Nationalised Banks of India and important facts of banks

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Important information on Nationalised Banks

Nationalised Banks of India
The oldest Joint Stock Bank of India	Allahabad Bank
The bank founded by Freedom Fighter Dr. Bhogaraju Pattabhi Sitaramayya	Andhra Bank
First bank to open a branch outside India	Bank of India, London, 1946
The first bank to be given an ISO 9002 certificate for one of its branches	Canara Bank
The Postal Dept has issued a commemorative stamp in the name of this bank celebrating 100 years in 2011	Central Bank of India
First Indian Bank to be wholly owned by Indians	Central Bank of India
The bank formed on the efforts of Lala Lajpat Rai	Punjab National Bank
The only merger of nationalised banks took place between	Punjab National Bank and New Bank of India in 1993
The bank whose brand equity is "Pygmy Deposit Scheme"	Syndicate Bank
The bank which was conceived by Shri GD Birla	UCO Bank
The bank which was inaugrated by Mahatma Gandhi in 1919	Union Bank of India
The largest among nationalised banks	Punjab National Bank
The bank established in the year 1913 as Bank of Mysore Ltd. at the instance of the banking committee headed by the great Engineer-Statesman, Late Dr. Sir M.Visvesvaraya.	State Bank of Mysore
The State with largest number of commercial bank offices	Uttar Pradesh (13167 as on 31.03.2013)
The bank which sponsors the annual Mumbai Marathon held in the month of January	Standard Chartered

Institute	Location
College of Agricultural Banking	Pune
National Institute of Bank Management	Pune
Indira Gandhi Institute of Developmental Research	Mumbai
Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology	Hyderabad