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The 1945 view of Shree Mandira from Dolamandapa Sahi depicting the history of State Bank of India from Bank of Calcutta....

The Bank of Calcutta was renamed the Bank of Bengal in 1809.
The Bank of Calcutta was established on June 2, 1806.
It was one of three banks funded by a presidency government. The other two banks were the Bank of Bombay and the Bank of Madras.
The Bank of Calcutta was founded mainly to fund General Wellesley's wars against Tipu Sultan and the Marathas. It was the tenth oldest bank in India.
The Bank of Bengal was merged with the Bank of Dhaka in 1862.
The Imperial Bank of India was established in 1921 by merging the Bank of Bengal, Bank of Bombay, and Bank of Madras. The Imperial Bank was nationalized in 1955 and renamed the State Bank of India. The State Bank of India is the oldest and largest bank in India.