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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