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  • Home
  • Articles
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  • In Media
  • Philately
    • 1911 First Flight
    • 1920 RAF Flights
    • 1927 RAF Flight
    • 1928 Flights
    • 1929 Flights
    • 1931 Bombay - Goa Flight
    • 1931 Eng - Aus thru India
    • 1931 Other Flights
    • 1932 India - South Africa
    • 1932 Karachi Madras Flt
    • 1933 Imperial Trans Air
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    • 1938 Coogee Flight
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Fallen Corporate Empires & Second Acts

Forgotten Foundations : When Empires Crumbled

When Titans Fell : Liquidations in the 20th Century

Case Studies in Catastrophe : The 19th Century

Vintage envelope addressed to Vockart Brothers in Bombay with postmark from Hellicherry.

The saga of Volkart Brothers, Ralli Brothers, Sassoon & Company and Cowasjee Dinshawjee (Adenwalla).....


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Case Studies in Catastrophe : The 19th Century

When Titans Fell : Liquidations in the 20th Century

Case Studies in Catastrophe : The 19th Century

Vintage envelope addressed to Bombay with two postage stamps and a postal mark.

Mega infrastructure project of Port Canning, Agra & United Services Bank, Oriental Bank of Colombo.....


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When Titans Fell : Liquidations in the 20th Century

When Titans Fell : Liquidations in the 20th Century

When Titans Fell : Liquidations in the 20th Century

Indian Specie Bank, Elgin Mills, Hotz Hotel, Broach Industrial Cotton Spinning & Weaving, Waco Aircraft Company.....


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Triumphs of Transformation

Saving the Vaults : Bank Turnarounds

When Titans Fell : Liquidations in the 20th Century

Vintage handwritten letter with old postage stamps and postal marks.

Sylk's Hotel, Polson Dairy, Basle Chemical Works .....


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Transformation by Decree

Saving the Vaults : Bank Turnarounds

Saving the Vaults : Bank Turnarounds

Vintage registered letter addressed to the Secretary & Treasurer of Bank of Bombay.

A quirk of historical events - Bank of Bombay, Bank of Bengal, BB&CI Railway, BPT Railway.....


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Saving the Vaults : Bank Turnarounds

Saving the Vaults : Bank Turnarounds

Saving the Vaults : Bank Turnarounds

Grindlays Bank, Allahabad Bank, Ottoman Bank, Eastern Bank, National Bank of India.....


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The Second Act : Corporate Turnarounds

Oriental Gas Company, Shaw Wallace & Co.,  Lloyd Triestino, Law Accident Insurance Company.....


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When Giants Crumbled: Liquidations in the 21st Century

Credit Suisse, Lehman Brothers, 




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Institutional Bankruptcy with Global Repercussions

Few Ledger Entries of British Restructuring the Governance in India

The failure of League of Nations and the World War



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Few Ledger Entries of British Restructuring the Governance in India

Few Ledger Entries of British Restructuring the Governance in India

Few Ledger Entries of British Restructuring the Governance in India

Jodhpur State, Agency Treasurer, US Consulate, Danish Consulate..........



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Archival Documents of Indian Insolvency

Few Ledger Entries of British Restructuring the Governance in India

Archival Documents of Indian Insolvency

A sample of court documents pertaining to insolvency from the 18th, 19th and the 20th century


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