7 Lesser-Knows Facts About The Indian Rupee Symbol – ₹

Scroll down to read some interesting facts about the Indian rupee symbol:

1. The man behind the creation

Out of the 3,331 application received, the Ministry of Finance, Department of Economic Affairs gave the final decision and the design by Udaya Kumar Dharmalingam who is an associate IIT Guwahati professor was selected. In an interview he said he was very happy that his symbol was selected and the symbol has many significance attached to it.

2. From the Devnagari and the Roman

The currency of India has Devanagari ‘Ra’ in its symbol along with this the Roman letter ‘R’ is also present. Udaya Kumar designed the symbol keeping this in mind, a blend of Devnagri Ra and Roman R.

3. The line of equality symbolizes the relativity of economy and balanced economy

The constitution of India states that the citizens of India are equal before the Law. This equality is also reflected in our currency’s symbol of the country. The two horizontal lines in the symbol show equality and it also suggests that the economy of the country is a balanced economy.