Company type | Private sector |
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Industry | Banking, insurance, capital markets and allied industries |
Founded | 1 April 1828 | as The Bank of India (1828)
Defunct | 31 March 1829 |
Fate | defunct in 1829 |
Headquarters | |
Number of locations | Bengal Presidency |
Area served | India |
Products | Deposits, personal banking schemes, C & I banking schemes, agri banking schemes, SME banking schemes |
Services | Banking, trade finance |
The Bank of India was a bank founded in the year 1828 in British India and was closed down one year later in 1829. It was the thirteenth oldest bank in India. [1]
Raj Kissen Dutt founded the bank in 1828. [2][ unreliable source?] It closed down in 1829. [1] The bank played a major role in the early economic history of East Bengal and Bangladesh. [3]
The bank issued its own currency notes in its one year of existence. [4][ unreliable source?] [5] [6] However, many of the currency notes issued by the bank were found to have been forged. [7][ unreliable source?]
The bank closed and was liquidated in 1829. [8] [9][ unreliable source?]
The bank is notable for being the thirteenth oldest bank in India. [1] It is also notable for being one of the first institutions in India to issue its own paper banknotes or currency notes. [5] [6] The Paper Currency Act, 1861, abolished the right of private banks to issue their own currency notes. [10] [11]