Yes, because they had a thing a few years where they made it useless, and everyone had to exchange for new notes (and even that was limited). It was well reported in the news at the time.
Ah, I see. But the new notes in India are fine then. It doesn't help you, I understand-- my condolences.
It is just annoying. They aren’t worth as much as money I had from the west. I have lots of Thai and Indonesian currency as well, but I’m sure it’s inflated to nothing by now.