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100			_aBagchi, Amiya Kumar _9753327
245			_aEvolution of the State Bank of India Vol. 1: The roots 1806-1876
260			_aNew Delhi _bOxford University Press _c1987
300			_axxxii, 1280 p. ill. _bIncludes bibliographical references and index
521			_aThe origins of the State Bank of India can be traced back two hundred years to the establishment of the Bank of Calcutta. The keen interest shown by the directors of the bank in maintaining records found an echo in 1975 when R.K. Talwar, a former chairman of the State Bank, commissioned an account of the bank's evolution from its earliest days. Written by noted economist Amiya Kumar Bagchi, The Roots 1806??"1876 , relies not only on those records but diverse other sources to provide a fascinating look into the progress of banking in the early decades of the nineteenth century. Banking in those days was a far cry from what it is today??"an unbiased, uniform system that has led to increased purchasing power across classes. At the time, even though the rupee was the unifying currency, there also existed a confusing array of coinage whose value could vary by the region. Besides the cowrie??"sea shells brought in from the Maldives??"were the sicca, the Arcot rupee, notes issued by various banks and copper, silver and gold coins that the British tried to introduce as a standard coinage. Only the wealthy Indians and the Europeans had any use for bank notes??"
650			_aState Bank of India- History _9753313
650			_aBanks and Banking- India- History _9753328
650			_aFinance- India- History _9753314
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