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Exchange rate history of the Indian rupee. 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 ...
Since 1991, the rupee is under a floating exchange rate regime. [94] The first major impact on the rupee's exchange rate after independence was the devaluation of the pound sterling against the US dollar in 1949, which impacted currencies that maintained a peg to the sterling, which included the Indian rupee. [95]
Fixed currency Reference currency Rate (reference / fixed) Abkhazian apsar: Russian ruble: 0.1 Alderney pound (only coins): Pound sterling: 1 Aruban florin: U.S. dollar
The Reserve Bank of India likely sold dollars via state-run banks on Friday after the rupee slid below 82 to a record low against the dollar on concerns over the U.S. Federal Reserve rate outlook ...
The rupee hit a record low of 82.6825, before easing to last trade at 82.38. The rupee went from less than 82.60 to above 82.40 in the space of less than ten minutes. India's RBI sells dollars as ...
At the time of independence (in 1947), India's currency was pegged to pound sterling, and the exchange rate was a shilling and six pence for a rupee — which worked out to ₹13.33 to the pound. [23] The dollar-pound exchange rate then was $4.03 to the pound, which in effect gave a rupee-dollar rate in 1947 of around ₹3.30.
Currency exchange rates are determined in two main ways: Government policy, called fixed exchange rates. Market forces, known as floating exchange rates. In a fixed exchange rate system, the ...
The Indian rupee was the official currency of Dubai and Qatar until 1959, when India created a new Gulf rupee (also known as the "external rupee") to hinder the smuggling of gold. [14] The Gulf rupee was legal tender until 1966, when India significantly devalued the Indian rupee and a new Qatar-Dubai riyal was established to provide economic ...