COMMONWEALTH BANK –DETERMINED TO SERVICE AND SUPPORT THE INDIAN COMMUNITY

It is estimated that over 400,000 people of Indian background live in Australia. This number is constantly growing as Indian students and migrants relocate to Australia.

The Commonwealth Bank is the first Australian bank to offer a unique service proposition to service and support the needs of the Indian community, both in Australia and in India.

In 2006, the Commonwealth Bank created the International Customer Services team to support people moving to Australia. Their fast, streamlined service helps people to set up bank accounts, credit cards and other accounts before their arrival in Australia, so that everything is ready and waiting when they arrive.

The professional team of multi-lingual

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Indian Banking Team NSW

Name Areef Sheikh

Title: Head of Indian Banking NSW

Contact Number: 0434 260 487

Email: areef.sheikh@cba.com.au

Bank, which may suit their needs.

In 2007, the Commonwealth Bank introduced the Indian Banking team, to support the local Indian community with their banking needs and provide ongoing customer service.

Whether it’s day-to-day banking, home loans, business loans, financial planning, wealth protection or insurance, the Indian Banking team is available to help customers with the products and services that best suit their specific needs.

This is further supported by the Commonwealth Bank’s first Indian branch in

International Customer Services

International Phone: +61 2 9762 0920

India Toll Free: 000 800 610 3122

Website: www.commbank.com.au/movingtoaustralia

Email: ics@cba.com.au

Mumbai, which was opened in August 2010. The Commonwealth Bank is the first Australian bank to operate a full-Indian banking licence. The Mumbai branch provides trade finance, remittance and foreign exchange services to organisations that trade between Australia and India.

In July 2011, Commonwealth Bank will launch Non Resident Indian (NRI) Banking in Australia. NRI Banking facilitates banking in India for Non Resident Indians. Whether you are a Person of Indian Origin, an Overseas Citizen of India, a permanent Australian resident of Indian origin, or a temporary business or student visa holder, banking in India is now made easy.

NRI (Non Resident Indian) Banking Team

NRI Banking Centre: 1800 108 756

(weekdays from 8 am to 8 pm)

Website: www.commbank.co.in

Emai: nri@cba.com.au

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BY SANDIP HOR

In his famous book The Discovery of India, India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru wrote that British rule in India had “an unsavory beginning, and something of that bitter taste has clung to it ever since.” To understand what he meant, take a trip to Murshidabad, located 150 kms away from Kolkata, the getaway city to Eastern India.

Battle sets the ball rolling

Today it is a shabby little district town, but around 300 years ago it was the bustling capital city of undivided Bengal and its surrounding regions. Situated on the banks of River Bhagirathi, Murshidabad was established in 1717 by Nawab Murshid Quli Khan and earned a place in history books as the venue of the “Battle of Plassey”. This was fought in 1757 between the Nawab Siraj-Ud-Daula and Lord Clive of East India Company in a nearby mango grove.

The town’s most tourist-infected venue is the Hazarduary Palace, a three-storied edifice of Italian architectural style, fitted with 900 real and 100 artificial doors (‘hazarduary’ literally means a thousand doors), guarding 114 rooms

The outcome of this battle changed the fate of the nation for centuries after, and its history still remains very interesting. At that time, India was ruled by the Mughals from Delhi, but their might was on the wane. From north to south, several independent monarchies dominated within their boundaries. Bengal (including present-day Bangladesh), Bihar and Orissa formed a province ruled by the Muslim Nawabs under the authority from the Mughal Emperor in Delhi.

The British East India Company established a century ago in Calcutta as a trader, had begun to show more interest in territory than trade. They organized an army of their own and built walled bastions in Calcutta, Madras and Bombay. Other European colonizers – the French, Dutch