Gujarat and Punjab coins in various denominations. They premium. If I give coins of a face value but the offenders just don’t care are offering up to 15 to 20 per cent of Rs 88, they are paying Rs 100,” says about the law as they get easy bails commission on the value of the coins. a beggar near Kanaka Durga temple. even if they get caught in the act.” “The RBI is aware of the smuggling of

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