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4 unusual facts about rupee


Chinna Agiripalli

Rs 200 million to 250 million worth of these mangoes are exported to other parts of India.

Hal Linton

In October 2008 news broke in the small Caribbean island of Barbados that Hal Linton inked a million dollar deal with major record label Universal Motown, following in the footsteps of other Barbadian international recording artist Rihanna (Def Jam Recordings), Shontelle (Universal Motown), Livvi Franc (Jive Records) and Rupee (Atlantic).

Mana Biyyam

Mana Biyyam is a food welfare Programme by the Government of Andhra Pradesh where rice is supplied at 1 Rupee (about US $0.01618) per kilogram.

Rupee

The rupee is the name of the currency used in the Legend of Zelda and Rappelz video games.


2011 Sindh floods

The Chief Minister of Sindh Qaim Ali Shah has visited the affected areas, announcing a million rupees in relief for each of flood victims.

Anglo Marri wars

A proclamation was issued on the Sind Frontier offering a reward of ten rupees for the capture of any Marri.

Banknotes of Hyderabad

In 1932, a quantity of unissued, but water stained Hyderabadi notes in 5, 10, and 100 rupee denominations were recovered from the S.S. Egypt, which sank off the island of Ushant near Brest, northern France in 1922.

British currency in the Middle East

The East African shilling was originally used in Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika but it soon spread to Zanzibar and British Somaliland, eventually crossing from the horn of Africa to Aden on the Arabian coast in 1951, where it replaced the rupee in that territory.

Economic history of India

As the price of silver continued to fall, so too did the exchange value of the rupee, when measured against sterling.

Gabrielle Walcott

Walcott was the female lead in the 2005 music video Wanna Love U Girl by Robin Thicke, directed by Hype Williams, and in the 2004 “Tempted to Touch” video also produced by Hype Williams for Barbadian soca artist Rupee.

One-dollar salary

Muhammad Ali Jinnah (Founder of Pakistan), as the first Governor General of Pakistan, fixed his salary to be 1 rupee without any other compensation.

Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum

In 1966, India devalued the rupee, and Qatar and Dubai adopted the Gulf rupee as a common currency, whilst Abu Dhabi adopted the Bahraini dinar.

Revolo

This technology has been designed and engineered by KPIT Technologies Ltd. and the product will be manufactured through a joint venture (JV) of Rs. 100 crore (initial) between Bharat Forge Ltd and KPIT.

Shilling

The East African shilling was in use in the British colonies and protectorates of British Somaliland, Kenya, Tanganyika, Uganda and Zanzibar from 1920, when it replaced the rupee, until after those countries became independent, and in Tanzania after that country was formed by the merger of Tanganyika and Zanzibar in 1964.

Silver coin

The word rupee was coined by Sher Shah Suri, a renagade governor who broke off from the Mughal Empire during his short rule of northern India between (1540–1545).

Timeline of Bihar

1952 Indian Government adopts symbols of ancient Imperial Bihar (Ashoka Chakra added to the Indian flag, the Lion Pillor is made the symbol of the central government of India, all state governments, reserve bank, and the military, whilst the Rupee, introduced in Bihar, is retained as the currency)

Uganda Cowries

The values of the stamps varied, but all were denominated in cowries (monetary seashells), at 200 cowries per rupee or 12½ cowries = 1d.


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