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Hundis refer to financial instruments
evolved on the Indian sub-continent used in trade and credit
transactions. They were used
- as remittance instruments (to transfer funds
from one place to another),
- as credit instruments (to borrow money [IOUs]),
- for trade transactions (as bills of exchange).
Technically, a Hundi is an
unconditional order in writing made by a person directing
another to pay a certain sum of money to a person named in
the order. Hundis, being a part of the informal system have
no legal status and are not covered under the Negotiable Instruments
Act, 1881. Though normally regarded as bills of exchange,
they were more often used as equivalents of cheques issued
by indigenous bankers.
British India Hundi
British India Hundi
Bank Memo to a Hundi
Foreign Bill
Opium Hundi
Princely State Hundi
Others
Nisani Hamare Gharu khate nam mandna.
Dastkhat Brijkishore Bhargava
ke hundi likhe mujib sikar desi.
'SRI RAMJI
Sidh sri Patna subhastane chiranjeeva
bhai Rikhabchand Bridhichan yog sri Jaipur se likhi Brijkishore
Bhargava kee asis banchna, apranch hundi aik rupia 2,000 akshare
rupia do hazar ke nime rupia aik hazar ka duna yahan rakha
sah Sri Punamchandji Harakchandji pas miti Mangsir bad baras
(12th) puga turat sah-jog rupia chalan ka dena. Sambat 1990,
Miti Mangsir bad baras,
Rs.2,000
Neme Neme rupia panchsau
ka chauguna pura do hazar kardejo. '1'
Chiranjeeva Rikhabchand Bridhichand, Patna.
Place it to the debit of
our account.
Signature: Honour the Hundi
written by Brijkishore Bhargava.
Greetings to Messrs. Rikhabchand
Bridhichand, son of the fair city of Patna on whom the Hundi
for Rs 2,000 (in words Rupees Two thousand only) is written
by Brij Kishore Bhargava from Jaipur. Rupees one thousand
if doubled make the sum of the hundi. The hundi has been
drawn from here in favour of Messrs. Punamchand Harackchand
on 12th Mangsir 1990, which please honour on presentation
in the current money.
Rs.2,000
Four times of Rs. 500 make
the sum of Rs. 2,000 for which the hundi is drawn.
British India
Embossed Seal: Queen Victoria
Embossed Seal: Queen Victoria
Adhesive Stamps used on Private Issues
Revenue form: Portrait of King Edward
Revenue Form: Ashoka Pillar
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