PM Narendra Modi will participate in Lokmata Devi Ahilyabai Women Empowerment Conference in Bhopal on May 31 on the occasion of Devi Ahilyabai’s 300th birth anniversary. In the Women Empowerment Conference, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will release a postage stamp and coin dedicated to Lokmata Devi Ahilyabai.
PM Modi will honor a woman artist in the field of tribal, folk and traditional arts with the National Devi Ahilyabai Award. On this occasion, PM Modi will also visit the exhibition organized by the Department of Culture based on Lokmata Devi Ahilyabai’s good governance, women empowerment, and culture. He will also issue Rs 300 Commemorative Coin on the occasion. Let's discover its special features.
Special features of Rs 300 Commemorative Coin
On 31 May, at the women’s conference in Bhopal on Devi Ahilyabai’s 300th birth anniversary, PM Modi will release the country’s first Rs 300 commemorative coin.
On Friday, the Ministry of Finance issued a Gazette notification regarding this.
The 35-gram coin will contain 50% silver.
One side will have Ahilyabai’s photo.
On the upper side in Hindi and along the lower edge in English will be written “Ahilyabai Holkar’s 300th Birth Anniversary.” On the left and right sides will be the years “1725-2025.”
The other side will have the Ashoka Pillar with the Rupee symbol below it and the denomination “300.” On the left and right sides of the Ashoka Pillar will be written “India” in Hindi and English.
This will be the first such coin in the country and the world with a denomination of 300 rupees.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will also issue a special postage stamp on Lokmata Devi Ahilyabai’s 300th birth anniversary.
Prakash Kumar Pandey