One scoped currency identity. Changes to subdivisions, scale, standard, instruments or issuers do not by themselves create children. A distinct account unit can remain a successor. Current currency in the inherited endpoint register. Dated observations: 1947–1972; this does not establish the entire lifetime.
Parents / predecessors
Indian rupeeterritorial currency separation · 1947–1948
Includes dated issues, standards, subdivisions and institutional changes. Each event retains the source's date qualifications.
1 April 1948: modified-note circulationPartition currency transition
The issuer museum dates modified Indian notes for Pakistan to 1 April 1948 and a government emergency note series to 1 October 1948.
C541
1947–1948Territorial currency separation
Pakistan initially used Indian notes and then modified and national rupee issues. A phased territorial separation; no change in rupee face-unit inferred from the redesign.
C965
Evidence & research notes 3 claims
Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.
Supported C541
The issuer museum dates modified Indian notes for Pakistan to 1 April 1948 and a government emergency note series to 1 October 1948.
Indexed opening paragraphs, 1947 Order and emergency series
Source access and limitations
Relevant indexed source passage inspected; full-body retrieval failed or yielded a script/block page.
Supported C965
Pakistan initially used Indian notes and then modified and national rupee issues. A phased territorial separation; no change in rupee face-unit inferred from the redesign.
State Bank of Pakistan · Rupay ko Pehchano — History of Pakistani BanknotesCitation S459 · Open source ↗
Reserve Bank of India Issue; Government of Pakistan Issue
Supported C966
Bangladesh’s taka succeeded the Pakistani rupee at equal unit value. Year precision distinguishes the accounting transition from first national banknote issue.
Deutsche Bundesbank · Metadata on the Exchange Rate Statistics, 24 September 2025Citation S98 · Open source ↗
Bangladesh: Currency history
Source access and limitations
Historical reference, not a 2026 legal-status audit.