MP merchant put Rs 35,000 investment in British war loan in 1917, 109 years later, UK debt office says it cannot find obligation for repayment

A Madhya Pradesh family’s attempt to trace a Rs 35,000 investment made during World War I has hit a fresh hurdle after the UK’s Debt Management Office said it could find no evidence the 1917 Indian War Loan was a British government obligation. The family wants historical records to establish whether the money was ever repaid or settled.