Rs 500 Five Hundred Rupee Note

Rs 500 – RN Malhotra – First Issue

Introduced for the first time in the year 1997. These notes had Gandhi on the front, on the back the famous Dandhi March was depicted.
Design: Old Gandhi Series
Size: 166×73 mm

R.N.MALHOTRA
R B I GOVERNOR
G	500 RUPEES DESCRIPTION			FEB 4th 1985 to DEC 20th 1990
	OBVERSE:- * Wide security thread with RBI & Portrait of M K Gandhi * SIZE – 167 X 73 mm & SERIAL NUMBER – in two places * DENOMINATION – 500 in two places * LANGUAGE PANEL – 15 Indian Languages
	REVERSE:- * PICTURE – Gandhi leading the Freedom struggle * LEGEND – Value rupees in Hindi and English * WATER MARK – Ashoka Pillar Capital with 6 wheels * COLOR – Blue, Green & multicolor
NO.	PREFIX	INSET	REMARK
1	AA to BH	NIL	REVERSE- ‘Freedom fighters’

Rs 500 – S Venkitaramanan – No Inset

Design: Old Gandhi Series
Size: 166×73 mm

S.VENKITARAMANAN
R B I GOVERNOR
F	500 RUPEES DESCRIPTION			DEC 21st 1990 to DEC 20th 1992
	OBVERSE:- * Wide security thread with RBI & Portrait of M K Gandhi * SIZE – 167 X 73 mm * DENOMINATION – 500 in two places * LANGUAGE PANEL – 15 Indian Languages
	REVERSE:- * PICTURE – Gandhi leading the Freedom struggle * LEGEND – Value rupees in Hindi and English * WATER MARK – Ashoka Pillar Capital with 6 wheels * COLOR – Blue,Green & multicolor
NO.	PREFIX	INSET	REMARK
1	AA to BE	NIL	REVERSE- ‘Freedom fighter’

Rs 500 – C Rangarajan – No Inset

Design: Old Gandhi Series
Size: 166×73 mm

Rs 500 – C Rangarajan – No Inset

New Design introduced with improvements in security features. Predominant Bule Color
Design: Gandhi Series
Size: 166×73 mm

C.RANGARAJAN
R B I GOVERNOR
G	500 RUPEES DESCRIPTION			DEC 21st 1992 to NOV 21st 1997
	OBVERSE:- * Portrait of M K Gandhi & Wide security thread with RBI * SIZE – 167 X 73 mm & SERIAL NUMBER – in two places * DENOMINATION – 500 in two places * LANGUAGE PANEL – 15 Indian Languages
	REVERSE :- * PICTURE – Gandhi leading the Freedom struggle * LEGEND – Value rupees in Hindi and English * WATER MARK – Ashoka Pillar Capital with 6 wheels * COLOR – Blue, Green & multicolor
NO.	PREFIX	INSET	REMARK
1	AA to CW	NIL	REVERSE- ‘Freedom Fighters’
	500 RUPEES DESCRIPTION
	OBVERSE:- * Portrait of M K Gandhi & Wide security thread with RBI * SIZE – 167 X 73 mm & SERIAL NUMBER – in two places * DENOMINATION – 500 in three places * COLOR – Grey, Blue, Yellow, Green & multicolor
	REVERSE :- * PICTURE – Gandhi leading the Freedom struggle * LANGUAGE PANEL – 15 Indian Languages * LEGEND – Value rupees in Hindi and English * WATER MARK – Mahatma Gandhi
NO.	PREFIX	INSET	REMARK
2	AA to CP	NIL	REVERSE- ‘Freedom Fighters’

Rs 500 – Bimal Jalan – No Inset

Design: Old Gandhi Series
Size: 166×73 mm

Rs 500 – Bimal Jalan – A Inset

Design: Old Gandhi Series
Size: 166×73 mm

Rs 500 – Bimal Jalan – C Inset

Design: Old Gandhi Series
Size: 166×73 mm

Rs 500 – Bimal Jalan – No Inset

Notes re-designed as part of major design change. The new Gandhi series introduced.
Design: New Gandhi Series
Size: 166×73 mm

