Re: [nukkad] from annas and pies to paisa and rupee

["Ravi Menon" <>]

Here is an interesting piece
 Metrication in India by Sujay Rao Mandavilli Currency metrication - The
first step: The first step undertaken was to reform the country's weird
currency system. In September 1955 the *Indian Coinage Act* was amended to
adopt a metric system of coinage. At that time one Indian rupee consisted of
16 annas. Each anna consisted of 4 pice and each pice consisted of 3 pies.
In effect one rupee consisted of 192 pies. This probably had something to do
with British influence, as available evidence suggests that currency systems
in use in India prior to the advent of British rule in India were different.
The Act came into force with effective 1 April 1957. The rupee remained
unchanged in value and nomenclature. It, however, was now divided into 100
paisa instead of 16 annas or 64 pice. For public recognition, the new
decimal paisa was termed 'naya paisa' (or new paisa) till 1 June 1964 when
the term 'naya' was dropped.

 more at this link
http://lamar.colostate.edu/~hillger/internat.htm


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