Tata Motors entered the passenger vehicle market in 1988 with the launch of the TataMobile followed by the Tata Sierra in 1991, becoming the first Indian manufacturer to achieve the capability of developing a competitive indigenous automobile. In 1998, Tata launched the first fully indigenous Indian passenger car, the Indica, and in 2008 launched the Tata Nano, the world's cheapest car. Tata Motors acquired the South Korean truck manufacturer Daewoo Commercial Vehicles Company in 2004 and purchased Jaguar Land Rover from Ford in 2008. Tata Motors is listed on the (BSE) Bombay Stock Exchange, where it is a constituent of the BSE
Indian rupee fractions of mohurs including , , in Bengal, (a gold rupee) and (pancia) in Bombay and , and in Madras. In 1835, a single coinage for the EIC was introduced. It consisted of copper , and anna, silver , and 1 rupee and gold 1 and 2 mohurs. In 1841, silver 2 annas were added, followed by copper pice in 1853. The coinage of the EIC continued to be issued until 1862, even after the Company had been taken over by the Crown. In 1862, coins were introduced (known as "regal issues") which bore the portrait of Queen Victoria and