Calcutta Stock Exchange (CSE) located at the Lyons Range, Kolkata, India, is the oldest government owned stock exchange in Asia. It was founded on 1 December 1863 and ran from rented premises on No. 11 Strand Road with 16 leading share-brokers in Calcutta at that time. It was reconstituted in its current form in 1908 and is the second largest bourse in India. The Calcutta Stock Exchange has been asked to exit by SEBI but the matter is subjudice before Calcutta High Court while other 13 regional stock exchanges have closed in the last three years under the exit policy of SEBI, including Bangalore Stock Exchange, Hyderabad Stock Exchange and Madras Stock Exchange. Since 2013, there has been no trading on CSE trading platform.
