India, Republic, 1997 AD., Subhas Chandra Bose birth centennial commemorative, Noida mint, 2 Rupees, KM 130.2.

India, Republic, Subhas Chandra Bose (popularly known as Netaji) birth centennial commemorative issue, Noida mint, 1997 AD.,
2 Rupees (25,9 mm / 6,00 g), copper-nickel (75% copper, 25% nickel), 6,00 g. theor. mint weight, mintage ? , medal alignment ↑↑ (0°), 11-sided, plain edge, weak strike,
Obv.: सुभाष चन्द्र बोस SUBHAS CHANDRA BOSE / · जन्मशती 1997 CENTENARY · / ° , bust of Subhas Bose facing 3/4 left; his name in Hindi and English above, below, "Janmasati" (in Hindi) 1997 CENTENARY, date and mint mark ° .
Rev.: भारत INDIA / सत्यमेव जयते / रूपये 2 RUPEES , ("Bharat" INDIA / Satyameva Jayate" / "Rupaye" 2 RUPEES) , Ashoka Lion Capital in center (Asoka Column 14mm tall, 3 fur rows on right lion, 5 lion whiskers), motto "Satyameva Jayate" below ( सत्यमेव जयते; literal "Truth Alone Triumphs"), country name and denomination in Hindi and English.
KM 130.2 .

minted years dated 1996-7 in 4 different mints, mintages unknown. Mint mark below date:
♦ (small dot/diamond) = Mumbai
(no mintmark) = Calcutta
* (five-pointed star) = Hyderabad
° (circular dot) = Noida

Year / Mint Mark / Mintage / Mint
1996 KM 130.1 (Calcutta ; Asoka Column 13mm tall, 4 fur rows on right lion) error date
1997 KM 130.1 (Calcutta ; Asoka Column 13mm tall, 4 fur rows on right lion) proof issue
1997 KM 130.1 (Calcutta ; Asoka Column 13mm tall, 4 fur rows on right lion)
1997 ♦ KM 130.1 (Mumbai ; Asoka Column 13mm tall, 4 fur rows on right lion)
1997 * KM 130.2 (Hyderabad ; Asoka Column 14mm tall, 3 fur rows on right lion, 5 lion whiskers)
1997 * KM 130.1 (Hyderabad ; Asoka Column 13mm tall, 4 fur rows on right lion)
1997 ° KM 130.2 (Noida ; Asoka Column 14mm tall, 3 fur rows on right lion, 5 lion whiskers)

Subhas Chandra Bose (23 January 1897 – unknown) also known as Netaji (Bengali/Oriya/Hindi): "Respected Leader"), was one of the most prominent Indian nationalist leaders who attempted to gain India's independence from British rule by force during the waning years of World War II with the help of the Axis powers.
Bose, who had been ousted from the Indian National Congress in 1939 following differences with the more conservative high command, and subsequently placed under house arrest by the British, escaped from India in early 1941. He turned to the Axis powers for help in gaining India's independence by force. With Japanese support, he organised the Indian National Army (INA), composed largely of Indian soldiers of the British Indian army who had been captured in the Battle of Singapore by the Japanese. As the war turned against them, the Japanese came to support a number of countries to form provisional governments in the captured regions, including those in Burma, the Philippines and Vietnam, and in addition, the Provisional Government of Azad Hind, presided by Bose. Bose's effort, however, was short lived; in 1945 the British army first halted and then reversed the Japanese U Go offensive, beginning the successful part of the Burma Campaign. The INA was driven down the Malay Peninsula, and surrendered with the recapture of Singapore. It was reported that Bose died soon thereafter from third degree burns received after attempting to escape in an overloaded Japanese plane which crashed in Taiwan, which is disputed. The trials of the INA soldiers at Red Fort, Delhi, in late 1945 caused huge public response in India.

Clement Attlee, the British Prime Minister during whose rule India became independent, mentioned that INA activities of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose (which weakened the Indian Army – the very foundation of the British Empire in India) and the Royal Indian Navy mutiny in 1946 were major reasons that made the British realise that they were no longer in a position to rule India.