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History

This section contains documents and pictures pertaining to milestones in the Mauritian Banking sector. The objective is to enable readers get an insight in the transformation of the banking and finance landscape across the past decades. The Bank has embarked on a process to retrieve material from its archives and it looks forward to continuously updating this section with historical gems.

12 July 1966
The Bank of Mauritius Bill – Hansard of the Mauritius Legislative Assembly on the debates of 5 and 12 July 1966 pertaining to the establishment of the Bank.
28 September 1966
The Bank of Mauritius Ordinance No. 43 of 1966. Assent given by His Excellency, Sir John Shaw Rennie, Governor General, on 28 September 1966.
01 December 1989
Fifth Anniversary Lecture of the Central Bank of Seychelles: Management Problems of Small Island Economies - the Mauritian Experience by Mr. Indur Ramphul Governor, Bank of Mauritius