India Facts 12

ഇന്ത്യാ ഫാക്‌ട്സിൽ ഇന്ത്യയിലെ ബാങ്കിങ്, ഇൻഷുറൻസ്, കറൻസി എന്നിവയും കര, നാവിക സേനകളെ കുറിച്ചുള്ള ചോദ്യങ്ങളുമാണ് ഇന്നത്തെ പാഠത്തിൽ

• Largest banking network in India

                State bank of India (Head Quarters in Mumbai)

• First Malayalee chairman of SBI (Founding chairman)

                John Mathai

• Initial name of SBI

                Imperial bank (Formed in 1921 and nationalized as SBI in 1955)

• Famous poet who appeared in advetisings of SBI 

                Rabindranath Tagore

• Bharathiya Mahila Bank and Five associated banks of SBI including SBT merged with SBI on

                1st April 2017

• First bank merged with SBI

                State bank of Saurashtra in 2008 (Last one was State bank of Indore)

• Indian bank having largest number of branches outside India

                SBI (First Indian bank to start in Israel)

• First financial super market established at

                State bank of Bikanir and Jaipur

• Present chairman of SBI

                Rajnish Kumar (First woman chair person was Arundhathi Bhattacharya)

• First all woman bank in India

                Bharathiya mahila Bank (Established in 2013. Recommended by MBN Rao Committee)

• First Chairman and MD of Bharathiya Mahila Bank

                Usha Anantha Subrahmanyam (Started on Nov 19, Birthday of Indira Gandhi)

• National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) was established in

                12th July 1982 HQ in Mumbai, Recommended by Sivaraman Committee)

• Regional Rural Banks in India was established by the recommendation of

                Narasimham Committe (First bank was in Moradabad, UP. Maximum banks in UP)

• Largest Grameen bank in India

                Kerala Grameen bank (HQ is in Malappuram. Formed in 2013)

• Grameen bank formed by merging North Malabar grameen bank and South Malabar Grameen bank

                Kerala Grameen bank (Sponsor bank is Canara Bank)

• States having no Grameen bank in India

                Sikkim and Goa (Regional Rural banks established in 1975)

• Largest private sector bank in India

                ICICI (Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India)

• First bank started internet facility

                ICICI in 1998(First universal bank in India)

• First bank started mobile banking services

                ICICI (First bank in India listed in Newyork stock exchange)

• Founder of Punjab National bank

                Lala Lajpath Rai in 1894(HQ is in New Delhi)

• First bank started Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS)

                Punjab National Bank

• HQ of EXIM bank and IDBI bank

                Mumbai (EXIM bank is in 1982)

• Union bank of India was inagurated by

                Mahathma Gandhi

• India's first payment bank service started in India by

                Airtel in Rajasthan (Nachiketh Mor Commission recommended payment banks)

• First bank in Kerala

                Nedungadi bank (Started by Appu Nedungadi in 1899. It merged in PNB in 2003)

• First bank got ISO certificate

                Canada Bank (First bank to introduce mutual fund is SBI)

• First bank started credit card

                Central Bank of India (First bank to introduce cheque facility was Bengal Bank)

• First bank started a branch outside India

                Bank of India in London (First bank to introduce saving bank facility is Presidency bank)

• First bank purely managed by an Indian

                Punjab National bank

• First Commercial bank purely managed by an Indian

                Central bank of India

• First Indian bank to produce electronic pass books

                Federal bank (HQ at Aluva)

• Bank started for small scale industrial loans 

                MUDRA bank (Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency Ltd)

• First banking robot in India

                Lakshmi (City Union Bank, Chennai)

• First bank in the world to deploy a robot for customer care service

                HDFC

• Paper currency introduced first in India by

                British (Rupee was first minted during the period of Shersha)

• Symbol of Indian currency was adopted on 

                15th July 2010 (Designed by D Udayakumar. Ruppaya means Silver)

• Decimal system of Indian coinage system was introduced in

                1957 (Mahathma gandhi series introduced in 1996)

• Head of sub committee formed to enquire about issues in demonetisation

                N Chandrababu Naidu

• Picture on 5 Rupee note 

                Tractor, Plough

• 10 Rupee note       : Tiger, Elephant, Rhinoceron

• 20 Rupee note       : Mount Harriat, Port Blair

• 50 Rupee note       : Hampi with Charriot (New)

