The Danish Indian rupee was the currency of

Danish India Danish India () was the name given to the forts and Factory (trading post), factories of Denmark (Denmark–Norway before 1814) in the Indian subcontinent, forming part of the Danish overseas colonies. Denmark–Norway held colonial possessions ...

. It was subdivided into 8 ''fano'', each of 80 ''kas''. In 1845, Danish India became part of

British India The provinces of India, earlier presidencies of British India and still earlier, presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance in South Asia. Collectively, they have been called British India. In one form or another ...

and the local rupee was replaced by the

Indian rupee The Indian rupee (symbol: ₹; code: INR) is the official currency of India. The rupee is subdivided into 100 '' paise'' (Hindi plural; singular: ''paisa''). The issuance of the currency is controlled by the Reserve Bank of India. The Reserve ...

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1845 disestablishments Currencies of the Kingdom of Denmark Danish India Historical currencies of India Modern obsolete currencies Rupee {{Money-unit-stub