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Bank of Bengal SAFE CUSTODY RECEIPT signed Deputy Secretary and/or Treasurer
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Bank of Bengal SAFE CUSTODY RECEIPT signed Deputy Secretary and/or TreasurerOwner: Vary
BANK OF BENGAL: The
Bank of Calcutta
was founded on 2 June 1806, mainly to fund
General Wellesley’s
war against
Tipu Sultan
and the
Marathas
. It was the first bank of India and was renamed Bank of Bengal on 2 January 1809. The bank opened branches at Rangoon (1861), Patna (1862), Mirzapur (1862), and Benares (1862). Bank of Bengal in 1862 amalgamated with Dacca Bank. A branch at Cawnpore followed. The Bank of Calcutta, and the two other Presidency banks, the
Bank of Bombay
and the
Bank of Madras
amalgamated on 27 January 1921 to become
Imperial Bank of India
. The
Reserve Bank of India
, in the year 1955, acquired a controlling interest in the Imperial Bank of India and the Imperial Bank of India was renamed on 30 April 1955 as the State Bank of India
Water Mark: various, slightly blurred
Item Condition: Acceptable, very stable good quality English paper, despite obvious extensive peripheral wear, but no insect eaten holes