1. The oldest Joint Stock Bank of India --Allahabad Bank
2. The bank founded by Freedom Fighter Dr. Bhogaraju Pattabhi Sitaramayya --Andhra Bank
3. First bank to open a branch outside India -- Bank of India, London, 1946
4. The first bank to be given an ISO 9002 certificate for one of its branches --Canara Bank
5. The Postal Dept has issued a commemorative stamp in the name of this bank celebrating 100 years in 2011 --Central Bank of India
6. First Indian Bank to be wholly owned by Indians--Central Bank of India
7. The bank formed on the efforts of Lala Lajpat Rai --Punjab National Bank
8. The only merger of nationalised banks took place between --Punjab National Bank and New Bank of India in 1993
9. The bank whose brand equity is "Pygmy Deposit Scheme" --Syndicate Bank
10. The bank which was conceived by Shri GD Birla --UCO Bank
11. The bank which was inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi in 1919 -- Union Bank of India
12. The largest among nationalised banks --Punjab National Bank
13. The bank established in the year 1913 as Bank of Mysore Ltd. at the instance of the banking committee headed by the great Engineer-Statesman, Late Dr. Sir M.Visvesvaraya -- State Bank of Mysore.
