Raj Kumar Talwar

Raj Kumar Talwar
5th Chairman of State Bank of India
Preceded byV. T. Dehejia
Succeeded byT. R. Varadachary
Personal details
Born28 May 1922
NationalityIndian

Raj Kumar Talwar (19222002) was an Indian business executive. He served as chairman of State Bank of India and was sacked by the Indira Gandhi government in the emergency in 1976 for refusing to grant loans to people favoured by the government. As no provision in the SBI Act allowed them to terminate the chairman, the Act was amended to sack him.