RBI GOVERNORS
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is India’s Central Banking Institution, which controls the monetary policy of the Indian rupee.
- Started: 1 April 1935 under RBI Act 1934
- Nationalized: 1 January 1949
- India Govt. is the biggest borrower of RBI.
- It was established on recommendation of Hilton Young Commission.
- It is statutory body and its accounting year is from July to June.
Shaktikanta Das has become 25th governor of Reserve Bank Of India(RBI) from December 2018.
GOVERNORS OF RBI TILL NOW (2018)
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.
| Sl no | RBI Governors | Began | Ended |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sir Osborne Smith | April 1, 1935 | June 30, 1937 |
| 2 | Sir James Braid Taylor | July 1, 1937 | February 17, 1943 |
| 3 | Sir C.D. Deshmukh | August 11, 1943 | June 30, 1949 |
| 4 | Sir Bengal Rama Rau | July 1, 1949 | January 14, 1957 |
| 5 | K.G. Ambegaonkar | January 14, 1957 | February 28, 1957 |
| 6 | H.V.R Lyengar | March 1, 1957 | February 28, 1962 |
| 7 | P.C Bhattachaiya | March 1, 1962 | June 30, 1967 |
| 8 | L.K. Jha | July 1, 1967 | May 3, 1970 |
| 9 | B.N. Adarkar | May 4, 1970 | June 15, 1970 |
| 10 | S. Jagannathan | June 16, 1970 | May 19, 1975 |
| 11 | N.C. Sen Gupta | May 19, 1975 | August 19, 1975 |
| 12 | K.R. Puri | August 20, 1975 | May 2, 1977 |
| 13 | M. Narasimham | May 3, 1977 | November 30, 1977 |
| 14 | I.G. Patel | December 1, 1977 | September 15, 1982 |
| 15 | Manmohan Singh | September 16, 1982 | January 14, 1985 |
| 16 | Amitav Gosh | January 15, 1985 | September 4, 1985 |
| 17 | R.N. Malhotra | February 4, 1985 | December 22, 1990 |
| 18 | S. Vpnldraramanan | December 22, 1990 | December 21, 1992 |
| 19 | C. Rangarajan | December 22, 1992 | November 21, 1997 |
| 20 | Bimal Jalan | November 22, 1997 | September 6, 2003 |
| 21 | Y.V. Reddy | September 6, 2003 | September 5, 2008 |
| 22 | D. Subbarao | September 5, 2008 | September 4, 2013 |
| 23 | Raghuram G. Raj an | September 4, 2013 | September 4, 2016 |
| 24 | Urjit Ravindra Patel | September 4, 2016 | December 10,2018 |
| 25 | Shaktikanta Das | December 11,2018 | Incumbent |
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