Word: pice
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...drive and argue about fares at the same time. Mothers fretted that the new coins were too easy for kids to swallow. Even the beggars complained formally that the changeover would cost them profits since passers-by now tossed them a mere naya paisa (.01 rupee) instead of a pice (.015 rupee). But through it all, Decimalist Nehru seemed pleased and proud of his changeover, as well he might. He had decided to get it over while India was still largely unencumbered by adding machines and cash registers. "The later we made it," he said, "the more difficult it would...
Acid Bulbs. Last month the British-owned tramways provided just such a provocation. To give its workers a bonus and cost-of-living allowance, the company increased the fare by one pice (one-third of a cent). Bengalis objected, and the Communists made haste to exploit the issue...