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Indian Banking history started in 19th century by britisher. After, that the first Indian Bank By Indian's is PNB-Punjab National Bank founded by Lala Lajpat Rai in 1895. 

RBI -Reserve Bank Of India ,Who is responsible for take caring Indian banks. That's why RBI is called Banker's bank.

RBI-History:


The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is India's central banking institution, which controls the monetary policy of the Indian rupee. It was established on 1 April 1935 during the British Raj in accordance with the provisions of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934.[3] The share capital was divided into shares of 100 each fully paid, which was entirely owned by private shareholders in the beginning.[4] Following India's independence in 1947, the RBI was nationalised in the year 1949.
The RBI plays an important part in the development strategy of theGovernment of India. It is a member bank of the Asian Clearing Union. The general superintendence and direction of the RBI is entrusted with the 21-member- Central Board of Directors—the Governor (currently Raghuram Rajan), four Deputy Governors, two Finance Ministry representative, ten government-nominated directors to represent important elements from India's economy, and four directors to represent local boards headquartered at Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai and New Delhi. Each of these local boards consists of five members who represent regional interests, as well as the interests of co-operative and indigenous banks.

The Reserve Bank of India was founded on 1 April 1935 to respond to economic troubles after the First World War. It began according to the guidelines laid down by Dr. Ambedkar. RBI was conceptualized as per the guidelines, working style and outlook presented by Ambedkar in front of the Hilton Young Commission. When this commission came to India under the name of “Royal Commission on Indian Currency & Finance”, each and every member of this commission were holding Ambedkar’s book titled The Problem of the Rupee – It’s origin and it’s solution.


 The Central Office of the RBI initially established in Calcutta (now Kolkata), but was permanently moved to Bombay (now Mumbai) in 1937


After the Partition of India in 1947, the Bank served as the central bank for Pakistan until June 1948 when the State Bank of Pakistan commenced operations. Though originally set up as a shareholders’ bank, the RBI has been fully owned by the Government of India since its nationalization in 1949

the RBI was requested to establish and monitor a deposit insurance system. It should restore the trust in the national bank system and was initialized on 7 December 1961. The Indian government founded funds to promote the economy and used the slogan "Developing Banking".

RBI Main Functions:

1.Under Section 22 of the Reserve Bank of India Act, the Bank has the sole right to issue bank notes of all denominations.(except one rupee note and coin, which are issued by Ministry of finance).


2.The Reserve Bank of India is the main monetary authority of the country and beside that the central bank acts as the bank of the national and state governments. It formulates, implements and monitors the monetary policy as well as it has to ensure an adequate flow of credit to productive sectors.


3.The Banking Ombudsman Scheme has been formulated by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for effective addressing of complaints by bank customers.


4.The bank issues and exchanges or destroys currency notes and coins that are not fit for circulation. The objectives are giving the public adequate supply of currency of good quality and to provide loans to commercial banks to maintain or improve the GDP.


5.RBI also works as a central bank where commercial banks are account holders and can deposit money.RBI maintains banking accounts of all scheduled banks.

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