The Gulf rupee (Arabic: روبية خليجية) was the official currency used in the British protectorates of the Arabian Peninsula that are around the Persian...
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Afghanistan, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, the United Arab Emirates (as the Gulf rupee), British East Africa, Burma, German East Africa (as Rupie/Rupien), and...
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The history of the rupee traces back to ancient times in the Indian subcontinent. The mention of rūpya by Pāṇini is seemingly the earliest reference in...
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The Indian rupee (symbol: ₹; code: INR) is the official currency in India. The rupee is subdivided into 100 paise (Hindi plural; singular: paisa). The...
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The Indian rupee and, from 1959, the Gulf rupee continued to circulate. On 6 June 1966, India devalued the Gulf rupee against the Indian rupee. Following...
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the Gulf rupee, which was pegged at parity to the Indian rupee. On 6 June 1966, India decided to devalue the Gulf rupee against the Indian rupee. Not...
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The Digital Rupee (e₹) or eINR or E-Rupee is a tokenised digital version of the Indian Rupee, issued by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) as a central bank...
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Bahrain, Kuwait and Oman, until the Gulf rupee was introduced in 1959. The Gulf rupee was used until the Gulf countries introduced their own currencies...
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Coins of British India (redirect from British Indian rupee)
annas (1⁄4 rupee) 1⁄4 rupee 8 annas (1⁄2 rupee) 1⁄2 rupee One rupee 5 rupees (1⁄3 mohur) 10 rupees (2⁄3 mohur) 15 rupees (mohur) 30 rupees (2 mohur) British...
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Indian rupee as its currency, in the form of Gulf rupees. When India devalued the rupee in 1966, Qatar, along with the other states using the Gulf rupee, chose...
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introduced in 1961 to replace the Gulf rupee, equal to the Indian rupee. It was initially equivalent to £1 sterling. As the rupee was fixed at 1s. 6d., that...
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1948. The Gulf rupee, also known as the Persian Gulf rupee (XPGR), was introduced by the Government of India as a replacement for the Indian rupee for circulation...
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The Persian Gulf Residency (Arabic: المقيمية السياسية البريطانية في الخليج الفارسي[citation needed]) was a subdivision of the British Empire from 1822...
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conjunction with the British authorities, replaced the Indian rupee in the Gulf States with the Gulf rupee at a 1:1 parity. On 1 April 1961, Kuwait adopted a dinar...
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(1556–1605), had a mass of "one tola" within slight variation. The first rupee (Urdu: رپيا; rupayā), minted by Sher Shah Suri (1540–45), had a mass of...
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The Bahraini dinar was introduced in 1965, replacing the Gulf rupee at a rate of 10 rupees = 1 dinar. It was initially equivalent to 3⁄4 of a pound sterling...
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and established a maritime empire that extended its powers to the Persian Gulf and Zanzibar. The Yaruba dynasty later lost power to the Persian colonizers...
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India devalued the Gulf rupee against the Indian rupee. Following the devaluation, several of the states still using the Gulf rupee adopted their own currencies...
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French Indian rupee – French India Gulf rupee – Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and United Arab Empirates Hyderabad rupee – Hyderabad Indian rupee (रुपया) –...
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to: Indian rupee Sri Lankan rupee Mauritian rupee Nepalese rupee Pakistani rupee Seychellois rupee Afghan rupee Bhutanese rupee Burmese rupee Danish Indian...
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Hyderabadi Rupee (better known as "Osmania Sicca") was the currency of the Hyderabad State from 1918 to 1959. It co-existed with the Indian rupee from 1950...
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The Afghan rupee was the currency of Afghanistan between the mid-18th century and early 20th century. It was subdivided into 60 paisa, each of 10 dinar...
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and a warm relationship was established. Thus, when India devalued the Gulf Rupee in 1966, both Qatar and Dubai adopted the Qatar-Dubai Riyal as a common...
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(Mohur) coins in order to consolidate the monetary system across India. A rupee was divided into 40 dams. It is believed that this coin is one of the possible...
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The Travancore rupee was a type of currency issued by the erstwhile Indian princely state of Travancore, which was primarily located in the modern Indian...
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mohur (10 rupees), 1⁄3 mohur (5 rupees) and the double mohur (30 rupees), and some of the princely states issued half-mohur coins (equal to 7 rupees and 8...
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Paisa (category Rupee)
wealth. In India, Nepal, and Pakistan, the paisa currently equals 1⁄100 of a rupee. In Bangladesh, the poysha equals 1⁄100 of a Bangladeshi taka. In Oman,...
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Indian anna (category Rupee)
equal to 1⁄16 of a rupee. It was subdivided into four pices or twelve pies (thus there were 192 pies in a rupee). When the rupee was decimalised and...
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Jordanian pound Palestine pound Rouble - Tajikistan Bhutanese rupee Burmese rupee Gulf rupee - Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and United Arab Emirates Pound...
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Portuguese Indian rupia (category Rupee)
(worth 60 réis) equalled 1 rupia. The rupia was equal in value to the Indian rupee. This meant the tanga was equal in value to the Indian anna. In 1958, the...
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