View source for Exchange rate history of the Indian rupee

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This is a list of tables showing the historical timeline of the exchange rate for the Indian [[rupee]] (INR) against the [[special drawing rights]] unit (SDR), [[United States dollar]] (USD), [[pound sterling]] (GBP), [[Deutsche mark]] (DM), [[euro]] (EUR) and [[Japanese yen]] (JPY).

The US dollar was worth {{INR}}3 in 1947 not 1,<ref>{{cite news|work=[[The Economic Times]]|publisher=[[Bennett, Coleman & Co]]|title=Rupee's journey since Independence: Down by 65 times against dollar|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-08-24/news/41444029_1_indian-rupee-american-currency-continued-dollar-demand|date=2013-08-04|access-date=2014-09-02 |archive-url=https://archive.is/20130829085318/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-08-24/news/41444029_1_indian-rupee-american-currency-continued-dollar-demand|archive-date=2013-08-29 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and {{INR}}69.9 in 2018.<ref name="rbi19130">{{cite periodical|work=[[Handbook of Statistics on Indian Economy]]|publisher=[[Reserve Bank of India]]|date=2019-09-15|title=Table 139 : Exchange Rate of the Indian Rupee vis-à-vis the Sdr, US Dollar, Pound Sterling, D.M./Euro and Japanese Yen (Calendar Year - Annual Average)|url=https://www.rbi.org.in/Scripts/PublicationsView.aspx?id=19130|url-status=live|archive-date=2019-11-09|archive-url=https://archive.today/20191109140022/https://www.rbi.org.in/Scripts/PublicationsView.aspx?id=19130|access-date=2019-11-09|magazine=}}</ref>

==Notes==
* The data on exchange rate for [[Japanese yen|Japanese Yen]] is in per 100 Yen.
* The end year rate for 1998–99 pertain to March 26, 1999 of [[Deutsche Mark]] rate.
* Data from 1971 to 1991–92 are based on official exchange rates.
* Data from 1992 to 1993 onward are based on FEDAI (Foreign Exchange Dealers' Association of India) indicative rates.
* Data from 1971 to 1972–73 for the Deutsche Mark and the Japanese Yen are cross rates with the [[United States dollar|US Dollar]].
* The [[Euro]] replaced the [[Deutsche Mark]] w.e.f. January 1, 1999.

