# India license plate: Standard HSRP

> The India standard HSRP license plate: format LL 99 LL 9999, for example MH 12 AB 1234, 2004 to today, car, van, motorcycle, tractor, and machine.

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Part of [India license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/india) (16 registration series).

![India license plate, Standard HSRP (2004 to today)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/in/in-standard-hsrp-2004/india-license-plate-standard-hsrp.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `LL 99 LL 9999` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | 2004 → today |
| Class | standard |
| Issued for | car, van, motorcycle, tractor, machine |
| Plate size | 340 × 200 mm |
| Other sizes | 500 × 120 mm: LMV / passenger car single-line; 200 × 100 mm: two- and three-wheelers, quadricycles, E-rickshaws, E-carts; 285 × 45 mm: tractor / power tiller / motor cycle front |
| Colours | background #FFFFFF; characters #000000 |
| Rear plate differs from the front | no |
| Checking a registration | The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued. |
| Series id | `in-standard-hsrp-2004` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/india/standard-hsrp-2004) |

The mark decodes exactly as its 1989 ancestor — State, office, series, number. HSRP changed the plate, never the mark: the hologram, laser code and IND legend authenticate; they add no meaning to the characters.

Sources:

- [rule 50(1)(i)-(vi) HSRP specification; footnote 74: sub-rule (1) 'substituted by G.S.R. 221(E), dated 28-3-2001 as amended by S.O. 938(E), dated 24-9-2001, S.O. 499(E), dated 9-5-2002 and S.O. 59(E), dated 21-1-2003 (w.e.f.](https://web.archive.org/web/20211130113450id_/https://morth.nic.in/sites/default/files/CMVR-chapter3.pdf)
- [web.archive.org](https://web.archive.org/web/20210514202317id_/https://morth.nic.in/sites/default/files/notifications_document/Notification_no_G_S_R_1162E_dated_04_12_2018_regarding_High_Security_Registration_Plate_0.pdf)
- [web.archive.org](https://web.archive.org/web/20230429221406id_/https://morth.nic.in/sites/default/files/notifications_document/8GSR%20640%28E%29%2018th%20August%202022%20HSRP%20rule%2050.pdf)

## About this plate

The 1 April 2019 date is real but is a DIFFERENT claim: it is when the HSRP Order 2018 moved the duty onto vehicle manufacturers and their dealers for new vehicles, which is when the plates finally appeared nationwide. Both are recorded; the period claim is the rule's.

## Before and after

| Relation | Series | Years |
|---|---|---|
| It replaced | [Standard](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/india/standard-1989) | 1989 to 2003 |

## Other standard plates here

- [Bharat (BH)](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/india/bh-2021) (2021 to today)
- [Transport HSRP](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/india/transport-hsrp-2004) (2004 to today)
- [Standard](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/india/standard-1989) (1989 to 2003)
- [Transport](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/india/transport-1989) (1989 to 2003)

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/in/in-standard-hsrp-2004.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/india?series=in-standard-hsrp-2004
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/in` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "in-standard-hsrp-2004"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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