Indian Rupee

Indian Rupee (INR)(₹) 

INR is the currency of India. As on date, Rupee is used as a currency in Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Maldives, Mauritius and Seychelles.  Few other countries also used Rupee as their currency name but does not use it anymore. 

1 Rupees = 100 Paise

The above unit and subunit is very much obvious to anyone who knows Indian Rupee. Have you ever wondered how long these units has been in practice? 

1957

Decimalisation of currency in India happened in 1957, after which we started using 1 Rupees with a division of 100 (Naya) paise [New Paise]. Now, then how was a Rupee defined before 1957.

1 Rupee = 8 Annas

                    1 Anna = 4 Pices [old form of Paise]

1 Pices = 3 Pies

Tamil Rupee (௹)

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