Viceroy: Lord Reading

The Age Of Stars

Two wars, a central bank, and the sterling balances.

Vol. LThe edition of 1924 · War and Depression2 records
Viceroy
Lord Reading
Secretaries of State
Lord Peel · Lord Olivier · Lord Birkenhead
Finance Member
Sir Basil Phillott Blackett

Allahabad Union Bank · scandal

Allahabad Union Bank: Paid-up capital Rs 65,000

~Rs 50,000 of self-dealing overdrafts

The manager, Kedarnath Mitra, gave an unsecured overdraft of Rs 18,000 to himself, Rs 10,000 to his brother, Rs 21,000 to his relatives and Rs 2,000 to his wife. He was also manager of the Annapurna Co., which dealt in grain "which was untraceable".

ReportedPeer-reviewed. Source: Muranjan, Modern Banking in India, p. 292 n. 2

The record for 1924 is thin. Figures and events not shown here have not been found in the sources, not been found to be zero.

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