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Mauritius Tamil community stops banknote alteration, 1998

Country
Mauritius
Time period
18 October, 1998 to 18 November, 1998
Classification
Defense
Cluster
National/Ethnic Identity
Total points
10 out of 10 points
Name of researcher, and date dd/mm/yyyy
Ashley Banks 11/04/2011

On the island nation of Mauritius, three languages appear on the banknotes. Traditionally, the languages are English, Tamil, and Hindi - in that order. On October 18, 1998, the Central Bank of Mauritius released a new series of banknotes upon which the order of the latter two languages were reversed, with Hindi appearing before Tamil.