The Problem of the Rupee, Its Origin and Its SolutionAmbedkar, B. R. (Bhimrao Ramji)
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The Problem of the Rupee, Its Origin and Its Solution
Ambedkar, B. R. (Bhimrao Ramji)
Currency question -- India
London & 1854 250,000 — 325,000 — —
Eastern Bank
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Commercial 1854 Bombay Agents 1,000,000 456,000 — — —
Bank in
London,
Calcutta,
Canton,
&
Shanghai
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Delhi Bank 1844 Delhi Agents in — 180,000 — — —
London,
Calcutta,
Bombay
and
Madras
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Simla Bank 1844 — 63,850 — — —
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Dacca Bank 1846 30,000 — — — —
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Mercantile Bombay London, 500,000 328,826 777,156 77,239 109,547
Bank Calcutta,
Colombo,
Kandy,
Canton,
and
Shanghai
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India, China had not commenced business
and
Australian
Bank
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⁷⁶ R. M. Martin, _The Indian Empire_, Vol. I, p. 565. N.B.—The table
in original does not specify dates, but internal evidence shows
that it is about 1856.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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