Rs 500 – Bimal Jalan – A Inset

Design: New Gandhi Series
Size: 166×73 mm

Rs 500 – Bimal Jalan – B Inset

Design: New Gandhi Series
Size: 166×73 mm

BIMAL JALAN
R B I GOVERNOR
F	500 RUPEES DESCRIPTION			NOV 22nd 1997 to Sep 6th 2003
	OBVERSE:- * Portrait of M K Gandhi & Wide security thread with RBI * SIZE – 167 X 73 mm & SERIAL NUMBER – in two places * DENOMINATION – 500 in three places * COLOR – Grey, Blue, Yellow, Green & multicolor
	REVERSE :- * PICTURE – Gandhi leading the Freedom struggle * LANGUAGE PANEL – 15 Indian Languages * LEGEND – Value rupees in Hindi and English * WATER MARK – Mahatma Gandhi
NO.	PREFIX	INSET	REMARK
1	EA-4HC to HE-9HW	NIL	OBVERSE- M K Gandhi, REVE- Freedom fighters
2	AA to BC	A	OBVERSE- M K Gandhi, REVE- Freedom fighters
3	AA to AH	C	OBVERSE- M K Gandhi, REVE- Freedom fighters
4	AA to DF	NIL	OBVERSE- M K Gandhi, COLOUR- Yellowish
5	AA to BE	A	OBVERSE- M K Gandhi, COLOUR- Yellowish
6	AA to DB	B	OBVERSE- M K Gandhi, COLOUR- Yellowish
7	?	C	OBVERSE- M K Gandhi, COLOUR- Yellowish

Rs 500 – YV Reddy

Design: New Gandhi Series
Size: 166×73 mm

Y V REDDY
R B I GOVERNOR
F	500 RUPEES DESCRIPTION				Sep 6th 2003 to Sep 5th 2008
	OBVERSE:- * Portrait of M K Gandhi & Wide security thread with RBI * SIZE – 167 X 73 mm & SERIAL NUMBER – in two places * DENOMINATION – 500 in three places * COLOR – Grey, Blue, Yellow, Green & multicolor
	REVERSE :- * PICTURE – Gandhi leading the Freedom struggle * LANGUAGE PANEL – 15 Indian Languages * LEGEND – Value rupees in Hindi and English * WATER MARK – Mahatma Gandhi
NO.	PREFIX	INSET	YEAR	REMARK
1	AA – EE	NIL	NIL	OBV – M K Gandhi, REV- Freedom fighters
2	AA – BF	A	NIL	OBV – M K Gandhi, REV- Freedom fighters
3	AA – DM	B	NIL	OBV – M K Gandhi, REV- Freedom fighters
4	BA – BQ	C	NIL	OBV – M K Gandhi, REV- Freedom fighters
5	AA – AN	NIL	2005	OBV- M K Gandhi, REV- Freedom fighters
6	AA – AC	L	2005	OBV- M K Gandhi, REV- Freedom fighters
7	AA – AN	R	2005	OBV- M K Gandhi, REV- Freedom fighters
8	AP – DK	NIL	2006	OBV- M K Gandhi, REV- Freedom fighters
9	AA – AR	E	2006	OBV- M K Gandhi, REV- Freedom fighters
10	…AF – BP	L	2006	OBV- M K Gandhi, REV- Freedom fighters
11	…AQ- DB	R	2006	OBV- M K Gandhi, REV- Freedom fighters
12	DL – GW..	NIL	2007	OBV- M K Gandhi, REV- Freedom fighters
13	AS – BW	E	2007	OBV- M K Gandhi, REV- Freedom fighters
14	BQ – CP..	L	2007	OBV- M K Gandhi, REV- Freedom fighters
15	CS – GF	R	2007	OBV- M K Gandhi, REV- Freedom fighters
16	GG – NL	R	2008	OBV- M K Gandhi, REV- Freedom fighters
17	…CR – HE	L	2008	OBV- M K Gandhi, REV- Freedom fighters
18	…HA – NK	NIL	2008	OBV- M K Gandhi, REV- Freedom fighters

