* all rates are as on 1st day of month/year
YEAR 1 US $  = Rs. 1 GBP = Rs. 1 EURO = Rs.
1980 7.86 18.29 -
1981 8.66 17.56 -
1982 9.46 16.55 -
1983 10.10 16.32 -
1984 11.37 15.19 -
1985 12.38 15.98 -
1986 12.61 18.46 -
1987 12.96 22.22 -
1988 13.91 24.76 -
1989 16.23 26.59 -
1990 17.01 28.04 -
1991 18.20 34.54 -
1992 26.32 46.54 -
1993 26.32 46.30 -
1994 31.37 46.54 -
1995 31.37 49.01 -
1996 35.18 54.59 -
1997 35.86 61.42 -
1998 39.24 64.17 -
1999 42.47 70.50 49.58
2000 43.50 69.84 43.85

 2001

46.69

69.73

 43.98
2002

48.34

70.37

43.12
2003 46.01 79.20 50.53
January       04

45.69

81.60

57.48
February     04 45.34 82.37 56.53
March         04 45.33 84.71 56.62
April           04 43.48 80.15 53.49
May           04 44.45 79.06 53.26
June           04 45.45 83.24 55.39
July            04 46.04 83.77 56.15
August      04 46.41 84.48 55.84
September 04 46.39 83.61 56.49
October     04 45.97 83.30 57.17
November  04 45.47 83.62 58.25
December 04 44.15 85.82 59.20
January     05 43.47 84.20 58.98
February   05 43.70 82.30 56.96
March       05 43.75 83.95 57.87
April          05 43.66 82.15 56.73
May           05 43.59 79.43 56.13
June           05 43.75 79.33 53.82
July           05 43.61 77.10 52.77
August     05 43.51 76.47 52.76
September 05 44.13 79.57 54.46
October    05 44.04 77.69 52.94
November 05 45.17 80.14 54.54
December 05 45.99 79.32 54.35
January     06 45.19 77.90 53.51
February   06 44.12 78.19 53.44
March       06 44.40 77.45 52.72
April         06 44.65 77.77 54.19
May         06 44.95 82.09 56.79
June         06 46.38 87.15 59.65
July          06 46.12 84.70 58.67
August    06 46.61 86.94 59.49
September 06 46.61 88.80 59.81
October    06 45.08 85.62 57.36
November 06 44.69 87.18 58.89
December 06 44.12 86.43 58.25
January    07 44.18 86.72 57.25
February 07 44.21 86.84 58.38
March     07 44.11 86.79 57.44
April        07 44.27 86.87 58.53
May        07 43.13 85.36 57.64
June         07 41.18 82.02 56.07
July          07 40.66 81.7 55.05
August     07 40.38 82.02 55.34
September   07 40.88 81.42 55.83
October   07 39.81 81.51 56.81
November   07 39.46 81.75 57.00
December   07 39.64 81.76 58.42
January   08 39.42 78.72 57.96
February   08 39.37 78.29 58.48
March   08 39.97 79.44 60.70
April   08 40.06 79.72 63.30
May   08 40.49 79.85 63.05
June   08 42.53 84.33 66.17
July   08 43.04 85.80 67.91
August   08 42.52 84.27 63.33
September   08 44.09 80.31 64.72
October   08 47.95 86.27 68.54
01/10/2008 46.96 83.91 66.36
03/10/2008 46.88 82.97 64.99
06/10/2008 47.46 83.37 64.46
07/10/2008 48.01 84.16 65.20
08/10/2008 48.74 85.19 66.12
10/10/2008 48.72 82.17 65.90
13/10/2008 48.14 82.73 65.63
14/10/2008 47.71 83.30 65.12
15/10/2008 48.43 84.54 65.91