List of RBI Governors of india
from 1876 to till date
1. Osborne Smith
Osborne Smith was born on 26 December
1876. He was the first Governor of the
Reserve Bank from 1 April 1935 to 30
June 1937. He served for over 20 years
with the Bank of New South Wales and
10 years with the Commonwealth Bank of
Australia before coming to India in 1926
as a Managing Governor of the Imperial
Bank of India. He resigned before the
completion of his term of office. He did
not sign any Indian rupee notes during
his tenure.
2. James Braid Taylor
James Braid Taylor was born on 21 April
1891. He was the second Governor of the
Reserve Bank of India from 1 July 1937 to
17 February 1943. Even though he was
the second Governor, his signature was
the first to appear on the currency notes
of the Indian rupee.
He was a member of the Indian Civil
Service, and served as a Deputy
Controller in the Currency Department of
the Government of India for over a
decade. He died on 17 February 1943.
3. C. D. Deshmukh
C. D. Deshmukh was born on 14 January
1896. He was an Indian civil servant and
the first Indian to be appointed as the
Governor of the Reserve Bank of India in
1943 by the British Raj authorities. He
served as the Finance Minister in the
Union Cabinet from 1950 to 1956. In
1937, he was appointed a CIE (Companion
of the Order of the Indian Empire). In
1974 he published his autobiography The
Course of My Life. He died on 2 October
1982.
4. Benegal Rama Rau
Sir Benegal Rama Rau was born on 1 July
1889. He was the fourth Governor of the
Reserve Bank of India from 1 July 1949 to
14 January 1957.He was educated at
Presidency College, Madras, and at Kings
College, Cambridge. Joining the Indian
Civil Service in 1919.
5. K. G. Ambegaonkar
K. G. Ambegaokar was the fifth Governor
of the Reserve Bank of India from 14
January 1957 to 28 February 1957. He
was a member of the Indian Civil
Service, and served as Finance Secretary
before his appointment as Deputy
Governor of the RBI.
6. H. V. R. Iyengar – From 1 March 1957
to 28 February 1962.
7. P. C. Bhattacharya – From 1 March
1962 to 30 June 1967.
8. L. K. Jha – From 1 July 1967 to 3 May
1970.
9. B. N. Adarkar – from 4 May 1970 to 15
June 1970.
10. S. Jagannathan - From 16 June
1970 to 19 May 1975.
11. N. C. Sen Gupta – From 19 May 1975
to 19 August 1975.
12. K. R. Puri – From 20 August 1975 to 2
May 1977.
13. M. Narasimham – From 3 May 1977 to
30 November 1977.
14. I.G. Patel – From 1 December 1977 to
15 September 1982.
15. Manmohan Singh – From 16
September 1982 to 14 January 1985.
16. Amitav Ghosh – From 15 January
1985 to 4 February 1985.
17. R. N. Malhotra – From 4 February
1985 to 22 December 1990.
18. S. Venkitaramanan – From 22
December 1990 to 21 December 1992.
19. C. Rangarajan – From 22 December
1992 to 21 November 1997.
20. Bimal Jalan – From 22 November
1997 6 September 2003.
21. Y. V. Reddy- From 6 September 2003
to 5 September 2008.
22. D. Subbarao – From 5 September 2008
to 4 September 2013.
23. Raghuram G. Rajan – From 4
September 2013 Incumbent
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