Rs 500 – D Subba Rao – 2009

Design: New Gandhi Series
Size: 166×73 mm
IPM: H31

D SUBBA RAO
R B I GOVERNOR
E	500 RUPEES DESCRIPTION				Sep 6th 2008 to present
	OBVERSE:- * SIZE – 167 X 73 mm & SERIAL NUMBER – in two places * Portrait of M K Gandhi & Wide security thread with RBI * DENOMINATION – 500 in three places * COLOR – Grey, Blue, Yellow, Green & multicolor
	REVERSE :- * PICTURE – Gandhi leading the Freedom struggle * LANGUAGE PANEL – 15 Indian Languages * LEGEND – Value rupees in Hindi and English * WATER MARK – Mahatma Gandhi
NO.	PREFIX	INSET	YEAR	REMARK
1	AA – GR	NIL	2009	NONE
2	AA – EQ	E	2009	NONE
3	AA – EC	L	2009	NONE
4	AA – EN	R	2009	NONE
5	…GP – MQ..	NIL	2010	NONE
6	…FA – FK…	E	2010	NONE
7	…EH – LU	L	2010	NONE
8	…FA – PG…	R	2010	NONE
9	…PA – RM…	NIL	2011	NONE
10	.	E	2011	NONE
11	…LU – …	L	2011	NONE
12		R	2011	NONE
13	.	E	2012	NONE
500 Rupees Notes With Syombol
14		NIL	2011	NONE
15	.	NIL	2012	NONE
16	.	E	2012	NONE
17	.	R	2012	NONE
18	.	NIL	2013	NONE
19		E	2013	NONE
20	.	R	2013	NONE
21		L	2014	D. Subbarao Retired in 2013. But Note Issued 2014

Rs 500 – Raghuram Rajan – 2013

Design: New Gandhi Series with Rupee Symbol
Size: 166×73 mm

RAGHURAM RAJAN
R B I GOVERNOR
E	500 RUPEES WITH RU SYMBOL DESCRIPTION				Sep 4th 2013 to Sep 4th 2016
	OBVERSE:- * SIZE – 167 X 73 mm & SERIAL NUMBER – in two places * Portrait of M K Gandhi & Wide security thread with RBI * DENOMINATION – 500 in three places * COLOR – Grey, Blue, Yellow, Green & multicolor
	REVERSE :- * PICTURE – Gandhi leading the Freedom struggle * LANGUAGE PANEL – 15 Indian Languages * LEGEND – Value rupees in Hindi and English * WATER MARK – Mahatma Gandhi
NO.	PREFIX	INSET	YEAR	REMARK	Photos
1		NIL	2013	NONE
2		R	2013	NONE
3		NIL	2014	NONE
4		E	2014	NONE
5		R	2014	NONE
6		NIL	2015	NONE
7		E	2015	NONE
8		R	2015	NONE
9		E	2015	Telescopic or Exploding Serial Number
10		NIL	2015	Telescopic or Exploding Serial Numbers & Braille
11		E	2015	Telescopic or Exploding Serial Numbers & Braille
12		R	2015	Telescopic or Exploding Serial Numbers & Braille
13		L	2015	Telescopic or Exploding erial Numbers & Braille
14		NIL	2016	Telescopic or Exploding Serial Numbers & Braille
15		E	2016	Telescopic or Exploding Serial Numbers & Braille
16		L	2016	Telescopic or Exploding Serial Numbers & Braille
17		R	2016	Telescopic or Exploding Serial Numbers & Braille

Rs 500 – Urjit Patel – 2016

Design: Red Fort-an image of Indian heritage site with Indian flag on the reverse.
Size: 66mm x150mm

