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Lakh
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
(from the Sans. laksha, one hundred thousand), a term used in British India, in a colloquial sense to signify a lakh of rupees (written 1,00,000), which at the face value of the rupee would be worth 10,000, but now is worth only)6666. The term is also largely used in trade returns. A hundred lakhs make a crore.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Lakh'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​l/lakh.html. 1910.