Bank of Madras

Bank of Madras

The Bank of Madras c. 1905
Industry	Banking Financial services
Founded	1 July 1843
Defunct	27 January 1921
Fate	Merged with Bank of Calcutta and Bank of Bombay
Successor	Imperial Bank of India
Headquarters	Madras, Madras Presidency , British India
Area served	British India

The Bank of Madras was one of the three Presidency Banks of British India, along with the Bank of Bengal and the Bank of Bombay. It was established on 1 July 1843 through the amalgamation of a number of existing regional banks and headquartered in Madras (now Chennai). It was merged with the other Presidency banks in 1921 to form the Imperial Bank of India, which later became the State Bank of India.