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  2. Sri Lankan rupee - Wikipedia

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    The Indian rupee was made Ceylon's standard coin on 26 September 1836, and Ceylon reverted to the Indian currency area. Sterling-denominated treasury notes continued to circulate after 1836, along with the rupee. The legal currency remained British silver and accounts were kept in pounds, shillings and pence.

  3. Soukous - Wikipedia

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    Although often used by journalists as a synonym for Congolese rumba, both the music and dance associated with soukous differ from more traditional rumba, especially in its higher tempo, song structures and longer dance sequences. [3] Soukous fuses traditional Congolese rhythms with contemporary instruments.

  4. Board of Commissioners of Currency of Ceylon - Wikipedia

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    It was established under the Paper Currency Ordinance of 1884 following the 1884 Ceylonese banking and monetary crisis. The currency board issued currency notes in exchange of Indian silver rupee, ensuring a 100% reserve, taking over the issuing of bank notes from the local exchange banks.

  5. Rupee - Wikipedia

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    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. [16] 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 ...

  6. Indian rupee - Wikipedia

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    The Indian Rupee (symbol: ₹; code: INR) is the official currency of the Republic of India. The rupee is subdivided into 100 paise (Hindi plural; singular: paisa). The issuance of the currency is controlled by the Reserve Bank of India. The Reserve Bank derives this role from powers vested to it by the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934.

  7. Rupee sign - Wikipedia

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    The rupee sign "₨" is a currency sign used to represent the monetary unit of account in Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Mauritius, Seychelles, and formerly in India.It resembles, and is often written as, the Latin character sequence "Rs", of which (as a single character) it is an orthographic ligature.

  8. Banknotes of the Sri Lankan rupee - Wikipedia

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    The ushering of peace and prosperity to Sri Lanka Blue 157 X 78.5 mm paper 20 May 2009 17 November 2009 [3] [4] Layard's Parakeet: 500 rupees Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2013 held in Sri Lanka Purple 143 x 67 mm paper 15 November 2013 Sri Lanka Hanging parrot: 1000 rupees 70th Anniversary of Sri Lanka regaining Independence Green

  9. India–Sri Lanka relations - Wikipedia

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    IndiaSri Lanka relations, Indian-Sri Lankan relations, or Indo-Sri Lanka relations, are the bilateral relations between India and Sri Lanka. India has emerged as the foremost partner for Sri Lanka in the endeavor to revitalize its economy, reform its bureaucracy, and enhance decision-making processes for future economic collaborations.