|
Established
|
Failed (F) or Merged (M)
|
Bank
|
Place
|
|
1720
|
1770
|
Bank of Bombay
|
Bombay
|
|
1770
|
F 1832
|
Bank of Hindostan
|
Calcutta
|
|
1773
|
F 1775
|
General Bank of Bengal and Bihar
|
Calcutta
|
|
1784
|
F 1791
|
Bengal Bank
|
Calcutta
|
|
1786
|
F 1791
|
General Bank of India
|
Calcutta
|
|
1788
|
Unknown
|
The Carnatic Bank
|
Unknown
|
|
1806
|
M 1920
|
Bank of Calcutta Bank of Bengal, 1808
|
Calcutta
|
|
1819
|
F 1828
|
The Commercial Bank
|
Calcutta
|
|
1824
|
F 1829
|
The Calcutta Bank
|
Calcutta
|
|
1828
|
Unknown
|
Bank of India
|
|
|
1829
|
F 1848
|
The Union Bank
|
Calcutta
|
|
1833
|
Unknown
|
The Government Savings Bank
|
Calcutta
|
|
1833
|
F 1866
|
The Agra & United Service Bank Ltd. (Earlier The Agra Bank and later The Agra
and Masterman's Bank, London)
|
Agra
|
|
1835
|
F 1837
|
The Bank of Mirzapore
|
Mirzapur
|
|
1836
|
Still Born
|
Bank of India (London)
|
|
|
1840
|
F 1859
|
North Western Bank of India
|
Mussoorie
|
|
1840
|
M 1920
|
Bank of Bombay: Re-formed in 1868
|
|
|
1841
|
1842
|
Bank of Asia
|
London
|
|
1841
|
M 1849
|
The Bank of Ceylon (Taken over by the Oriental Banking Corporation)
|
Colombo
|
|
1842
|
Still Born
|
The East India Bank, London
|
|
|
1842
|
F 1884
|
The Oriental Bank Corporation (Earlier, Bank of Western India)
|
Bombay
|
|
1842
|
1863
|
The Agra Savings Fund
|
Agra
|
|
1843
|
M 1920
|
Bank of Madras
|
Madras
|
|
1844
|
Unknown
|
Delhi Bank Corporation Ltd.
|
Delhi
|
|
1844
|
F 1850
|
The Benares Bank
|
Banaras
|
|
1844
|
F 1893
|
Simla Bank Ltd.
|
Simla
|
|
1845
|
F 1866
|
The Commercial Bank of India
|
Bombay
|
|
1845
|
F 1851
|
The Cownpore Bank
|
Kanpur
|
|
1846
|
M 1862
|
Dacca Bank (merged into Bank of Bengal)
|
Dacca
|
|
1846
|
F 1894
|
Uncovenanted Service
|
Agra Bank Ltd.
|
|
1852
|
Still Born
|
London Bank of Australia & India
|
Agra
|
|
1852
|
F 1855
|
Chartered Bank of Asia
|
London
|
|
1853
|
|
Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London & China
|
London
|
|
1853
|
|
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China
|
London
|
|
1854
|
F 1857
|
The London and Eastern Banking Corp.
|
London
|
|
1854
|
|
The Comptoir D'Escompte of Paris
|
Paris
|
|
Sources: Cooke, Brunyate, Tandon, Maharashtra State Archives and RBI
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