URIJITH PATEL
R B I GOVERNOR
F	500 RUPEES DESCRIPTION				Sep 4th 2016 to Dec 10th 2018
	OBVERSE:- * Portrait of Mahatma Gandhi on the left side * Ashoka pillar Capital on right side * SIZE – 63 x 150 mm & SERIAL NUMBER – in two places DENOMINATION – 500 in 5 places, in right side 500 in large sige number. LEGEND – Value rupees in Hindiand english. * Micro letters RBI in security thread * Telescopic serial numbers * Telescopic serial numbers in 2 places top left bottom right * 5 bleed lines left and right sides.
	REVERSE:- * PICTURE – Red fort * LANGUAGE PANEL -15 Indian Languages WATER MARK -Mahatma Gandhi COLOR – Stone grey. * Year of printing 2016. * Swachha Bharatha Logo with slogan * flower design
NO.	PREFiX	INSET	YEAR	REMARK	Photos
1	0AA	Nil	2016
2	6CM	Nil *	2016
3	0AA	E	2016
4	0LA, 1LA, 2LA, 3LA, 4LA, 6LA, 7LA, 0LM, 1LM, 2LM, 3LM, 4LM, 5LM, 6LM,	E *	2016
5	0AA	L	2016
6	0CC	L *	2016
7	0AA	R	2016
8	1AB	R *	2016

9	0AA	NIL	2017
10	8GT, 2RD	NIL*	2017
11	0AA	A	2017
12	0AB, 6NV	A*	2017
13	0AA	E	2017
14	7LM, 8LM, 9LM, 8LA, 9LA, 0LB, 1LB,2LB,3LB	E *	2017
15	0AA	L	2017
16	1CC, 2CC, 3CC,4CC, 5CC,6CC,7CC	L *	2017
17	0AA	R	2017
18	1CP, 9UW	R *	2017
19		S	2017
20	4AB	S*	2017
21		F	2017
22	5LB,6LB	F*	2017

23		A	2018
24	0SS	A*	2018
25		B	2018
26	9DW	B*	2018
27		F	2018
28	7LB	F*	2018
29		S	2018
30	5KN, 9SW	S*	2018
31		L	2018
32	8CC,9CC	L*	2018
33		M	2018
34	0CC	M*	2018
35		T	2018
36	9BH	T*	2018

Rs 500 – Shaktikanta Das – 2018

SHAKTIKANTA DAS
R B I GOVERNOR
F	500 RUPEES DESCRIPTION				Dec 12th 2018
	OBVERSE:- * Portrait of Mahatma Gandhi on the left side * Ashoka pillar Capital on right side * SIZE – 63 x 150 mm & SERIAL NUMBER – in two places DENOMINATION – 500 in 5 places, in right side 500 in large sige number. LEGEND – Value rupees in Hindiand english. * Micro letters RBI in security thread * Telescopic serial numbers * Telescopic serial numbers in 2 places top left bottom right * 5 bleed lines left and right sides.
	REVERSE:- * PICTURE – Red fort * LANGUAGE PANEL -15 Indian Languages WATER MARK -Mahatma Gandhi COLOR – Stone grey. * Year of printing 2016. * Swachha Bharatha Logo with slogan * flower design
NO.	PREFiX	INSET	YEAR	REMARK	Photos
1	00A	Nill	2019
2	9LL, 0SU,9VW	Nill*	2019
3	00A	E	2019
4	9LB, 0LC, 1LC	E*	2019
5	00A	L	2019
6	0CC, 1CC, 2CC,3CC,4CC	L*	2019
7	00A	R	2019
8	4AC,9KW, 9MW,1PC,0QW	R*	2019

9		A	2020
10	9CN, 0QA	A*	2020
11	–	E	2020
12	2LC,3LC	E*	2020
13		F	2020
14	4LC	F*	2020
15		L	2020
16	6CC,7CC,8CC	L*	2020
17		R	2020
18	9TE,9TR,9WW	R*	2020
19		S	2020
20	7LW,8LW,9LW	S*	2020