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5 Rupees Komagata Maru incident centenary

Features

Issuer	India
Period	Republic (1950-date)
Type	Circulating commemorative coin
Year	2014
Value	5 Rupees 5 INR = USD 0.06
Currency	Rupee (decimalized, 1957-date)
Composition	Nickel brass
Weight	6.0 g
Diameter	23.00 mm
Thickness	1.90 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Number	N# 70839
References	KM# 444, Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14^th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States. And 5 more volumes. Schön# 397 Gerhard Schön; 2022. Weltmünzkatalog / 20. Jahrhundert: 1901-2000 (47. Auflage). Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Germany. And 2 more volumes.

Commemorative issue

Centenary of Komagata Maru incident

Obverse

Lion capitol of Ashoka Pillar, value below beside rupee symbol

Lettering:
भारत INDIA
सत्यमेव जयते
₹ 5

Reverse

Image of historic Japanese ship KOMAGATA MARU

Lettering:
KOMAGATA MARU INCIDENT
CENTENARY COMMEMORATION
1914-2014
शताबढी ऱमाणेतसब
कोमागातामाऱु प़संग

Edge

Reeded

Mints

*	Hyderabad, India (1803-date)
°	Noida, India (1988-date)
♦	Mumbai / Bombay, India (1829-date)
B	Mumbai / Bombay, India (1829-date)

Comments

The Komagata Maru incident involved the Japanese steamship Komagata Maru, on which a group of people from British India attempted to immigrate to Canada in April 1914, but most were denied entry and forced to return to Calcutta (present-day Kolkata). There, the Indian Imperial Police attempted to arrest the group leaders. A riot ensued, and they were fired upon by the police, resulting in the deaths of 22 people.

Komagata Maru sailed from British Hong Kong, via Shanghai, China, and Yokohama, Japan, to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on April 4, 1914, carrying 376 passengers from Punjab province in British India. The passengers comprised 337 Sikhs, 27 Muslims and 12 Hindus, all Punjabis and British subjects. Of these 376 passengers, 24 were admitted to Canada, but the other 352 were not allowed to disembark in Canada, and the ship was forced to leave Canadian waters. The ship was escorted by HMCS Rainbow, one of Canada's first two naval vessels. This was one of several incidents in the early 20th century in which exclusion laws in Canada and the United States were used to exclude immigrants of Asian origin.

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Date	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC	Frequency
Undetermined
2014 *	$ 0.06	$ 0.62	$ 0.62	$ 0.83	$ 1.00	23%	(fr) Hyderabad
2014 °	$ 0.31	$ 0.53			$ 1.10	18%	(fr) Noida
2014 ♦		$ 0.46	$ 0.59	$ 0.83	$ 0.83	70%	(fr) Bombay
2014 B						4%	Proof

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