Punjab National Bank was established in 1894 in Lahore as the first bank started with solely Indian capital. It has maintained accounts for important Indian leaders like Mahatma Gandhi and Jawahar Lal Nehru. PNB was founded by leaders of the Swadeshi movement and opened for business in 1895. It has since grown to be a major public sector bank in India with listings on the BSE and NSE stock exchanges.

1. PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK
Present by
Ramalingam.J

2. Introduction
• PNB has the distinction of being the first
Indian bank to have been started solely with
Indian capital that has survived to the present.
• PNB has had the privilege of maintaining
accounts of national leaders such as Mahatma
Gandhi, Shri Jawahar Lal Nehru, Shri Lal
Bahadur Shastri, Shrimati Indira Gandhi, as
well as the account of the famous Jalianwala
Bagh Committee.

3. History
• Punjab National Bank was registered on 19 May
1894 under the Indian Companies Act with its
office in Anarkali Bazaar Lahore.
• The Bank opened for business on 12 April, 1895.
• PNB's founders included several leaders of
the Swadeshi movement such as Dyal Singh
Majithia and Lala HarKishen Lal, Lala Lalchand,
Shri Kali Prosanna Roy, Shri E.C. Jessawala, Shri
Prabhu Dayal, Bakshi Jaishi Ram, and Lala Dholan
Dass. Lala Lajpat Rai was actively associated with
the management of the Bank in its early years.

5. Listings and shareholding

6. Dividend
• 2-Jan-2012 to 14-Jun-2012 22.00
• 2-Jul-2012 to 3-Jun-2013 27.00
• 1-Jul-2013 to 10-Feb-2014 10.00

7. Historical Prices

8. Market price on 10/9/2014

9. Basic Chart on 10/9/2014

10. TODAY
• BSE 987.50
• NSE 986.40