Independent India’s first budget: the story of 26 November 1947
R. K. Shanmukham Chetty’s first budget, seven and a half months of accounts, and how the budget moved from 5 pm to 11 am and to 1 February.
Rohit Tandon · 4 October 2026 · 3 min read
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