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which was the first note in independent india
The first banknote printed by the Independent India was a 1 rupee note.
when was paper money introduced to india
Paper Money, as we know it today, was introduced in India in the late Eighteenth Century.

Question: how was the political climate at the time
Self-contained rewrite: how was the political climate in india at the time of the late 18th century