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Indian Currency: The 1st use of paper currency found in china (806 AD)
Contents
Indian Currency During 1540-1545
Silver coin- issued by Sher Shah Suri. It remained in use during the Mughal period, Maratha era, and British India.
Indian Currency During 1770-1832
Earliest paper rupees issued by Bank of Hindustan, Bank of Bengal, Bank of Bombay and Bank of Madras.
The paper currency act of 1861 gave the British govt. the monopoly to issue notes in India.
Indian Currency During 1935-2016
1 April 1935 – RBI Establishment
Reserve bank of India is setup.
RBI act 1934- section 22- power to RBI
On January 1938
1st note of Rs 5 issued by the RBI
In Feb-June 1938
Rs 10, Rs 100, Rs 1000 and Rs 10000 issued.
12th August 1946
Rs 500, Rs 1000 and Rs 10000 notes were demonetised to control black money.
1950
First post-independence coin issued.
1954
Rs 1000, Rs 500 and Rs 10000 reintroduced
1957
Rupee was decimalised and divided into 100 paise.
Aluminium one, two, three, five, and ten coin introduced
1967
Size of notes reduced
16 Jan 1978
Denomination higher than rs. 100 demonetised again to control the menace of black money.
1988
Stainless steel coins of 10, 25, 50 paise introduced
1996
The mahatma Gandhi series of notes issued.
July 2010
New symbol ‘Rs’ is officially adopted. It was given by Uday kumar.
2011
25 paise coin and all paise coins below it demonetised
Nov 2016
Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 notes discontinued and new Rs. 500 and Rs. 2000 notes Introduced.
New Notes in Indian Currency System
2000 Rupees NOTE
Colour- Magenta
Images- Mangalyaan
Logo- Swachh Bharat 2000 Rupees NOTE
Aabhiyaan
Language- 17
Size- 66 mm * 166 mm
Printed- 8 nov 2016
500 Rupees NOTE
Colour- Stone Grey
Images- Red Fort
Logo- Swachh Bharat Aabhiyaan
Language- 17
Size- 66 mm * 150 mm
Printed- 8 nov 2016
50 Rupees NOTE
Colour- Fluorescent Blue
Images- Hampi with chariot
Logo- Swachh Bharat Aabhiyaan
Language- 17
Size- 66 mm * 135 mm
Printed- 18 Aug 2017
10 Rupees NOTE
Colour- Chocolate Brown
Images- Sun Temple, Konark
Logo- Swachh Bharat Aabhiyaan
Language- 17
Size- 63 mm * 123 mm
Printed- 5 Jan 2018
200 Rupees NOTE
Colour- Light Yellow
Images- Sanchi ka stup
Logo- Swachh Bharat Aabhiyaan
Language- 17
Size- 66 mm * 146 mm
Printed- 25 Aug 2017
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Last Updated: July 7,2020 12:00:28 AM