List of Governors of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
The Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is the chief executive of India’s central bank and the ex-officio chairperson of its Central Board of Directors. Indian Rupee currency notes, issued by the RBI, bear the governor’s signature. Since its establishment in 1935 by the British colonial government, the RBI has been headed by 23 governors. The position is currently held by Raghuram Rajan, who took over from D. Subbarao on 4 September 2013.
List of Governors of the Reserve Bank of India(RBI)
| No. | Name | Term of office | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Began | Ended | Length | ||
| 1 | Osborne smith | 1 April 1935 | 30 June 1937 | 2 years, 90 days |
| 2 | James Braid Taylor | 1 July 1937 | 17 February 1943 | 5 years, 231 days |
| 3 | C. D. Deshmukh | 11 August 1943 | 30 June 1949 | 5 years, 323 days |
| 4 | Benegal Rama Rau | 1 July 1949 | 14 January 1957 | 7 years, 197 days |
| 5 | K. G. Ambegaonkar | 14 January 1957 | 28 February 1957 | 0 years, 45 days |
| 6 | H. V. R. Iyengar | 1 March 1957 | 28 February 1962 | 4 years, 364 days |
| 7 | P. C. Bhattacharya | 1 March 1962 | 30 June 1967 | 5 years, 121 days |
| 8 | L. K. Jha | 1 July 1967 | 3 May 1970 | 2 years, 306 days |
| 9 | B. N. Adarkar | 4 May 1970 | 15 June 1970 | 0 years, 42 days |
| 10 | S. Jagannathan | 16 June 1970 | 19 May 1975 | 4 years, 337 days |
| 11 | N. C. Sen Gupta | 19 May 1975 | 19 August 1975 | 0 years, 92 days |
| 12 | K. R. Puri | 20 August 1975 | 2 May 1977 | 1 year, 255 days |
| 13 | M. Narasimham | 3 May 1977 | 30 November 1977 | 0 years, 211 days |
| 14 | I. G. Patel | 1 December 1977 | 15 September 1982 | 4 years, 288 days |
| 15 | Manmohan Singh | 16 September 1982 | 14 January 1985 | 2 years, 120 days |
| 16 | Amitav Ghosh | 15 January 1985 | 4 February 1985 | 0 years, 20 days |
| 17 | R. N. Malhotra | 4 February 1985 | 22 December 1990 | 5 years, 321 days |
| 18 | S. Venkitaramanan | 22 December 1990 | 21 December 1992 | 1 year, 365 days |
| 19 | C. Rangarajan | 22 December 1992 | 21 November 1997 | 4 years, 334 days |
| 20 | Bimal Jalan | 22 November 1997 | 6 September 2003 | 5 years, 288 days |
| 21 | Y. V. Reddy | 6 September 2003 | 5 September 2008 | 4 years, 365 days |
| 22 | D. Subbarao | 5 September 2008 | 4 September 2013 | 4 years, 364 days |
| 23 | Raghuram Rajan | 4 September 2013 | Incumbent | 1 year, 75 days |
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