JANATHA CO-OPERATIVE BANK LTD

In Order to meet the Banking requirement and loan facilities of middle and lower middle class residents of Malleswaram area, under the leadership of Late Nanjappa Reddy and other eminent personalities like Late P Ramdev, B Suryanarayan Rao, K G Thimmaiah, S C Venkatesh, K Panduranga Rao, R R Komandur, S.K.Chikkananjaiah, M R G Sharma, K Ramaswamy, C R Venkatesh Rao and other senior citizens, the idea of starting of a Co-operative Bank was conceived, Thus The Janatha Co-operative Bank Ltd., came into existence and was inaugurated in a rented building at Malleswaram 17th Cross by the then Chief Minister of Karnataka Sri S Nijalingappa on 4th of May 1964.