Help with coin's country of origin

dcarr

Thanks for any info on what country issued this small silver coin:

spoon

It's the Indian state of Mewar.

First the Krause info on the place, then the coin:

State located in Rajputana, northwest India. Capital: Udaipur.

The rulers of Mewar were universally regarded as the highest ranking Rajput house in India. The maharana of Mewar was looked upon as the representative of Rama, the ancient king of Ayodhya - and the family who were Sesodia Rajputs of the Gehlot clan, traced its descent through Rama to Kanak Sen who ruled in the second century. The clan is believed to have migrated to Chitor from Gujarat sometime in the eighth century.

None of the indigenous rulers of India resisted the Muslim invasions with greater tenacity than the Rajputs of Mewar. It was their proud boast that they had never permitted a daughter to go into the Mughal harem. Three times the fortress and town of Chitor had fallen to Muslim invaders, to Alauddin Khilji (1303), to Bahadur Shah of Gujarat (1534) and to Akbar (1568). Each time Chitor gradually recovered but the last was the most traumatic experience of all. Rather than to submit to the Mughal onslaught, the women burned themselves on funeral pyres in a fearful rite called jauhar, and the men fell on the swords of the invaders.

After the sacking of Chitor the rana, Udai Singh, retired to the Aravali hills where he founded Udaipur, the capital after 1570. Udai Singh's son, Partab, refused to submit to the Mughal and recovered most of the territory lost in 1568. In the early nineteenth century Mewar suffered much at the hands of Marathas - Holkar, Sindhia and the Pindaris - until, in 1818, the State came under British supervision. In April 1948 Mewar was merged into Rajasthan and the maharana became governor Maharajpramukh of the new province.

About the coin type:

In the name of 'A Friend of London'.

Dated VS1985 ie. 1928AD, but actually struck at the Alipore Mint in Calcutta between 1931-1932AD, the Y#22 rupee in 1931, the rest in 1932.

I'm not actually sure which denom you have there but it is a pretty neat design for the series, europeans aren't the only ones with city view coins

dcarr

Thanks !

I found it in my older Krause Catalog. It is the 1/8 Rupee.