• 50 Rupee note       : Indian Parliament (Old)

• 100 Rupee note     : Himalaya

• 200 Rupee note     : Sanchi Stupa

• 500 Rupee note     : Red Fort

• 2000 Rupee note   : Mangalyan

• No of languages in which value of currency written on a currency note

                17 (First Assamese last Urdu. Malayalam 7th. Nepali is the only foreign language)

• Place in which polymer notes first introduced in Kerala

                Kochi

• First Indian emperors to introduce gold coins

                Kushanas (Oldest coin in Kerala was Rashi)

• Coins of Kochi Kings

                Puthan (Veerarayan Pana by Kozhikkod Zamorines, Anantharaya by Travancore kings)

• Postal and judicial stamps in India issued from

                Indian Security press, Nasik

• Paper for currency issued from

                Security paper mill, Hoshangabad, MP

• Bank notes in India printed at

                Bank note press, Devas, Mysore and Salboni

• Highest denomination coin in India

                1000 Rs in commemmorate 1000 years of Brihadeeshwara Temple

• Pictures portraited on 150 Rupees coin to mark 150 years of Indian Income Tax department

                Lotus, Chanakya and Honey Bee

• First insurance company in India

                Oriental Life Insurance Company

• Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) was formed in

                1956, HQ at Mumbai (Yogakshemam Vahamyaham is the slogan)

• First woman MD of LIC

                Usha Sangwan (Hindustan Insurance Society formed by Surendranath Tagore become LIC)

• Postal and judicial stamps in India issued from

                Indian Security press, Nasik

• First Malayali to become defence minister of India

                V K Krishna Menon (Second Malayali and longest serving : AK Antony)

• First woman to serve as full time defence minister of India

                Nirmala Sitharaman (Firsh woman Indira Gandhi)

• Committee formed to unify Army, Navy and Air forces 

                Integrated defence staff

• First defence park in India was established at

                Ottappalam

• Only contonment in Kerala

                Kannur (Total 62 in India)

• Army day               : January 15

• Air force day          : October 8

• Navy day                : December 4

• Kargil Vijay Divas : July 26

• Vijay Divas            : December 16

• Security day           : March 4

• Defence day           : March 3

• Father of Indian Army

                Major Stringer Lawrence (World second largest standing army after China)

• Highest honorary rank in Indian Army

                Field Marshal (First Indian to get that Sam Manek Sha, Second one KM Cariappa)

• Only try ervice command in India

                Andaman Nicobar Command

• First try ervice academy in the world

                National Defence Academy (Khadakwasla, Pune)

• 6th Largest Navy in the world

                Indian Navy (Shano Varuna is the motto)

• Father of Indian Navy

                Chathrapathi Sivaji

• Biggest officer training institute in Asia

                Ezhimala Naval Academy (Base depo is known as INS Zamorin)

• Ezhimala Naval Academy was inagurated by

                Manmohan Sing (Motto : Vidyaaya Amrutham asnuthe)

• India's biggest ship, aircraft carrier

                INS Vikramaditya (INS Kadamba, biggest naval base, Karnataka)

• First indegenously made battle tank of India

                Vijayantha (First indegenously built nuclear Submarine INS Arihant)

• First indegenously made anti submarine torpido

                Varunasthra (First Indian naval ship to circumnavigate the world INS Tharangany)

• Indian ship which is known as Racing Rhino

                INS Brahmaputhra

• National Institute of Research and Development in Defence ship building (NIRDESH) is at

                Chaliyam, Kozhikkodu

• First warship to install solar power system

                INS Sarvekshak

• INS Arihant commissioned by

                Narendra Modi (Launched by Manmohan Sing)

• First submarine museum in India

                INS Kursura, Vishakhapattanam

• Equivalent rank for Army General in Navy

                Admiral (Air Chief Marshel in Air Force)

• Lieutenant General    : Vice Admiral                : Air Marshal

• Major General           : Rear Admiral                : Air Vice Marshal

• Brigadier                   : Commodore                  : Air Commodore

• Colonel                     : Captain                          : Group Captain

• Lieutenant Colonel   : Commander                   : Wind Commander

• Major                        : Lieutenant Commader   : Squadron Leader

• Captain                     : Lieutenant                      : Flight Lieutenant

• Lieutenant                : Sub Lieutenant               : Flying Officer

                                                                                        (To be Continued...)