Rank | Name of bank | Year of founding | Year of closing | Present status | Headquartered in | References[2] |
1 | The Madras Bank (1683) | 1683 | 1843 | Merged to form Bank of Madras, presently the State Bank of India | Madras Presidency | [3][1][4] |
2 | Bank of Bombay | 1720 | 1770 | Defunct | Bombay | [3][1][4] |
3 | Bank of Hindustan | 1770 | 1832 | Defunct | Calcutta | [3][1][4] |
4 | General Bank of Bengal and Bihar | 1773 | 1775 | Defunct | Calcutta | [3][1][4] |
5 | Bengal Bank | 1784 | 1791 | Defunct | Calcutta | [3][1][4] |
6 | General Bank of India | 1786 | 1791 | Defunct | Calcutta | [3][1][4] |
7 | Carnatic Bank | 1788 | 1843 | Merged to form Bank of Madras, presently the State Bank of India | Madras Presidency | [3][1][4] |
8 | British Bank of Madras | 1795 | 1843 | Merged to form Bank of Madras, presently the State Bank of India | Madras Presidency | [3][1][4] |
9 | The Asiatic Bank (1804) | 1804 | 1843 | Merged to form Bank of Madras, presently the State Bank of India | Madras Presidency | [3][1][4] |
10 | Bank of Calcutta | 1806 | 1921 | Merged with the Imperial Bank of India, presently the State Bank of India | Calcutta | [3][1][4] |
11 | The Commercial Bank | 1819 | 1828 | Merged with The Calcutta Bank to form The Union Bank | Calcutta | [3][1][4] |
12 | The Calcutta Bank | 1824 | 1828 | Merged with The Commercial Bank to form The Union Bank | Calcutta | [3][1][4] |
13 | The Bank of India | 1828 | 1829 | Defunct | Calcutta | [3][1][4] |
14 | The Union Bank | 1828 | 1848 | Defunct | Calcutta | [3][1][4] |
15 | The Government Savings Bank | 1833 | 1843 | Defunct | Calcutta | [3][1][4] |
16 | The Agra & United Service Bank | 1833 | 1866 | Defunct | Agra | [3][1][4] |
17 | The Bank of Mirzapore | 1835 | 1837 | Defunct | Mirzapur | [3][1][4] |
18 | Bank of India (London) | 1836 | 1836 | Defunct | Calcutta | [3][1][4] |
19 | The North Western Bank of India | 1840 | 1859 | Defunct | Mussoorie | [3][1][4] |
20 | Bank of Bombay | 1840 | 1921 | Merged with the Imperial Bank of India, presently the State Bank of India | Bombay | [3][1][4] |
21 | Bank of Asia | 1841 | 1842 | Defunct | London | [3][1][4] |
22 | The Bank of Ceylon | 1841 | 1849 | Merged with the Oriental Bank Corporation | Colombo | [3][1][4] |
23 | The East India Bank (1842) | 1842 | 1842 | Defunct | London | [3][1][4] |
24 | The Oriental Bank Corporation | 1842 | 1884 | Defunct | Bombay | [3][1][4] |
25 | The Agra Savings Fund | 1842 | 1863 | Defunct | Agra | [3][1][4] |
26 | The Bank of Madras | 1843 | 1921 | Merged with the Imperial Bank of India, presently the State Bank of India | Madras Presidency | [3][1][4] |
27 | Delhi Bank Corporation | 1844 | 1916 | Merged with the Alliance Bank of Simla | Delhi | [3][1][4] |
28 | The Benares Bank | 1844 | 1850 | Defunct | Benares | [3][1][4] |
29 | The Simla Bank Limited | 1844 | 1893 | Defunct | Shimla | [3][1][4] |
30 | The Commercial Bank of India | 1845 | 1866 | Defunct | Bombay | [3][1][4] |
31 | The Cawnpore Bank | 1845 | 1852 | Defunct | Kanpur | [3][1][4] |
32 | The Dacca Bank | 1846 | 1862 | Merged with the Bank of Bengal, presently State Bank of India | Dhaka | [3][1][4] |
33 | The London Bank of Australia and India | 1852 | 1852 | Defunct | Agra | [3][1][4] |
34 | Chartered Bank of Asia | 1852 | 1855 | Defunct | London | [3][1][4] |
35 | Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London & China | 1853 | 1853 | Defunct | London | [3][1][4] |
36 | Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China | 1853 | 1853 | Defunct | London | [3][1][4] |
37 | The London and Eastern Banking Corporation | 1854 | 1857 | Defunct | London | [3][1][4] |
38 | The Comptoir D'Escompte of Paris | 1854 | 1854 | Defunct | Paris | [3][1][4] |