Soon, you will see a new 100 Rupees Note in Lavender Color and Rani ki Vav. Finally, the aloof old 100 Rupees note will also get a new face and will join the Mahatma Gandhi (New) Series. This new 100 Rupees note will be under Mahatma Gandhi (New) Series and RBI (Reserve Bank of India) will issue these New 100 Rupees Note in Lavender Color.
New 100 Rupees Note in Lavender Color will bear a signature of Dr. Urjit R. Patel, Governor, Reserve Bank of India. This new note will have a Motif of “RANI KI VAV” on the reverse. It depicts our country’s cultural heritage. Lavender is the base color of new 100 rupees note. The dimension of new 100 rupees note will be 66 mm × 142 mm.
New 100 Rupees Note in Lavender Color and Rani ki Vav:
Following are the salient features of new 100 rupees note in Lavender Color and Rani ki Vav:
Obverse (Front):
- See-through register with denominational numeral 100
- Latent image with denominational numeral 100
- Denominational numeral १०० in Devanagari
- Portrait of Mahatma Gandhi at the center
- Micro letters ‘RBI’, ‘भारत’, ‘India’ and ‘100’
- Windowed security thread with inscriptions ‘भारत’ and RBI with color shift; Colour of the thread changes from green to blue when the note is tilted
- Guarantee Clause, Governor’s signature with Promise Clause and RBI emblem towards the right of Mahatma Gandhi portrait
- Ashoka Pillar emblem on the right
- Mahatma Gandhi portrait and electrotype (100) watermarks
- Number panel with numerals in ascending font on the top left side and bottom right side
- For visually impaired intaglio or raised printing of Mahatma Gandhi portrait, Ashoka Pillar emblem, raised triangular identification mark with micro-text 100, four angular bleed lines both on the right and left sides
Reverse (Back):
- Year of printing of the note on the left
- Swachh Bharat logo with the slogan
- Language panel
- The motif of RANI KI VAV
- Denominational numeral १०० in Devanagari
Rani ki Vav:
Rani ki Vav is a complexly structured stepwell in Patan, Gujarat, India. It has got the title of “Cleanest Iconic Place” in India at the Indian Sanitation Conference (INDOSAN) 2016 in New Delhi in October 2016. 
Rani ki Vav has an upturn temple and seven levels of stairs inside it. It has 500+ principal sculptures. It’s just not a stepwell or a water storage system; but, it’s an architectural wonder.
On new 100 Rupees note, Rani ki Vav is being used to depict our country’s cultural heritage.
What about old 100 Rupees note?
The old 100 Rupees banknotes issued by the Reserve Bank in the earlier series will continue to be legal tender.
