Bhubaneswar, Feb. 27 -- In 1917, when India was under British colonial rule and the world was engulfed in the turmoil of World War I, thousands of Indians were sent to fight battles far from home in support of the Empire. Amid this turbulent period, financial contributions were also sought from Indian citizens to sustain Britain's war efforts.

More than a century later, a striking chapter from that era has resurfaced in Madhya Pradesh, where an Indian family claims that their ancestor had loaned Rs.35,000 to the British administration - a sum that was allegedly never repaid.

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Armed with a rediscovered 1917 receipt, the family is now ...