IMPORTANT INFORMATION - NATIONALIZED BANKS

1.The oldest Joint Stock Bank of India -- Allahabad Bank
2. The bank founded by Freedom Fighter Dr. Bhogaraju Pattabhi Sitaramayya -- Andhra Bank
3. First bank to open a branch outside India -- Bank of India, London, 1946
4. The first bank to be given an ISO 9002 certificate for one of its branches -- Canara Bank
5. The Postal Dept has issued a commemorative stamp in the name of this bank celebrating 100 years in 2011
-- Central Bank of India
6. First Indian Bank to be wholly owned by Indians -- Central Bank of India
7. The bank formed on the efforts of Lala Lajpat Rai -- Punjab National Bank
8. The only merger of nationalized banks took place between -- Punjab National Bank and New Bank of India
in 1993
9. The bank whose brand equity is "Pygmy Deposit Scheme" -- Syndicate Bank
10. The bank which was conceived by Shri GD Birla -- UCO Bank
11. The bank which was inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi in 1919 -- Union Bank of India
12. The largest among nationalized banks -- Punjab National Bank
13. 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