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{{Infobox company<br />
| name = The Cawnpore Bank<br />
| type = [[Private sector]]<br />
| industry = [[Financial services]]<br />
| foundation = {{Start date|1845|05|01|df=yes}} as The Cawnpore Bank<br />
| founder = <br />
| defunct = {{End date|df=yes|1852|03|31}}<br />
| fate = Defunct<br />
| location_city = [[Kanpur]]<br />
| location_country = [[India]]<br />
| locations = [[United Provinces of British India]]<br />
| area_served = India<br />
| key_people = <br />
| products = [[Deposit (finance)|Deposits]], [[Personal banking|Personal Banking Schemes]], C & I Banking Schemes, Agri Banking Schemes, [[Small and medium enterprises|SME Banking Schemes]]<br />
| services = [[Banking]], [[Insurance]], [[Capital Markets]] and allied industries<br />
}}<br />
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'''The Cawnpore Bank (1845)''' was an Indian [[bank]] that operated between 1845 and 1852 in [[Company rule in India|British India]]. It was founded in the year 1845 under the [[company rule in India]] and became defunct in the year 1852 with the winding down of its operations. The bank was notable for being the [[List of oldest banks in India|thirty first oldest bank in India]].<ref name="google1">{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mONCAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22cawnpore+bank%22&pg=PA446 |title=Reports of Cases on Appeal to the High Court of Judicature at Fort William ... - India. High Court (Kolkata, India), India. High Court (Calcutta, India). - Google Books |year=1864 |accessdate=2023-02-15}}</ref><br />
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== History ==<br />
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=== Founding === <br />
The Cawnpore Bank was founded in 1845 in [[Kanpur]], [[India]].<ref name="archive1">{{cite web|author=Public Resource |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.544307 |title=The Evolution Of The State Bank Of India Vol.2, Ed.1st : Bagchi, Amiya Kumar : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive |date= |accessdate=2023-02-15}}</ref><ref name="archive2">{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.544307/2015.544307.The-Evolution_djvu.txt |title=Full text of "The Evolution Of The State Bank Of India Vol.2, Ed.1st" |date= |accessdate=2023-02-15}}</ref><br />
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The bank was well known for providing stiff competition to the then [[Bank of Bengal]], which is a precursor of today's [[State Bank of India]].<ref name="archive1"/><ref name="archive2"/><br />
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=== Management ===<br />
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The bank was staffed by mostly British nationals who were drawn mainly from the [[East India Company]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indiancolumbus.blogspot.com/2018/01/SBIRajajiSalai.html|title=Indian Columbus: The Banking Heritage Building of Madras|website=Indiancolumbus.blogspot.com|date=7 January 2018}}</ref><br />
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The bank was headquartered in the [[Kanpur]] city in the [[United Provinces of Agra and Oudh|United Provinces]].<ref name="archive1"/><ref name="archive2"/><br />
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=== Final years ===<br />
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In 1851, the bank was on the verge of failure.<ref name="google1"/><ref name="google2">{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AslVAAAAcAAJ&dq=%22cawnpore+bank%22&pg=PA89 |title=The Constitution and History of the Benares Bank, Compiled from the Records ... - Google Books |year=1849 |accessdate=2023-02-15}}</ref><br />
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The bank was finally closed in the year 1852.<ref name="google1"/><ref name="google2"/><br />
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== Legacy ==<br />
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The bank is notable for being the [[List of oldest banks in India|thirty first oldest bank in India]].<ref name="Reserve Bank of India - Museum">{{cite web|url=https://rbi.org.in/scripts/ms_banks.aspx |title=Reserve Bank of India - Museum |publisher=Rbi.org.in |date=2015-04-14 |accessdate=2023-02-15}}</ref><ref name="google3">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y0o8GRVjunUC&dq=%22cownpore+bank%22&pg=PA25 |title=Banking Reforms and Globalisation - Mohan Prasad Shrivastava - Google Books |isbn=9788131301593 |accessdate=2023-02-15|last1=Shrivastava |first1=Mohan Prasad |year=2007 }}</ref><ref name="blogspot1">{{cite web|url=http://readrich.blogspot.com/2011/09/currency-used-in-india.html |title=Read Rich: Currency Used In India |publisher=Readrich.blogspot.com |date=2011-09-12 |accessdate=2023-02-15}}</ref><br />
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The bank played a key role in the history of [[Banking in India]].<ref name="Reserve Bank of India - Museum"/><ref name="google3"/><ref name="blogspot1"/><br />
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==See also==<br />
{{Portal|Banks}}<br />
*[[Indian banking]]<br />
*[[List of banks in India]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://rbi.org.in/scripts/ms_banks.aspx History of the bank by the Reserve Bank of India]<br />
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{{Banking in India}}<br />
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[[Category:Defunct banks of India|Cawnpore Bank]]<br />
[[Category:Companies based in Kanpur]]<br />
[[Category:Banks established in 1845]]</div>AdolphMassola0