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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.
The Indian rupee was a silver-based currency during ... was introduced on 15 August 1950. ... high of 39 Indian national rupee per United States dollars, on account ...
Approximately one-sixth of the national population was urban by 1950. [62] The US Dollar was exchanged at 4.97 Indian Rupees. In 1947, the year India gained Independence over the British Raj, 90% of India's population was rural and 55% lived below the international poverty line. [12]
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.
The newly independent but weak Union government's treasury reported annual revenue of £334 million in 1950. In contrast, Nizam Asaf Jah VII of Hyderabad State was widely reported to have a fortune of almost £668 million then. [160] About one-sixth of the national population were urban by 1950. [161] A US Dollar was exchanged at 4.79 rupees.
India was forced to sell dollars to the extent of close to US$35 billion in the spot markets in Financial Year 2009 due to 22% depreciation in rupee (against the dollar) in the same fiscal year 2009. In 2009, India purchased 200 tonnes of gold from the International Monetary Fund, worth US$6.7bn (€4.57bn, £4.10bn). [15]
In 1950, the Indian rupee was introduced alongside the local currency, with the relationship of 7 Hyderabadi rupees = 6 Indian rupees being used. In 1951, the Hyderabadi rupee ceased to be issued and the Indian rupee became the main circulating currency, although the Hyderabadi rupee was not demonetised until 1959. [3] [4]
The 1950-India-Nepal Treaty of Peace and Friendship was signed. The new treaty allowed free movement of people and goods between the two countries. Andaman and Nicobar Island's was handed over to India by England and Burma (Myanmar). [1] After 1947, the year of India's Independence, 1950 was indeed the next most momentous year.