COMPLETE LIST OF GOVERNORS OF RBI IN INDIA
COMPLETE LIST OF GOVERNORS OF RBI IN INDIA
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The Governor of the Reserve Bank of India 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 Reserve Bank of India (RBI), bear the governor’s signature.The inaugural officeholder was the British banker Osborne Smith, while C. D. Deshmukh was the first Indian governor. Since its establishment in 1935 by the British colonial government, the RBI has been headed by 24 governors. The term of office typically runs for 3 years.
The position is currently held by Urjit Patel, who took over from Raghuram Rajan on 4 September 2016.
| Name | Begin | Ended |
| Sir Osborne A. Smith | 1st April 1935 | 30th June 1937 |
| Sir James Braid Taylor | 1st July 1937 | 17th February 1943 |
| Sir Chinataman D. Deshmukh | 11th August 1943 | 30th June 1949 |
| Sir Benegal Rama Rau | 1st July 1949 | 14th January 1957 |
| K.G. Ambegaonkar | 14th January 1957 | 28th February 1957 |
| H.V.R. Iyenger | 1st March 1957 | 28th February 1962 |
| P.C. Bhattacharya | 1st March 1962 | 30th June 1967 |
| L.K. Jha | 1st July 1967 | 3rd May 1970 |
| B.N. Adarkar | 4th May 1970 | 15th June 1970 |
| S. Jagannathan | 16th June 1970 | 19th August 1975 |
| N. C. Sen Gupta | 19th May 1975 | 19th August 1975 |
| K.R. Puri | 20th August 1975 | 2nd May 1977 |
| M. Narasimham | 2nd May 1977 | 30th November 1977 |
| Dr. I.G. Patel | 1st December 1977 | 15th September 1982 |
| Dr. Manmohan Singh | 16th September 1982 | 14th January 1985 |
| A. Ghosh | 15th January 1985 | 4th February 1985 |
| R.N. Malhotra | 4th February 1985 | 22nd December 1990 |
| S.Venkitaramanan | 22nd December 1990 | 21st December 1992 |
| Dr. C. Rangarajan | 22nd Decmeber 1992 | 22nd November 1997 |
| Dr. Bimal Jalan | 22nd November 1997 | 5th September 2003 |
| Dr. Y.V. Reddy | 6th September 2003 | 5th September 2008 |
| Dr. D. Subbaroa | 5th September 2008 | 4th September 2013 |
| Dr. Raghuram G. Rajan | 4th September 2013 | 4th September 2016 |
| Dr. Urjit R. Patel | 4th September 2016 | Till Date |
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