What was d name of first bank established in India ?
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Answer / suraj
hindoostan bank (1770)&
second- genral bank(1772)
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Answer / vivek shukla
The first banks were bank of hindustan, which
started in 1770 in colcatta.
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Answer / raj kamal yadav
the first bank established in India was Bank of Hindustan (1770-1829)followed by General Bank of India (estd. 1786)both are now defunct. Presidency Bank of Calcutta(1806, which immediately became Bank of Bengal) can be considered as the the oldest bank of India, and still running after the merger with two other presidency banks named Presidency Bank of Bombay and Presidency Bank of Madras under the one name Imperial bank of India (now known as State Bank of India).
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Answer / anupam kumar yadav
1st awadh commercial bank estd. in 1818
2nd pujab national bank estd. in 1894
3rd presidency bank estd. in 1919
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Answer / ghanchi naushad
The first bank of india was bank of Hindustan in 1770
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Answer / nishu
bank of Hindustan was the first bank of India .but first nationalized bank is Punjab national bank
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Answer / katyayani
The General Bank Of India was the first ever bank in india established in 1786.
Imperial bank was formed by merging Bank of Bombay,Bank of Calcutta and Bank of Madras in 1921.
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Answer / anuj kuamr
According to European banking system, first bank was
establshed with partnership of foreign currency by Alexander
& co. in 1770 and the name was Bank of Hindustan.
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