After all india got its own Currency Symbol. Yes on Thursday Indian Cabinet approved the new symbol for indian currency. The previous symbol for indian currency was Rs. that was given by Britishers.
This new incarnation of indian rupee is an amalgamation of the Devnagiri script “Ra” and the Roman capital “R” without stem.
This symbol is chosen from more than 3000 submission and approved by the India’s top government ministers on Thursday. It was designed by a student of Indian Institute of Technology Mr. D. Udaya Kumar, who is studied typography, ancient printing methods and scripts.
Mr. Kumar is considered as a part of Indian History as a new creator of this great Symbol. He won the prize of 2,50,000 rupees for giving new Avatar to Indian Currency