India, Republic, 2003 AD., Maharana Pratap commemorative, Hyderabad mint, 1 Rupee, KM 314.

India, Republic, Maharana Pratap commemorative issue, Hyderabad mint, 2003 AD.,
1 Rupee (25 mm / 4,94 g), stainless steel (83 % iron, 17 % chromium) , 4,85 g. (?) theor. mint weight, mintage ? , medal alignment ↑↑ (0°), plain edge,
Obv.: महाराणा प्रताप MAHARANA PRATAP 1540 - 1597 / • 2003 • / * , cuirassed bust of Maharana Pratap facing left, wearing helmet and holding spear, legend "MAHARANA PRATAP" in both Hindi and English above, dates and mint mark below.
Rev.: भारत INDIA / सत्यमेव जयते / रुपया 1 RUPEE / * , ("Bharat" INDIA / Satyameva Jayate" / "Rupaya" 1 RUPEE) , Ashoka Lion Capital in center, motto "Satyameva Jayate" below ( सत्यमेव जयते; literal "Truth Alone Triumphs"), country name and denomination in Hindi and English.
KM 314 .

unknown mitage, mintmarks:
♦ (small diamond) = Mumbai
* (five-pointed star) = Hyderabad

Year / Mint Mark / Details
2003 ♦ Mumbai (only in Sets)
2003 ♦ Mumbai (regular circulation issue)
2003 * Hyderabad

Maharana Pratap or Pratap Singh (May 9, 1540 – January 19, 1597) was a Hindu Rajput ruler of Mewar, a region in north-western India in the present day state of Rajasthan. In popular Indian culture, Pratap is considered to exemplify the qualities like bravery and chivalry to which Rajputs aspire, especially in context of his opposition to the Mughal emperor Akbar. The struggle between Rajput confederacy led by Pratap Singh, and the Mughal Empire under Akbar, has often been characterised as a struggle between Hindus and the invading hordes of Muslims, much on the same lines as the struggle between Maratha King chhatrapati Shivaji and Aurangzeb a little less than a century later.
Maharana Pratap was a Hindu Rajput. He saw Mughals as foreigners who had invaded India and that is why he refused to surrender. His father, Udai Singh, had condemned the house of Man Singh for their marriage with unclean foreigners and Pratap Singh said that he would call Akbar only a "Turk" and not an emperor.
During the reign of Udai Singh II, Chittor was conquered by the Mughal emperor Akbar. Maharana Pratap never accepted Akbar as ruler of India, and fought against Akbar all his life to free Chittor fort, his ancestral home, from Mughal occupation. On June 21, 1576 he fought with the army of Akbar at Haldighati, Seeing that the battle was lost, Pratap fled, and escaped to the hills. His one attempt at open confrontation having thus failed, Pratap resumed the tactics of guerilla warfare. Maharana Pratap has always been held in great esteem in India and was projected as a model of patriotism and freedom struggle against the Mughal rule in India.