100 Bangladesh Taka

 

Currency: 100 Bangladesh Taka (2011-2023)

Period: People’s Republic of Bangladesh

Type: Standard Banknote

Obverse: At the Left is the Portrait of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman ( 17 March 1920 – 15 August 1975), shortened as Sheikh Mujib or Mujib. He was a Bangladeshi politician and statesman.

He is called the “Father of the Nation” in Bangladesh. He is considered to be the driving force behind the independence of Bangladesh.

He is popularly dubbed with the title of “Bangabandhu” (“Friend of Bengal”) by the people of Bangladesh.

At the center is the National Martyrs’ Memorial (Jatiyo Sriti Soudho). It is the national monument of Bangladesh, set up in the memory of those who died in the Bangladesh War of Independence of 1971, which brought independence and separated Bangladesh from Pakistan.

The monument is located in Savar, about 35 km north-west of the capital, Dhaka.

At the right is the Watermark of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Bangladesh Bank logo.

Reverse: At the right center is the Picture of the Star Mosque also known as Tara Masjid which is a mosque located in Armanitola area, Dhaka, Bangladesh. The mosque has ornate designs and is decorated with motifs of blue stars. It was built in the first half of the 19th century by Mirza Golam Pir (Mirza Ahmed Jan).

The main appeal of the mosque is the striking mosaics decorating it. The artisans who created these patterns used a technique called Chinitikri, which uses broken shards of China porcelain as mosaic pieces. (Pieces of broken bottles were also used at times because colored ceramics were costly.) The size of the pieces varied from half an inch to 2.5 inches, and the preferred shapes were rhomboid and triangular.

Composition: Paper

Size: 140*62 mm

Shape: Rectangular

Script language: Bengali