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New Bank of India was established in 1936, inLahore by Mulk Raj Kohli, a professor of Economics turned banker. It moved its head office toAmritsar in 1947, and then to New Delhi in 1956. It acquiredDidwana Industrial Bank in 1965,Chawla Bank in 1969, andSahukara Bank in 1971. Earlier New Bank of India had acquiredPunjab & Kashmir Bank.[1]
The bank was established in 1968 as a private sector bank and was nationalised in 1980 during the second phase of bank nationalisation in India.[2]
The Government of Indianationalized New Bank of India in 1980.Punjab National Bank acquired New Bank of India in 1993.[3][4]