Gulf Rupee - the time when India printed currencies for other countries

17/06/2025 6 min Episodio 56
Gulf Rupee - the time when India printed currencies for other countries

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Five Gulf countries - Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, and the UAE - used the Indian rupee as a legal tender until the late 1950s and early 1960s. But it became a problem for India. So the RBI introduced the Gulf Rupee, a special edition of the rupee that could be used only in those five countries and not India. But why is it not in circulation today?
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