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  2. List of most expensive watches sold at auction - Wikipedia

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    A Patek Philippe pocket watch. This list of most expensive watches sold at auction documents the watches sold at auction worldwide for at least 1.5 million US dollars.The final price listed is the total price paid by the buyer converted to US dollars, according to the currency exchange rate at the time of auction.

  3. The Gold (Control) Act, 1968 - Wikipedia

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    The Gold (Control) Act, 1968 is a repealed Act of the Parliament of India which was enacted to control sale and holding of gold in personal possession. High demand for gold in India with negligible indigenous production results in gold imports, leading to drastic devaluation of the Indian rupee and depletion of foreign exchange reserves to alarming levels.

  4. Titan Company - Wikipedia

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    Titan is the largest branded jewellery maker in India by value, with a 6% market share as of 2022. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] More than 80% of its total revenue comes from the jewellery segment. [ 8 ] As of 2019, it is also the fifth-largest watch manufacturer in the world.

  5. History of the rupee - Wikipedia

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    India was then a part of the sterling area, and the rupee was devalued on the same day by the same percentage so that the new dollar exchange rate in 1949 became ₹4.76 — which is where it stayed till the rupee devaluation of 1966 made it ₹7.50 to the dollar and the pound moved to ₹21.

  6. Coins of the Indian rupee - Wikipedia

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    5 Rupees coin commemorating the birth centenary of Jawaharlal Nehru in 1989. Different commemorative coins of 5 Rupees 10 Rupees silver coin of India 1972 (25 years of India's independence) The first Indian commemorative coin was issued in 1964 in remembrance of Jawaharlal Nehru's birth anniversary. Since then, numerous coins from 5 paise (INR ...

  7. Malabar Gold and Diamonds - Wikipedia

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    Malabar Gold & Diamonds is an Indian jewellery group headquartered in Kozhikode, Kerala. The company was founded by M. P. Ahammed in 1993. [ 2 ] As of May 2023, it owns more than 330 showrooms across 11 countries, making it one of the largest chains of jewellery retailer in the world.

  8. Kundan - Wikipedia

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    Kundan, meaning pure gold, [1] is a traditional form of Indian gemstone jewellery involving a gem set with a gold foil between the stones and its mount, usually for elaborate necklaces and other jewellery. [2] [3]

  9. Fineness - Wikipedia

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    24-carat gold is pure (while 100% purity is very difficult to attain, 24-carat as a designation is permitted in commerce for a minimum of 99.95% purity), 18-carat gold is 18 parts gold, 6 parts another metal (forming an alloy with 75% gold), 12-carat gold is 12 parts gold (12 parts another metal), and so forth.