
This article is meant to provide information on the tenure of various Governors of RBI, Reserve Bank of India. The information will be used as a reference on YouTube videos related to my Notaphily hobby. Do follow me on YouTube if you are interested in watching such informative videos.
RBI Governor | Term Start | Term End |
Osborne Smith | 1-Apr-1935 | 30-Jun-1937 |
James Braid Taylor | 1-Jul-1937 | 17-Feb-1943 |
C. D. Deshmukh | 11-Aug-1943 | 30-Jun-1949 |
Benegal Rama Rau | 1-Jul-1949 | 14-Jan-1957 |
K. G. Ambegaonkar | 14-Jan-1957 | 28-Feb-1957 |
H. V. R. Iyengar | 1-Mar-1957 | 28-Feb-1962 |
P. C. Bhattacharya | 1-Mar-1962 | 30-Jun-1967 |
Lakshmi Kant Jha | 1-Jul-1967 | 3-May-1970 |
B. N. Adarkar | 4-May-1970 | 15-Jun-1970 |
Sarukkai Jagannathan | 16-Jun-1970 | 19-May-1975 |
N. C. Sengupta | 19-May-1975 | 19-Aug-1975 |
K. R. Puri | 20-Aug-1975 | 2-May-1977 |
M. Narasimham | 3-May-1977 | 30-Nov-1977 |
I. G. Patel | 1-Dec-1977 | 15-Sep-1982 |
Manmohan Singh | 16-Sep-1982 | 4-Jan-1985 |
Amitav Ghosh | 15-Jan-1985 | 4-Feb-1985 |
R. N. Malhotra | 4-Feb-1985 | 22-Dec-1990 |
S. Venkitaramanan | 22-Dec-1990 | 21-Dec-1992 |
C. Rangarajan | 22-Dec-1992 | 21-Nov-1997 |
Bimal Jalan | 22-Nov-1997 | 6-Sep-2003 |
Y. Venugopal Reddy | 6-Sep-2003 | 5-Sep-2008 |
D. Subbarao | 5-Sep-2008 | 4-Sep-2013 |
Raghuram Rajan | 4-Sep-2013 | 4-Sep-2016 |
Urjit Patel | 4-Sep-2016 | 11-Dec-2018 |
Shaktikanta Das | 12-Dec-2018 | Incumbent |