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"Interactive Jack Records is a Seattle, Washington–based independent record label founded by Dave Flowers, who is also known for the founding of the Seattle multimedia firm Angerella Multimedia. Interactive Jack Records was created for artists looking for an alternative to the mainstream music industry and thus encourages the artistic freedom of musicians while still providing business direction, marketing and promotion, and distribution for their artists. The current artist roster includes: * Synthetic Chocolate * Spiral Anne * daveflowers * Supaflower * The Birds of Jubilation * Devious Gray See also * Twitter @interactiveJack External links * Official site Category:American independent record labels "
"The Bank of Madras, c. 1905 The Bank of Madras was one of the three Presidency Banks of British India, along with the Bank of Bengal and the Bank of Bombay. It was established on 1 July 1843 through the amalgamation of a number of existing regional banks and headquartered in Madras (now Chennai). It was merged with the other Presidency banks in 1921 to form the Imperial Bank of India, which later became the State Bank of India. Origin In 1683, Governor William Gyfford (1681–1687) and his Council in Madras established a bank. In 1805, Governor Sir William Bentinck convened a Finance Committee that recommended the formation of a First government bank in India; the Madras Bank, which was sometimes called the Government Bank amalgamated Lord Krishna Bank, began functioning from 1 February 1806. It initially functioned from the Exchange Building—the building housing the present Fort Museum—within Fort St. George. The Bank of Madras was formed in 1843 as a joint stock company with a capital of Rupees 3 million by the amalgamation of Madras Bank, Carnatic Bank (1788), the British Bank of Madras (1795), and the Asiatic Bank (1804). Bank of Madras had a branch network spread into all the major cities and trade centers of South India, including Bangalore, Coimbatore, Madurai, Mangalore, Calicut, Tellicherry, Cochin, Alleppy, Cocanada, Guntur, Masulipatnam, Ootacamund, Nagapatnam, and Tuticorin. It also had a branch in Colombo, British Ceylon, now called Sri Lanka. Activities The Bank of Madras undertook all the normal activities that are common to a commercial bank. The Bank of Madras, in the absence of any central banking authority during that time, also conducted certain functions that are ordinarily a preserve of a central bank. It also issued banknotes in the Madras Presidency. These included managing the banking business of the Presidency of Madras and offices of the colonial government of India located in South India, and managing the Public Debt Office of the Government of Madras. Milestone The head office of the Bank of Madras was shifted to a new building, on South Beach Road, Madras, in 1897. The site was acquired for 100,000 in 1895, building was designed by Col. Samuel Jacob, and suitably modified and adapted by Henry Irwin (1841–1922), and constructed by Namperumal Chetty, a reputed builder, for 300,000. The building is an exquisite example of Victorian architecture. Currently, the building houses several offices of State Bank of India, including its main city office. Epilogue The Bank of Madras merged with the two other Presidency banks—the Bank of Calcutta and the Bank of Bombay—on 27 January 1921 and the reorganized banking entity took on the name Imperial Bank of India. In 1955, the Reserve Bank of India, which is the central banking organization of India, acquired a controlling interest in the Imperial Bank of India. On 30 April 1955, the Imperial Bank of India became the State Bank of India. See also *Indian banking ReferencesFurther reading *THE EVOLUTION OF THE STATE BANK OF INDIA, Volume 1 – The Roots 1806-1876 by Amiya Kumar Bagchi External links *Bank of Madras Category:Banks established in 1843 Category:Banks disestablished in 1921 Category:Defunct banks of India Category:1843 establishments in British India Category:Heritage sites in Chennai Category:Companies based in Chennai Category:Financial services companies based in Chennai Category:Indian companies established in 1843 "
"The was a line of daimyōs (feudal lords) during Japan's Sengoku period that was based in Ōmi Province (present day Shiga Prefecture). The Azai clan, along with the Asakura clan, opposed Oda Nobunaga in the late 16th century. They were defeated by him at the Battle of Anegawa in 1570, and all but eliminated when their home castle, Odani Castle, was taken three years later. Azai of note *Azai Naotane *Azai Sukemasa – son of Azai Naotane, established Odani Castle in 1516 *Azai Hisamasa – son of Sukemasa, was defeated by the Sasaki clan *Azai Nagamasa – son of Hisamasa, came into conflict with Oda Nobunaga and opposed him, entering an alliance with the Asakura clan and the monks of Mt. Hiei; he was defeated and forced to suicide by Nobunaga in 1573. He was married to Nobunaga's sister Oichi. His daughters included Yodo-dono (second wife of Toyotomi Hideyoshi and mother of Toyotomi Hideyori) and Oeyo (wife of Tokugawa Hidetada and mother of the third Tokugawa shōgun Iemitsu) "The silk coloured portrait of wife of Takatsugu Kyogoku," Digital Cultural Properties of Wakasa Obama; Oichinokata, Gifu prefecture website. ReferencesFurther reading * Turnbull, Stephen. (1998). The Samurai Sourcebook. London: Cassell & Co. * __________. (2002). War in Japan: 1467–1615. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. Azai clan "