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Both coinages were denominated in baisa (equivalent to the paisa), with 200 baisa = 1 rial. 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 the devaluation, several of the states still using the Gulf rupee adopted their own currencies.
As a result of the strain on India's foreign reserves, in 1959 the Indian government created the Gulf rupee, initially at par with the Indian rupee. It was introduced as a replacement for the Indian rupee for circulation exclusively outside the country. [2] Effectively, the common currency area now did not include India.
It outputs the number of rupees per a single unit of the given currency using the average exchange rate in the given calendar year. Supported currencies and years. Exchange rates for the Indian rupee are taken from the Handbook of Statistics on Indian Economy, published every September by the Reserve Bank of India. These are average rates for ...
This is a list of tables showing the historical timeline of the exchange rate for the Indian rupee (INR) against the special drawing rights unit (SDR), United States dollar (USD), pound sterling (GBP), Deutsche mark (DM), euro (EUR) and Japanese yen (JPY). The rupee was worth one shilling and sixpence in sterling in 1947.
Indian rupee ₹ INR Paisa: 100 Indonesia: Indonesian rupiah: Rp IDR Sen: 100 Iran: Iranian rial: Rl or Rls (pl.) IRR Rial: 100 Iraq: Iraqi dinar: ID IQD Fils: 1000 Ireland: Euro € EUR Cent: 100 Isle of Man: Manx pound £ (none) Penny: 100 Sterling £ GBP Penny: 100 Israel: Israeli new shekel ₪ ILS Agora: 100 Italy: Euro € EUR Cent: 100 ...
Rupee. Afghan rupee – Afghanistan; Bhutanese rupee – Bhutan; Burmese rupee – Burma; Danish Indian rupee – Danish India; East African rupee – Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda; French Indian rupee – French India; Gulf rupee – Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and United Arab Empirates; Hyderabad rupee – Hyderabad; Indian rupee ...
Officially, the Indian rupee has a market-determined exchange rate. However, the Reserve Bank of India trades actively in the USD/INR currency market to impact effective exchange rates. Thus, the currency regime in place for the Indian rupee with respect to the US dollar is a de facto controlled exchange rate.
On 7 May 1970, the Sultanate of Oman replaced the Gulf rupee with the Omani rial unit that was created at par with the pound sterling, so ending the existence of the Gulf rupee. Two years later, after the pound sterling was allowed to float on 23 June 1972, the Omani rial began to diverge from its sterling parity.