== 1900 to 2020 ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Exchange Rate of the Indian Rupee vis-a-vis the SDR, USD, GBP, DM and JPY (FY, annual average and end-year rates)<ref name="rbi15268">{{cite periodical|url=https://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/PublicationsView.aspx?id=15268|title=Table 140 : Exchange Rate of the Indian Rupee vis-à-vis the Sdr, US Dollar, Pound Sterling, D.M./Euro and Japanese Yen (Financial Year-Annual Average and end-Year Rates)|work=Handbook of Statistics on Indian Economy|publisher=Reserve Bank of India|date=2013-09-16|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140902173109/http://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/PublicationsView.aspx?id=15268|archive-date=2014-09-02|access-date=2019-11-09|magazine=}}</ref><ref name="rbi19131">{{cite periodical|title=Table 140 : Exchange Rate of the Indian Rupee vis-à-vis the Sdr, US Dollar, Pound Sterling, D.M./Euro and Japanese Yen (Financial Year-Annual Average and end-Year Rates)|url=https://www.rbi.org.in/Scripts/PublicationsView.aspx?id=19131|work=Handbook of Statistics on Indian Economy|publisher=Reserve Bank of India|date=2019-09-15|url-status=live|archive-date=2019-11-09|archive-url=https://archive.today/20191109141331/https://www.rbi.org.in/Scripts/PublicationsView.aspx?id=19131|access-date=2019-11-09|magazine=}}</ref>
!Year !! SDR (average) !! SDR (end year) !! USD (average) !! USD (end year) !! GBP (average) !! GBP (end year) !! DM/EUR (average) !! DM/EUR (end year) !! JPY (average) !! JPY (end year)
|-
| 1974–75 || 9.6233 || 9.723 || 7.9408 || 7.794 || 18.8 || 18.776 || 3.1917 || 3.324 || 3 || 2.7
|-
| 1975–76 || 10.3642 || 10.375 || 8.6825 || 8.973 || 18.3933 || 17.19 || 3.4458 || 3.535 || 3 || 3
|-
| 1976–77 || 10.35 || 10.206 || 8.9775 || 8.804 || 15.5733 || 15.144 || 3.6308 || 3.686 || 3 || 3.2
|-
| 1977–78 || 10.1605 || 10.43 || 8.5858 || 8.434 || 15.4292 || 15.656 || 3.8358 || 4.169 || 3.33 || 3.8
|-
| 1978–79 || 10.4315 || 10.488 || 8.2267 || 8.15 || 15.9658 || 16.861 || 4.22 || 4.364 || 4 || 3.9
|-
| 1979–80 || 10.4935 || 10.251 || 8.0975 || 8.193 || 17.655 || 17.753 || 4.4717 || 4.219 || 3.58 || 3.3
|-
| 1980–81  || 10.1777 || 10.0620 || 7.9092 || 8.1900 || 18.5042 || 18.3800 || 4.1875 || 3.9000 || 3.7500 || 3.9000
|-
| 1981–82  || 10.3354 || 10.4030 || 8.9683 || 9.3460 || 17.1096 || 16.6520 || 3.8607 || 3.8710 || 3.9400 || 3.8000
|-
| 1982–83  || 10.5628 || 10.7540 || 9.6660 || 9.9700 || 16.1356 || 14.7460 || 3.9600 || 4.1090 || 3.8900 || 4.2000
|-
| 1983–84  || 10.9405 || 11.3940 || 10.3400 || 10.7070 || 15.4174 || 15.4460 || 3.9402 || 4.1340 || 4.3800 || 4.8000
|-
| 1984–85  || 11.9328 || 12.3210 || 11.8886 || 12.4300 || 14.8668 || 15.4500 || 3.9877 || 4.0190 || 4.8700 || 4.9000
|-
| 1985–86  || 12.9232 || 13.9860 || 12.2349 || 12.3061 || 16.8467 || 18.2500 || 4.5553 || 5.3020 || 5.6200 || 6.8000
|-
| 1986–87  || 15.4472 || 16.6210 || 12.7782 || 12.8882 ||15.2255 || 20.7490 || 6.2970 || 7.1620 || 8.0200 || 8.9000
|-
| 1987–88  || 17.1208 || 17.9700 || 12.9658 || 13.0318 || 22.0872 || 24.3510 || 7.4004 || 7.8070 || 9.4100 || 10.3000
|-
| 1988–89  || 19.2619 || 20.2080 || 14.4817 || 15.6630 || 25.5959 || 26.3990 || 8.0494 || 8.2590 || 11.3000 || 11.8000
|-
| 1989–90  || 21.3684 || 22.4090 || 16.6492 || 17.3248 || 26.9179 || 28.3010 || 9.0922 || 10.1670 || 11.6600 || 11.0000
|-
| 1990–91  || 24.8431 || 26.4140 || 17.9428 || 19.6429 || 33.1930 || 34.0500 || 11.4351 || 11.4270 || 12.7900 || 13.9000
