Oudh Commercial Bank

Oudh Commercial Bank
Company typePrivate company
IndustryBanking
Founded1881 (1881)
Defunct1958 (1958)
FateFailed
Headquarters,

Oudh Commercial Bank or Awadh Commercial Bank was an Indian bank established in 1881 in Faizabad and operated until 1958 when it failed. It was the first commercial bank in India having limited liability and an entirely Indian board of directors. It was a small bank that had no branches and that served only local needs.[1][2]

  1. ^ Tripathi 2004, p. 136.
  2. ^ Tripathi, Dwijendra (2004). The Oxford History of Indian Business. New York. ISBN 9780195659689.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)