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The Bank of Calcutta (a precursor to the present State Bank of India) was founded on 2 June 1806, mainly to fund General Arthur Wellesley's wars against Tipu Sultan and the Marathas. It was the tenth oldest bank in India and was renamed Bank of Bengal on 2 January 1809.
Rank Name of the Bank Year of Founding Year of Closing Fate Headquartered in References [1]; 1: The Madras Bank (1683) 1683: 1843: Merged with the Carnatic Bank, The British Bank of Madras (1795), and the Asiatic Bank to form the Bank of Madras in 1843
The roots of the State Bank of India lie in the first decade of the 19th century when the Bank of Calcutta (later renamed the Bank of Bengal) was established on 2 June 1806. The Bank of Bengal was one of three Presidency banks, the other two being the Bank of Bombay (incorporated on 15 April 1840) and the Bank of Madras (incorporated on 1 July ...
Central public sector enterprises (CPSEs) are those companies in which the direct holding of the Central Government or other CPSEs is 51% or more. As on 31.3.2015 there were 298 CPSEs wherein, 63 enterprises are yet to commence commercial operation.
During the period of British rule merchants established the Union Bank of Calcutta in 1829, [27] first as a private joint stock association, then partnership. Its proprietors were the owners of the earlier Commercial Bank and the Calcutta Bank, who by mutual consent created Union Bank to replace these two banks.
The oldest bank in India is The Madras Bank (1683), followed by the Bank of Bombay, founded in 1720, which is then followed by the Bank of Hindustan, founded in 1770. Imperial Bank of India was succeeded by State Bank of India in 1955 and State Bank of Pakistan in 1948 respectively whose origins can be traced back to the Bank of Calcutta. It ...
Central Bank of India, Brabourne Road Branch (in blue), in Kolkata. Central Bank of India was one of the first banks in India to issue credit cards in the year 1980 in collaboration with Visa. [citation needed] On its 108th Foundation day, Central Bank of India launched its first step towards robotic banking, a robot named "MEDHA".
The Reserve Bank of India, which is the central bank of India, acquired a controlling interest in the Imperial Bank of India in 1955, which was renamed on 30 April 1955 to the State Bank of India. This transformation from the Imperial Bank of India to the State Bank of India was given legal recognition through an Act of the Parliament of India ...