While cleaning the house, old photographs, coins or some forgotten memory often comes across. But what if, while cleaning, you find a bank passbook that is two decades old and contains huge amounts of money? such a surprising case social media But something has come to light, which has attracted everyone’s attention. A man was close to his late grandfather. 20 year old State Bank of India (SBI) passbook Found. When the family opened this passbook and saw it, they were shocked.
The family got a big shock after seeing the passbook.
This whole matter came into limelight when a woman named Pooja shared the picture of this tattered passbook on X (first Twitter). He told that a young man found this passbook while cleaning the house. When he showed this passbook to his father, it was revealed that it was his late grandfather’s account, about which the family had forgotten years ago.
But the real shock came when he saw the account balance. The family claims that more than Rs 1 lakh is deposited in this account. 20-25 years ago, the value of Rs 1 lakh was much higher than today, hence it is no less than a big treasure for the family.
Asked on social media – ‘Has the money been lost?’
Grandfather has died and the account has been closed for two decades, so the family is in a dilemma. The woman sought help from people on social media and asked, can money be withdrawn from this account even after the death of the account holder? Or is this money lost forever? He appealed to people having knowledge of banking rules to show them the right path.
What do the rules say, how will this money be received?
After this post went viral, social media users have given extreme advice to the family. If this ever happens to you too, then it is very important to know these rules.
money doesn’t disappear
Many users clarified that just because the account is old does not mean that the money has been lost. As per RBI rules, money not claimed for more than 10 years is called Unclaimed Deposits.DEAF) is put into the fund, but it can be recovered. For this, first of all you have to go to the main branch of SBI.
Grandfather’s death certificate to claim the money (Death Certificate), proof of being a legal heir (Legal Heir Certificate) and have to submit your identity card. If a nominee is registered in the account, the process becomes much easier. In case there is no nominee, bank succession certificate (Succession Certificate) can ask for. Also read: Mother-in-law was also surprised to see the welcome given by daughter-in-law, this dance video became a hit on the internet.
A guy found a 20-24 year old SBI passbook while cleaning his house.
and what he discovered left his entire family shocked.
When he showed the passbook
to his father,he learned that it belonged to his late grandfather.
His father admitted he had always believed the pic.twitter.com/VZqk4C3JJQ
Pooja. (@poojaofficial5) July 15, 2026
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