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Indian rupee symbol in graphic form. The new sign is a combination of the Devanagari letter र ("ra") and the Latin capital letter R without its vertical bar. The parallel lines at the top (with white space between them) makes an allusion to the tricolour Indian flag and also depict an equality sign that symbolizes the nation's desire to reduce economic disparity.
The rupee sign "₨" is a currency sign used to represent the monetary unit of account in Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Mauritius, Seychelles, and formerly in India. It resembles, and is often written as, the Latin character sequence "Rs", of which (as a single character) it is an orthographic ligature .
Emblem of India: Value, new rupee sign, floral motif and year of minting: 2011: 2018 ₹ 5: 25 mm: 6.74 g: Nickel-Brass: Circular: Emblem of India: Value, rupee sign, year of issue, grains depicting the agricultural dominance of the country: 2019 ₹ 10: 27 mm: 7.62 g: Bimetallic: Circular: Emblem of India and year of minting Value with outward ...
The most commonly used symbol for the rupee is "₨". India adopted a new symbol (₹) for the Indian rupee on 15 July 2010. In most parts of India, the rupee is known as rupaya, rupaye, or one of several other terms derived from the Sanskrit rūpya, meaning silver. Ṭaṅka is an ancient Sanskrit word for money.
When India obtained independence from the British Raj on 15 August 1947, the tricolour flag officially became the first national symbol of the Dominion of India. [2] The Indian Rupee which was in circulation earlier was adopted as the official legal tender after independence. [ 3 ]
Ra is a consonant of Indic abugidas.In modern Indic scripts, Ra is derived from the early "Ashoka" Brahmi letter after having gone through the Gupta letter .Most Indic scripts have differing forms of Ra when used in combination with other consonants, including subjoined and repha forms.
The Indian numbering system is used in Indian English and the Indian subcontinent to express large numbers. Commonly used quantities include lakh (one hundred thousand) and crore (ten million) – written as 1,00,000 and 1,00,00,000 respectively in some locales . [ 1 ]
Udaya Kumar Dharmalingam is an Indian academic and designer noted for his design of the Indian rupee sign. [1] His design was selected from among five short listed symbols. [2] According to Kumar, the design is based on the Indian tricolour. [3] As of December 2019, he is the Head of the Department of Design at IIT Guwahati, Assam. [4]