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#CBG_Thread What connects Hindi metaphors with change of Indian currency in 1957.
History comes in various forms! 1/n
History comes in various forms! 1/n
In Mughal times, Gold coins were called mohur, silver ones Rupee and copper ones "daam". In Akbar's reign, 1 Rupee = 48 daam. But as industrial use of copper picked up, by 1660 1 Rupee = 16 daam only.
"इसका क्या ' दाम ' है?" The reference to दाम was originally to these coins
"इसका क्या ' दाम ' है?" The reference to दाम was originally to these coins
In 1947, India still used a non decimal system for coinage where 1 rupee was 16 Annas. Each Anna was further divided to 4 paise , which were further divided to 3 pies, thus 192 subunits in one rupee. Heard "पाई पाई का हिसाब चुका देना" phrase in Hindi? पाई being 1/192 of 1 rupee
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Story of India as a floating island, our long lost cousin Madagascar, why Palakkad gap is more than just a break in mountains and how frogs of western ghats are still a living link between India and Madagascar. #CBG_Thread 1/n
Story of India as a floating island, our long lost cousin Madagascar, why Palakkad gap is more than just a break in mountains and how frogs of western ghats are still a living link between India and Madagascar. #CBG_Thread 1/n
In ancient times, India, Africa, South America, Madagascar, Antarctica and Australia were lumped together in a single landmass called Gondwana land, which eventually started breaking up into multiple pieces ~180 million years ago 2/n
India, Madagascar and Seychelles broke away from Gondwana as a single unit almost 140 million years ago. Madagascar was attached to India's present day western coast while Seychelles was just south of Saurashtra. Imagine , pristine beaches of Seychelles in Gujarat 😁 3/n
