William Gyfford
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William Gyfford was an English factor and Agent of Madras from 3 July 1681 to 8 August 1684 and the President of Madras from 26 January 1685 to 25 July 1687.
A group of Madras Native Soldiers
Imperial Bank of India
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The Imperial Bank of India was one of the oldest and the largest commercial banks in India, and was subsequently renamed and nationalised as the State Bank of India in 1955. Initially, as per its roya
William Gyfford
…interest. The Madras Bank, which later became the Bank of Madras in 1843 and eventually merged with the Bank of Bengal and the Bank of Bombay to form the Imperial Bank of India in 1921 is the oldest European-style banking institution in India Gyfford also introduced a law to curb the slave trade in the Agency of Fort St George…
Emblem of the Imperial Bank of India