36. Amazing Fact


The rupee was the currency of several other countries like Aden, Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the Trucial States, Kenya, Uganda, the Seychelles and Mauritius in the early 20th Century.  

35. Amazing Fact

5,000 and 10,000 rupees notes were in circulation between 1954 and 1978  

34. Amazing Fact


After Independence, Pakistan used Indian Rupee notes stamped with 'Pakistan' until it could print enough.   

33. Amazing Fact

 To type the symbol of the rupee, you need to press 'Ctrl+Shift+$'.

33. Amazing Fact

The word ‘rupee’ comes from the Sanskrit word ‘raupya’. The meaning of which is silver. 

32. Amazing Fact

Apart from Hindi and English which appear on the front side of a note, 15 other languages appear on the reverse side.

ASSAMESE
BENGALI
GUJARATI
KANNADA
KASHMIRI
KONKANI
MALAYALAM
MARATHI
NEPALI
ORIYA
PUNJABI
SANSKRIT
TAMIL
TELUGU
URDU