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An anna (or ānna) was a currency unit formerly used in British India, equal to 1 ⁄ 16 of a rupee. [1] It was subdivided into four pices or twelve pies (thus there were 192 pies in a rupee). When the rupee was decimalised and subdivided into 100 (new) paise , one anna was therefore equivalent to 6.25 paise .
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However, it is also a convenient mass for a coin: several pre-colonial coins, including the currency of Akbar the Great (1556–1605), had a mass of "one tola" within slight variation. [1] [5] The first rupee (Urdu: رپيا; rupayā), minted by Sher Shah Suri (1540–45), had a mass of 178 troy grains, or about 1% less than the British tola. [6]
The essential unit of mass used in India included ratti, masha, tola, chattank, seer and maund. Grain is usually taken is rice 8 grains of rice = 1 Ratti 8 Ratti = 1 Masha 12 Masha = 1 Tola 5 Tola = 1 chatank 16 chatank = 1 Saer. 40 saer = 1 maund 1 saer = 933.12 g 1 maund = 37.325 kg (now a day says 40 kg= 1maund) 25 Mann = 1 Ton (1000 KG)
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Tatamis measure 1 by 0.5 ken, just under 1 by 2 meters, [10] the same size as a Western twin bed. A traditional shikibuton is also about the size of a Western twin bed. As of 2010, double-bed-sized shikibuton s were available, but they can be a bit heavy and awkward to stow. [5]
The data on exchange rate for Japanese Yen is in per 100 Yen. The end year rate for 1998–99 pertain to March 26, 1999 of Deutsche Mark rate. Data from 1971 to 1991–92 are based on official exchange rates. Data from 1992 to 1993 onward are based on FEDAI (Foreign Exchange Dealers' Association of India) indicative rates.
A tick mattress, bed tick or tick is a large bag made of strong, stiff, tightly-woven material [1] . This is then filled to make a mattress , with material such as straw, chaff , horsehair , coarse wool or down feathers , [ 2 ] : 674–5 vol1 and less commonly, leaves, grass, reeds, bracken, or seaweed. [ 3 ]