Solution:

• The first Indian currency note was introduced by the Government of India and not by the Reserve Bank of India.

• The Reserve bank of India took over the task of issuing currency notes in 1938.

• Currently, the currency notes that are in circulation are known as the Mahatma Gandhi Series of currency notes. They were introduced in 1996.

• The first notes printed in this series were the 10 rupees and the 500 rupees notes.

• All bank notes of this series have the amount written on it in 17 different languages.