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The central government is planning to release a commemorative coin celebrating the birth anniversary of former union minister, Mr.C.Subramaniam. The details of the same are available on the Hindu on line edition dated 07 August 2010

Thanks for the update Ram.

Another politician on coin

The government yesterday released a commemorative set of coins on the occasion of the birth centenary of Bharat Ratna Shri. C.Subramaniam. The coins were released by Shri.Pranab Mukherjee and was received by the son and daughter of Shri. C.Subramaniam. The details of the same are available on the Hindu dated 29 August 2010.

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I HEARED SOME OF 5 RUPEES C.SUBRAMANIAM COINS HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE PEOPLES WHO ATTENDED IN THE FUNCTION AND MY FRIEND HAS ONE OF IT

I would really appreciate if you can ask your friend for scans of both sides of the coin as the coin images are not yet in public domain and collectors are eagerly waiting to see the design.

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many people and collecors in north side of india doesn't know who he is

He commonly known as CS,

He is a Freedom fighter,state minister,central minister and governor of state.He was the man who ushered in an era of self-sufficiency in food production in India. He hails from an agricultural family in Pollachi near Coimbatore. He was conferred the India's highest civilian award Bharat Ratna in 1998.

Early life and education

C. Subramanium was born on January 30, 1910, to Chidambara Gounder and his wife, in a village called Senguttaipalayam. Subramaniam completed his early education in Pollachi before moving to Chennai where he did a B.Sc in Physics at the Presidency College, Chennai. Later he took a degree in law at the Law college, Chennai.

Political career

A protege of Rajaji, Subramaniam was trained in the rudiments of politics and administration. He was a Minister (Education, Law and Finance) in the then Madras State from 1952 to 1962. He was the Leader of the House in the Madras Legislative Assembly for 10 years from 1952. He was elected to the Lok Sabha in 1962 and was the Minister for Steel and Mines. Subsequently, he handled important portfolios like agriculture (in 1965 when he spearheaded the Green Revolution), and later the portfolios of Finance and Defence. He was the finance minister during the emergency. He also worked as the deputy chairperson of the planning commission of India.

When the historic split in the Congress took place in 1969, he cast his lot with Indira Gandhi and became the interim president of the faction she headed. He stood by her when she clamped the Emergency in 1975, but parted ways later and joined the Congress (Urs) faction led by Devraj Urs

C. Subramaniam was appointed Governor of Maharashtra in 1990. He transformed the Raj Bhavan into a beehive of activity by holding frequent meetings with leading academics, industrialists, representatives of non-governmental organisations and prominent citizens on issues crucial to the community. He had to resign after a newspaper reporter overheard and published an informal remark of his criticising the style of functioning of the then Indian Prime Minister, Mr P.V. Narasimha Rao.

Achievements

Subramaniam participated in the freedom struggle actively and went to prison. He was later elected to the Constituent Assembly and had a hand in the framing of the Constitution of India.

C. Subramaniam is best known as the architect of India’s modern agricultural development policy, after the success of his programme which led to a record production of wheat in 1972 — an achievement termed as the Indian Green Revolution. As Minister for Food and Agriculture, he played a decisive role in the introduction of high-yielding varieties of seeds and more intensive application of fertilizers which paved the way for increased output of cereals in the late 60s and attainment of self-sufficiency in food-grains in the country. About his contribution, Dr. Norman E. Borlaug, the Nobel Laureate, writes: "The vision and influence of Mr. Subramaniam in bringing about agricultural change and in the very necessary political decisions needed to make the new approach effective, should never be under-emphasized. The groundwork for this advance (in the production of wheat) was solidly laid during that period (1964-67) when Mr. Subramaniam was the guiding political force instituting change."

Among his proteges who are notable in their own right are M.S. Swaminathan, who played a major role in translating the dream of a 'green revolution' into reality; former Agriculture Secretary B. Sivaraman (who, along with Subramaniam and Swaminathan, formed the three 'S's instrumental in heralding the Green Revolution), and Verghese Kurien Chairman of the National Dairy Development Board.

He was the founder of National Agro Foundation, Chennai and Bharathidasan Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli.

 Honours

He was awarded the nation's highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna in 1998

Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chidambaram_Subramaniam

Thanks a lot Mohamed

Thanks for the image and brief discription abt CS

Any news of booking, yet ?

in mumbai they released C.Subramaniam coin is confirmed but it's calcutta mint. coin looks good and first class finishing . but early i posted is mumbai mnt mark coin.

two mint has been confirmed (mumbai & Kolkata)

today  i received  the coins of c.subaramaniam with mint sealed bag

in that mumabi mint is printed. I am confused all the coins are mint in calcutta or in mumbai ?

the polish & finishing of the coins are seemed to be mumbai mint

i sucess mumbai mint forget to print  mint mark in all the coins?

if yes this is a big mistake ( mega error)

i am post the picture of the gunny bag check it

waiting for reply

Hello Mohamed

Thanks for the update...I am new to this site i have few queries. These may be basic questions. I would appreciate if you could reply to these questions.

1. How to order these coins? Are thy UNC or Proof coins?

2. If these are not Proof or UNC coins how order them?

3. When UNC and Proof set will be available for these coins?

Thanks for your time and help.

1. FIRST YOU SHOULD GO TO MUMBAI RESERVE BANK OF INDIA  AND ASK THE COINS & THESE ARE NOT UNC OR PRROF SET, THESE ARE NORMAL COINS FOR CIRCULATION

2. BOOKING NOT YET STARTED

3. ONCE MUMBAI MINT PLACE THE ORDER FOR BOOKING COINS FROM THAT ALEAST 6 MONTHS PERIOD FOR AVALIABLE IN MARKET

Thanks for information...

First of all congrats Mohamed on the big catch

Indeed the gunny bag reads Bombay mint and it's extremely unlikely that the mint had erroneously left out the mint mark out of the dies.

It just ticked my mind that all the sealed coin gunny bags have a confirmation receipt of the assay officer. I guess you have found it if you had opened the bag. Please checkout which mint's assay officer signed it,

I CHECKED BUT THE GUNNY BAG CONTAINS ZIP POUCH COIN PACKETS, IN THATNO MINT CHECKING RECEIPT FOUND