A newspaper built from the ledgers: 143 yearly editions, long reads and statistical tables on Indian money from 1875 to 2017, every figure traced to its source.https://theageofstars.com/en-gbhttps://theageofstars.com/features/the-drain-itemised/https://theageofstars.com/features/the-drain-itemised/Council Bills, Home Charges and opium as the official books of British India recorded them, set beside what Naoroji and Dutt said they meant.Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe Colonial Account1875–1914https://theageofstars.com/features/the-debt-that-ran-the-other-way/https://theageofstars.com/features/the-debt-that-ran-the-other-way/In August 1939 the Reserve Bank held £48 million in London. By the end of 1945 it held £1,254 million, and Britain decided how fast India could spend it.Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTWar Finance1939–1957https://theageofstars.com/features/the-summer-the-gold-flew/https://theageofstars.com/features/the-summer-the-gold-flew/In 1991 India sold 20 tonnes of gold, pledged 46.91 more and devalued twice. The ledger shows who lent, and where its own accounts disagree.Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe Crisis Year1990–1992https://theageofstars.com/features/named-for-india-owned-in-london/https://theageofstars.com/features/named-for-india-owned-in-london/The exchange banks answered to the City; a Presidency Bank was majority Indian-owned. What the records say about who owned colonial India's banks.Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTWho Owned the Banks1863–1935https://theageofstars.com/features/four-devaluations/https://theageofstars.com/features/four-devaluations/A dollar cost ₹3.31 in 1947 and ₹68.85 at the worst of August 2013. The rupee's breaks, who made them, and what the record shows.Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe Rupee1947–2017