History
State Bank of India (SBI) is a state-owned commercial bank nationalized by the Indian Government in 1955.
The oldest commercial bank in India originated in 1806 as the Bank of Calcutta. The oldest commercial bank in India, SBI originated in 1806 as Bank of Calcutta. After 3 years, the bank was renamed as Bank of Bengal. Along with Bank of Bombay (founded in 1840) and Bank of Madras (founded in 1843), it was one of the 3 so-called Presidential Banks, which were merged in 1921 to form Imperial Bank of India (IBI), which became the largest commercial enterprise in the country. In 1955, the Government of India and the country's central bank, Reserve Bank of India (founded in 1935), took joint ownership of IBI, which was renamed State Bank of India. In 2007, Reserve Bank of India's stake in SBI was transferred to the Government.
SBI has thousands of branches across India. SBI has thousands of branches across India and offices in dozens of countries
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