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LAKH (from the Sans. laksha, one hund...

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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 94 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LAKH (from the Sans. laksha, one See also:hundred thousand)  , a See also:term used in See also:British See also:India, in a colloquial sense to signify a See also:lakh of rupees (written i,00,000), which at the See also:face value of the See also:rupee would be See also:worth £zo,000, but now is worth only £6666 . The term is also largely used in See also:trade returns . A See also:hundred lakhs make a See also:crore .

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