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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 Madras Bank (1683) was founded on 21 June 1683. [3] [4] [5] The Madras Bank (1683) was the oldest bank founded in the Madras Presidency making it even older than the Carnatic Bank, The British Bank of Madras (1795) and The Asiatic Bank and served many cities in South India. [4] [6] [3] [5] The bank was founded and largely managed by ...
The bank was one of four banks that were merged to form the Bank of Madras in 1843: the Madras Bank, the Carnatic Bank, The British Bank of Madras (1795), and the Asiatic Bank (1804). The Bank of Madras is one of the precursors of the Imperial Bank of India and eventually the State Bank of India. [3]
In 1683, Governor William Gyfford (1681–1687) and his Council in Madras established a bank.In 1805, Governor Sir William Bentinck convened a Finance Committee that recommended the formation of a First government bank in India; the Madras Bank, which was sometimes called the Government Bank amalgamated Lord Krishna Bank, began functioning from 1 February 1806.
The Asiatic Bank was the third oldest bank founded in the Madras Presidency after The Madras Bank (1683), the Carnatic Bank (1788) and The British Bank of Madras (1795) served many cities in South India. [4] [2] The bank was founded and largely managed by European traders. They worked closely with the English East India Company. [5] [2]
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 .