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

["Ram Naresh Tomar" <>]

No only the metrication of coinage, weight and measurements were also
brought under metric system.

Weights:
8 Ratti = 1 Masa; 12 Masa = 1 Tola; 5 Tola = 1 Chhatank; 16 Chhatank = 1
Ser; 40 Ser = 1 Man; and 27.5 Man = 1 Ton.
This system was replaced by:
10 milligrams = 1 centigram; 10 centigrams = 1 decigram; 10 decigrams = 1
gram; 10 grams = decagram;
10 decagrams = hectogram; 10 hectograms = 1 kilogram; 100 kilograms = 1
Quintal; 10 Quintals = 1 Ton ( Metric).
Similarly for capacity,
millilitre < centilitre < decilitre < litre < decalitre < hectolitres <
kilolitre.

For measurements:
12 inches = 1 foot; 3 feet = 1 gaj ( yard ); 220 gaj ( yards) = 1 furlong; 8
furlong = 1 meel ( mile), was substituted by
millimetre < centimetre < desimetre < metre < decametre < hectometre <
kilometre
and so is in the cases of area and volume.

rnt

On Mon, Feb 18, 2008 at 4:24 AM, Ravi Menon  wrote:

> 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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