Instituted to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of India's independence, 15 August 1997.
Unnamed.
Obverse: Circular 35 mm copper-nickel, the Lahori Gate of the Red Fort in Delhi with the legend above "50th INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY" and below "1947-1997". Suspended by a non-swiveling straight bar suspender. Official issues are named on the edge (?). (Or is this the reverse?)
Reverse: A pebbled map of India with the legend above "50 vi Swatantrata Varshganth" or "50th Anniversary of Independence" and, below "1947-1997".
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