The Math of Yesteryears: When One Rupee Was Not 100 Paise, But 64
Did you know 1 Rupee wasn't always 100 Paise? Explore the pre-1957 'Anna' system where 1 Rupee equaled 16 Annas or 64 Pice, and the...
Ask a Gen Z student how many paise make a Rupee, and the answer is an immediate “100.” It is a decimal fact as fundamental as 10 millimeters in a centimeter. But for the generation that grew up in the early days of independent India, the math wasn’t so simple. Before the landmark shift in...
