Personalities

Governors of the Reserve Bank of India

Sir Osborne A.Smith Sir Osborne A.Smith - April 1, 1935 to June 30, 1937
Sir James Braid Taylor Sir James Braid Taylor - July 1, 1937 to February 17,1943
Sir Chintaman D. Deshmukh Sir Chintaman D.Deshmukh - August 11, 1943 to June 30, 1949
Sir Benegal Rama Rau Sir Benegal Rama Rau - July 1, 1949 to January 14, 1957
Ambegaonkar K.G.Ambegaonkar - January 14, 1957 to February 28, 1957
H.V.R. Iengar H.V.R.Iengar - March 1, 1957 to February 28, 1962
P.C. Bhattacharyya P.C.Bhattacharyya - March 1, 1962 to June 30, 1967
L.K. Jha L.K.Jha - July 1, 1967 to May 3, 1970
B.N.Adarkar - May 4, 1970 to June 15, 1970
S. Jagannathan S.Jagannathan - June 16, 1970 to May 19, 1975
N C Sengupta N.C.Sen Gupta - May 19, 1975 to August 19, 1975
K.R. Puri K.R.Puri - August 20, 1975 to May 2, 1977
M. Narasimham M.Narasimham - May 2, 1977 to November 30, 1977
Dr. I.G. Patel Dr. I.G.Patel - December 1, 1977 to September 15, 1982
Dr. Manmohan Singh Dr.Manmohan Singh - September 16, 1982 to January 14, 1985
Amitabh Ghosh A.Ghosh - January 15, 1985 to February 4, 1985
R.N. Malhotra R.N.Malhotra - February 04,1985 to December 22, 1990
S. Venkitaramanan S.Venkitaramanan - December 22, 1990 to December 21, 1992
Dr. C. Rangarajan Dr. C.Rangarajan - December 22, 1992 to December 21, 1995
December 22, 1995 to November 22, 1997
Dr. Bimal Jalan Dr.Bimal Jalan - November 22, 1997 onwards

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