Indian rupee sign

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Indian rupee sign
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The Indian rupee sign ⟨₹⟩ is the currency symbol for the Indian rupee (ISO 4217: INR), the official currency of India. Designed by D. Udaya Kumar, it was presented to the public by the Government of India on 15 July 2010,[1] following its selection through an open competition among Indian residents.[2][3] Before its adoption, the most commonly used symbols for the rupee were ⟨Rs⟩, ⟨Re⟩ or, in texts in Indian languages, an appropriate abbreviation in the language used.

The design is based on the Devanagari letter ⟨र⟩ (ra) with a double horizontal line at the top and the Latin capital letter ⟨R⟩ without its vertical bar.[4]

  1. ^ "Cabinet approves new rupee symbol". The Times of India. 15 July 2010. Archived from the original on 19 June 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2010.
  2. ^ Pandey, Geeta (5 March 2009). "Indian contest for rupee symbol". Archived from the original on 11 February 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  3. ^ Kimbarovsky, Ross (15 July 2010). "Crowdsourcing The Indian Rupee Symbol". crowdspring Blog. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
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