|-
| 1991–92  || 33.4325 || 35.5143 || 24.4737 || 31.2256 || 42.5151 || 53.6913 || 14.6248 || 18.3501 || 18.4400 || 23.2800
|-
| 1992–93  || 37.1415 || 43.6511 || 30.6488 || 31.2354 || 51.6858 || 46.6200 || 19.5877 || 19.2864 || 24.5900 || 26.9900
|-
| 1993–94  || 43.8863 || 44.3133 || 31.3655 || 31.3725 || 47.2064 || 46.5200 || 18.7403 || 18.7575 || 29.1100 || 35.5200
|-
| 1994–95  || 45.7908 || 49.1558 || 31.3986 || 31.4950 || 48.8211 || 50.5650 || 20.2017 || 22.3600 || 31.6341 || 35.2888
|-
| 1995–96  || 50.4768 || 50.1633 || 33.4498 || 34.3500 || 52.3526 || 52.4300 || 23.3993 || 23.3038 || 34.8425 || 32.2975
|-
| 1996–97  || 50.8858 || 49.8032 || 35.4999 || 35.9150 || 56.3646 || 58.6938 || 22.9244 || 21.3863 || 31.5879 || 28.9463
|-
| 1997–98  || 50.6735 || 52.7677 || 37.1648 || 39.4950 || 61.0240 || 66.1638 || 20.9613 || 21.3350 || 30.2990 || 29.7813
|-
| 1998–99  || 57.5129 || 57.6132 || 42.0706 || 42.4350 || 69.5505 || 68.3588 || 24.1792 || 23.2863 || 33.1341 || 35.3263
|-
| 1999–00  || 58.9335 || 58.7505 || 43.3327 || 43.6050 || 69.8510 || 69.5100 || 44.7909 || 41.7975 || 39.0606 || 41.4825
|-
| 2000–01 || 59.5459 || 58.7969 || 45.6844 || 46.6400 || 67.5522 || 66.5788 || 41.4832 || 41.0113 || 41.4052 || 37.4338
|-
| 2001–02 || 60.2150 || 60.8446 || 47.6919 || 48.8000 || 68.3189 || 69.5863 || 42.1811 || 42.6438 || 38.1790 || 36.8063
|-
| 2002–03 || 64.1257 || 65.2550 || 48.3953 || 47.5050 || 74.8193 || 74.9225 || 48.0901 || 51.4925 || 39.7363 || 39.8925
|-
| 2003–04 || 65.6876 || 64.2393 || 45.9516 || 43.4450 || 77.7389 || 79.6813 || 53.9896 || 53.1725 || 40.7077 || 41.6725
|-
| 2004–05 || 66.9282 || 66.0987 || 44.9315 || 43.7550 || 82.8644 || 82.1125 || 56.5523 || 56.5863 || 41.8046 || 40.8075
|-
| 2005–06 || 64.4898 || 64.2566 || 44.2735 || 44.6050 || 79.0472 || 77.7963 || 53.9124 || 54.1875 || 39.1438 || 38.0188
|-
| 2006–07 || 67.2538 || 65.8289 || 45.2849 || 43.5950 || 85.7274 || 85.5938 || 58.1110 || 58.1513 || 38.7975 || 37.0338
|-
| 2007–08 || 62.6506 || 65.7307 || 40.2410 || 39.9850 || 80.8016 || 79.5138 || 56.9906 || 63.0963 || 35.2896 || 40.0650
|-
| 2008–09 || 71.2770 || 76.1742 || 45.9170 || 50.9450 || 78.4485 || 72.8575 || 65.1345 || 67.4713 || 46.0521 || 51.8900
|-
| 2009–10 || 73.7333 || 68.5335 || 47.4166 || 45.1350 || 75.8861 || 68.0188 || 67.0843 || 60.5913 || 51.1261 || 48.4338
|-
| 2010–11 || 69.7228 || 70.7930 || 45.5768 || 44.6450 || 70.8853 || 71.9163 || 60.2181 || 63.2350 || 53.2963 || 54.0175
|-
| 2011–12 || 75.3132 || 79.2512 || 47.9229 || 51.1600 || 76.3912 || 81.7975 || 65.8939 || 68.3550 || 60.7484 || 62.4250
|-
| 2012–13 || 83.0262 || 81.4764 || 53.2112 || 54.2323 || 85.9713 || 82.3209 || 70.0693 || 69.5438 || 65.8530 || 57.7600
|-
| 2013–14 || 92.2602 || 92.7790 || 60.5019 || 60.0998 || 98.3058 || 99.8498 || 60.4026 || 58.8300 || 81.1745 || 82.5765
|-
| 2014–15 || 90.7955 || 86.3431 || 61.1436 || 62.5908 || 98.5731 || 92.4591 || 55.8266 || 52.1100 || 77.5209 || 67.5104
|-
| 2015–16 || 91.3452 || 93.4510 || 65.4685 || 66.3329 || 98.7260 || 95.0882 || 54.5934 || 59.0600 || 72.2894 || 75.0955
|-
| 2016–17 || 92.6156 || 87.9763 || 67.0720 || 64.8386 || 87.6897 || 80.8797 || 62.0350 || 57.9600 || 73.6087 || 69.2476
|-
| 2017–18 || 90.8989 || 94.8065 || 64.4549 || 65.0441 || 85.5129 || 92.2846 || 58.1822 || 61.5400 || 75.4378 || 80.6222
|-
| 2018–19 || 98.0361 || 96.0273 || 69.9229 || 69.1713 || 91.7865 || 90.4756 || 63.0468 || 65.5200 || 80.9580 || 77.7024

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