Present day Bank of Baroda is the successor of the erstwhile "The Bank of Baroda Limited", founded in 1908 in a small town - Baroda - by the great visionary the late Maharaja of Baroda - Sir Sayajirao Gaekwad-III. From its humble beginnings, the Bank has grown, over the years, to emerge as an Indian Financial Powerhouse, with a network of over 3,200 branches in India across the length and breadth of the country and 84 overseas branches/foreign offices in 26 countries across 5 continents serving a Global customer base of over 37 million.