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INDIA BANKS WHICH WERE FOUNDED BEFORE 1947

INDIA BANKS WHICH WERE FOUNDED BEFORE 1947
FEDERAL BANK
INITIALLY KNOWN AS TRAVANCORE FEDERAL BANK, FEDERAL BANK LTD WAS FOUNDED BY K.P. HORMIS IN 1931.
ALLAHABAD BANK
ALLAHABAD BANK WAS FOUNDED ON 24 APRIL 1865, BY THREE EUROPEANS IN THE CITY AFTER WHICH IT IS NAMED. IN 1969, IT WAS ONE OF THE 14 BANKS TO BE NATIONALIZED.
BANK OF BARODA
BANK OF BARODA WAS FOUNDED IN 1908 BY MAHARAJA SAYAJIRAO GAEKWAD III OF BARODA, SUPPORTED BY SEVERAL EMINENT PERSONALITIES.

PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK
FOUNDED IN LAHORE IN 1895 BY A GROUP OF VISIONARIES AND PATRIOTS – INCLUDING LALA LAJPAT RAI AND E.C JESSAWALA.
CANARA BANK
AMMEMBAL SUBBARAO PAI FOUNDED CANARA BANK IN 1906 AND CALLED IT THE CANARA BANK HINDU PERMANENT FUND. IT WAS RENAMED CANARA BANK IN 1969 AFTER NATIONALIZATION.
BANK OF INDIA
FOUNDED BY A GROUP OF EMINENT BUSINESSMEN FROM BOMBAY, INCLUDING RATANJI DADABHOY TATA, BANK OF INDIA WAS UNDER PRIVATE OWNERSHIP TILL JULY 1969 WHEN ITS WAS NATIONALIZED.
ORIENTAL BANK
RAI BAHADUR LALA SOHAN LAL, THE FIRST CHAIRMAN OF ORIENTED BANK OF COMMERCE, FOUNDED IT IN 1943 IN LAHORE.
DENA BANK
DENA BANK WAS FOUNDED ON 26 MAY 1938 BY THE FAMILY OF DEVKARAN NANJEE, AN INDIAN FINANCIER MORE POPULARLY KNOWN AS C.D. DESAI. IT WAS NATIONALOZED IN 1969.
KARNATAKA BANK
KARNATAKA BANK WAS INCORPORATED ON 18 FEBRUARY 1924 AT MANGALORE IN KARNATAKA. LATER, IT MERGED WITH SRINGERI SHARDA BANK LTD, CHITRADURGA BANK LTD AND BANK OF KARNATAKA.

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Indian Forest Expanded by in Last 2 years

Environmental Protection, Nature Conservation, Ecology
The forest and tree cover in India risen by 5,188 square kilometers in the last two years. Karnataka is growing the maximum protection of 1,025 sq km. There is an increase of 3,976 sq. Km (0.56 percent) of forest cover and 1,212 sq. Km (1.29 percent) of tree cover compared to the 2017 report.
Different States – Forest 
The three states in terms of forest cover are Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and Kerala. Karnataka grew the maximum forest-and-tree protection at 1,025 sq km, Andhra Pradesh grew a 990-sq. Km cover and an 823-sq.km of forest cover created by Kerala in the last two years. Two other states followed are Jammu and Kashmir, which grew a 371-sq. Km forest cover, and Himachal Pradesh. The current assessment shows an increase of 544 sq. Km (0.19 percent) in 140 hill districts of the country. The forest data of Jammu and Kashmir, recorded through satellite imaging, covers areas outside LoC that are under the illegal occupation of Pakistan and China. The north-east did not show positive results as the current assessment showed a decrease of forest cover to the extent of 765 sq. Km (0.45 percent) in the region. The total forest cover of India is 7,12,249 sq. Km is 21.67 percent of the geographical area of the country. The tree cover of the country is estimated at 95,027 sq. Km, which is 2.89 percent of the geographic area. India on track to achieve its climate goal of creating an additional carbon sink of 2.5-3 billion tonnes under the Paris Agreement.