Governor of Reserve Bank of India

Governor of Reserve Bank of India
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Incumbent Raghuram Rajan since 4 September 2013
Appointer	Government of India
Inaugural holder	Osborne Smith
Formation	1 April 1935

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 inaugural officeholder was the Britisher Sir Osborne Smith, while C. D. Deshmukh was the first Indian governor. The bank's 15th governor, Manmohan Singh, would go on to become India's 13th prime minister. The position is currently held by Raghuram Rajan, who took over from D. Subbarao on 4 September 2013.

RBI governors

Dr. Manmohan Singh, RBI governor for two years in the 1980s, went on to serve a five-year term as finance minister and a ten-year term as prime minister.

No.	Name	Term of office
No.	Name	Began	Ended	Length
1	Osborne Smith	1 April 1935	30 June 1937	7007708912000000000♠2 years, 90 days
2	James Braid Taylor	1 July 1937	17 February 1943	7008177746400000000♠5 years, 231 days
3	C. D. Deshmukh	11 August 1943	30 June 1949	7008185695200000000♠5 years, 323 days
4	Benegal Rama Rau	1 July 1949	14 January 1957	7008237924000000000♠7 years, 197 days
5	K. G. Ambegaonkar	14 January 1957	28 February 1957	7006388800000000000♠45 days
6	H. V. R. Iyengar	1 March 1957	28 February 1962	7008157680000000000♠4 years, 364 days
7	P. C. Bhattacharya	1 March 1962	30 June 1967	7008168242400000000♠5 years, 121 days
8	L. K. Jha	1 July 1967	3 May 1970	7007895536000000000♠2 years, 306 days
9	B. N. Adarkar	4 May 1970	15 June 1970	7006362880000000000♠42 days
10	S. Jagannathan	16 June 1970	19 May 1975	7008155347200000000♠4 years, 337 days
11	N. C. Sen Gupta	19 May 1975	19 August 1975	7006794880000000000♠92 days
12	K. R. Puri	20 August 1975	2 May 1977	7007535896000000000♠1 year, 255 days
13	M. Narasimham	3 May 1977	30 November 1977	7007182304000000000♠211 days
14	I. G. Patel	1 December 1977	15 September 1982	7008151113600000000♠4 years, 288 days
15	Manmohan Singh	16 September 1982	14 January 1985	7007734832000000000♠2 years, 120 days
16	Amitav Ghosh	15 January 1985	4 February 1985	7006172800000000000♠20 days
17	R. N. Malhotra	4 February 1985	22 December 1990	7008185522400000000♠5 years, 321 days
18	S. Venkitaramanan	22 December 1990	21 December 1992	7007630936000000000♠1 year, 365 days
19	C. Rangarajan	22 December 1992	21 November 1997	7008155088000000000♠4 years, 334 days
20	Bimal Jalan	22 November 1997	6 September 2003	7008182671200000000♠5 years, 288 days
21	Y. V. Reddy	6 September 2003	5 September 2008	7008157766400000000♠4 years, 365 days
22	D. Subbarao	5 September 2008	4 September 2013	7008157680000000000♠4 years, 364 days
23	Raghuram Rajan	4 September 2013	Incumbent	7007844560000000000♠2 years, 247 days

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Governors of the Reserve Bank of India

	Osborne Smith (1935–37) James Braid Taylor (1937–43) C. D. Deshmukh (1943–49) Benegal Rama Rau (1949–57) K. G. Ambegaonkar (1957–57) H. V. R. Iyengar (1957–62) P. C. Bhattacharya (1962–67) Lakshmi Kant Jha (1967–70) B. N. Adarkar (1970–70) S. Jagannathan (1970–75) N. C. Sen Gupta (1975–75) K. R. Puri (1975–77) M. Narasimham (1977–77) I. G. Patel (1977–82) Manmohan Singh (1982–85) Amitav Ghosh (1985–85) R. N. Malhotra (1985–90) S. Venkitaramanan (1990–92) C. Rangarajan (1992–97) Bimal Jalan (1997–2003) Y. Venugopal Reddy (2003–08) Duvvuri Subbarao (2008–13) Raghuram Rajan (2013–present)

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