Before the assembly elections in Tamil Nadu, the DMK government has removed the national mark of Rs 2025-26. Instead, the Tamil Nadu government has replaced ‘₹’ with ‘ரூ’ symbol in its budget. In Tamil language, this Tamil varna means Rs. However, while doing language politics, the Tamil Nadu government, which removed ‘₹’ from the budget, did not consider it necessary to pay attention that this symbol of rupee was designed by a Tamil. The special thing is that Uday Kumar Dharmalingam’s father who designed this symbol was also the leader of DMK.
Udayakumar Dharmalingam is an Indian educationist and designer who designed the symbol of the Indian rupee (₹). He was born on 10 October 1978 in Kallakurichi, Tamil Nadu, he is a resident of Chennai, Tamil Nadu and is working as an assistant professor in IIT Guwahati.
Udayakumar Dharmalingam’s father N Dharmalingam has been an MLA of DMK. Udayakumar Dharmalingam is a renowned designer of the country. When Uday won this competition, N Dharmalingam said that this is a very proud moment for him. My son has brought pride for Tamil Nadu.
The DMK Government’s State Budget for 2025-26 replaces the rupee symbol designed by a tamilian, which was adopted by the whole of bharat and incorporated into our cross.
Thiru Udhay Kumar, who designed the symbol, is the son of a former dmk MLA.
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Udayakumar Dharmalingam designed the ₹ symbol of the rupee by mixing the ‘R’ of Devanagari and the Roman letter ‘R’, which is inspired by the Indian tricolor and was designed to show it different from other currencies.
This design was presented to the public on 15 July 2010 by the Government of India. This symbol was selected through an open competition, for this the Finance Ministry organized the competition. There were 3,331 applications for this, in which Udayakumar’s design was the winner of the five finalist designs. He had told that this design is inspired by the Indian tricolor and has been made by mixing the ‘R’ of Devanagari script and ‘R’ of the Roman script, as well as a horizontal line which reflects equality and national flag.
Udayakumar’s contribution was important in giving Indian currency a unique identity globally.
Tamil Nadu BJP President Annamalai said that the money of the rupee has been changed in the budget of the DMK government for 2025-26. This design was designed by a Tamil, which was adopted by the whole of India and included in our currency. Thiru Udayakumar, who designed this symbol, is the son of a former DMK MLA. How foolish you can be, Thiru Stalin. “
BJP leader Tamilisai said that Stalin Saheb, who changes the rupee sign, should first change his name to Stalin.