CURRENCIE · INR
Indian rupee
The official currency of India.
₹
ISOINR
Symbol₹
Statuscurrent
Start1540
Minor unitpaisa
History
Inherits its unit from the standardized silver rupiya Sher Shah Suri established in 1540, continued through the Mughal Empire, the East India Company, British India, to the modern Republic of India. Decimalised in 1957.
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