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Karur Vysya Bank founded

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On 25 July 1916 M. A. Venkatarama Chettiar and Athi Krishna Chettiar started Karur Vysya Bank for the traders and farmers of the Karur area.

M. A. Venkatarama Chettiar and Athi Krishna Chettiar established Karur Vysya Bank on 25 July 1916. Their aim was to provide banking for merchants and farming communities in Karur and the surrounding country. Over time the bank spread beyond this regional base and became a national bank. It marked one hundred years in 2016.

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