Delhi And London Bank
The Delhi and London Bank was a bank that operated in British India. It was originally incorporated as the Delhi Banking Corporation in India in 1844 and under this better known name in London in 1865. The bank separated in 1916 with many of the Indian branches merging into the Alliance Bank of Simla The Alliance Bank of Simla was a British-run though India-registered bank that commenced operations in Simla in 1874 under the management of James Lewis Walker. The bank was established to take over the business of the United Bank of India, esta ... (established in 1874) and the London branch was bought by the Boulton Brothers. The bank was liquidated in 1924 following failure. References Defunct banks of India {{finance-stub ...
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Delhi And London Bank
The Delhi and London Bank was a bank that operated in British India. It was originally incorporated as the Delhi Banking Corporation in India in 1844 and under this better known name in London in 1865. The bank separated in 1916 with many of the Indian branches merging into the Alliance Bank of Simla The Alliance Bank of Simla was a British-run though India-registered bank that commenced operations in Simla in 1874 under the management of James Lewis Walker. The bank was established to take over the business of the United Bank of India, esta ... (established in 1874) and the London branch was bought by the Boulton Brothers. The bank was liquidated in 1924 following failure. References Defunct banks of India {{finance-stub ...
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British India
The provinces of India, earlier presidencies of British India and still earlier, presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance on the Indian subcontinent. Collectively, they have been called British India. In one form or another, they existed between 1612 and 1947, conventionally divided into three historical periods: *Between 1612 and 1757 the East India Company set up Factory (trading post), factories (trading posts) in several locations, mostly in coastal India, with the consent of the Mughal emperors, Maratha Empire or local rulers. Its rivals were the merchant trading companies of Portugal, Denmark, the Netherlands, and France. By the mid-18th century, three ''presidency towns'': Madras, Bombay and Calcutta, had grown in size. *During the period of Company rule in India (1757–1858), the company gradually acquired sovereignty over large parts of India, now called "presidencies". However, it also increasingly came under British government over ...
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Alliance Bank Of Simla
The Alliance Bank of Simla was a British-run though India-registered bank that commenced operations in Simla in 1874 under the management of James Lewis Walker. The bank was established to take over the business of the United Bank of India, established in 1866, which had operations in Simla and Umballa. Its board put the United Bank of India in voluntary liquidation on 21 March 1874, and Alliance Bank commenced operations two days later.''The Cyclopedia of India: biographical, historical, administrative, commercial'', (1907), Volume 1, p.248. After 49 years, Alliance Bank failed on 27 April 1923 due to speculation by its management. At the time that it failed it had 36 branches, including ones in Lahore, Lucknow, Peshawar, Rawalpindi, and Rangoon. History Alliance Bank expanded by taking over the operations of other failed banks. By doing so it was able to extend its branch network and reduce the competition that some of its branches faced. It was the liquidator for Punjab Bank ...
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Boulton Brothers
Boulton may refer to: * Boulton (surname) * Boulton, Derby, England See also * Boulton Paul Aircraft Ltd, aircraft manufacturer * Boulton and Watt, partnership between Matthew Boulton and James Watt * Bolton (other) Bolton is a town in Greater Manchester, England, historically in Lancashire. Bolton may also refer to: People * Bolton (surname) * Bolton Smilie, a character in the BBC TV drama ''Waterloo Road'' Places Australia * Bolton, Victoria Cana ...