On August 15, 1947, British rule ended in India, leading to the formation of Pakistan. The partition required both countries ...

focusing on symbols of progress and heritage instead of political leaders on the currency notes. Later, the Lion Capital at Sarnath, a powerful symbol of India's new sovereignty replaced British ...

Not only is Bangladesh an important conduit for fake Indian currency, but counterfeit notes are also being printed there, a recent investigation reveals.

In the run-up to the Indian election ... Getty Images For a limited period only, the withdrawn notes could be exchanged for legal currency at banks - but there was a limit of 4,000 rupees per ...

India's central bank on Friday said that though 2,000-rupee notes - India's highest denomination currency note - would be removed from circulation, they would still be legal. This means that the ...

From 1927 to 1946, the rupee was pegged to the British pound ... Reserve Bank of India. "Frequently Asked Questions: Indian Currency—Banknotes." Reserve Bank of India. "Bank Notes: Security ...

The queen’s portrait on British notes and coins is expected ... H Hanke today said the demonetisation of high value Indian currency notes will have a 'political fallout' besides slow down ...

The RBI finally launched the Mahatma Gandhi Series in 1996, etching his face permanently on all Indian currency notes since.(Representational Image/Pixabay) This was despite many nations around ...

It was only in 1969 that the first Indian currency with Mahatma Gandhi's image on it was released. The Father of the Nation found himself on a Rs-100 note. The first Indian currency with the image ...

Bacteriology in British India' is ... They conducted vaccinations in Indian cantonments, cities, hospitals, slums, jails, railway stations, villages, and pilgrim sites. The book describes how in the ...

At 1,200 years of age, the British pound ... Today’s banknotes developed out of these original handwritten notes. The pound is currently the fourth most traded currency in the foreign exchange ...