page_title: Hyderabadi rupee
section_title: Thirteenth issue (1948-49) D.R. Pradhan
hierarchical_section_title: Hyderabadi rupee / Banknotes / Thirteenth issue (1948-49) D.R. Pradhan
caption_attribution_description: English: The last of the Nizam's currency signed by Dr. G.S. Melkote
context_page_description: The Hyderabadi Rupee was the currency of the Hyderabad State from 1918 to 1959. It coexisted with the Indian rupee from 1950. Like the Indian rupee, it was divided into 16 annas, each of 12 pai. Coins were issued in copper for denominations of 1 and 2 pai and ½ anna, in cupro-nickel for 1 anna and in silver for 2, 4 and 8 annas and 1 rupee.
  Hyderabad was the only Indian princely state that was permitted to continue issuing its own notes after it was subjected to join the Dominion of India in 1948 and the Republic of India in 1950.
context_section_description: This was the first issue after Hyderabad was liberated from Nizam rule and forced to be incorporated into the Dominion of India as a result of Operation Polo.
  PS272e. 1 rupee. ND. (1948–49). Brown and multicoloured.
caption: Currency signed by Dr. G.S. Melkote
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