Introduction
The article RBI Governors lists the Governors of Reserve Bank of India since its establishment in 1935. This article plays a prominent role in General Awareness/General Knowledge preparation in many competitive exams.
Governors
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. 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. Below table contains the list of Governors of RBI.
| Name | Term of Office | |
|---|---|---|
| Start | End | |
| Osborne Smith | 1 April 1935 | 30 June 1937 |
| James Braid Taylor | 1 July 1937 | 17 February 1943 |
| C. D. Deshmukh | 11 August 1943 | 30 June 1949 |
| Benegal Rama Rau | 1 July 1949 | 14 January 1957 |
| K. G. Ambegaonkar | 14 January 1957 | 28 February 1957 |
| H. V. R. Iyengar | 1 March 1957 | 28 February 1962 |
| P. C. Bhattacharya | 1 March 1962 | 30 June 1967 |
| L. K. Jha | 1 July 1967 | 3 May 1970 |
| B. N. Adarkar | 4 May 1970 | 15 June 1970 |
| S. Jagannathan | 16 June 1970 | 19 May 1975 |
| N. C. Sen Gupta | 19 May 1975 | 19 August 1975 |
| K. R. Puri | 20 August 1975 | 2 May 1977 |
| M. Narasimham | 3 May 1977 | 30 November 1977 |
| I. G. Patel | 1 December 1977 | 15 September 1982 |
| Manmohan Singh | 16 September 1982 | 14 January 1985 |
| Amitav Ghosh | 15 January 1985 | 4 February 1985 |
| R. N. Malhotra | 4 February 1985 | 22 December 1990 |
| S. Venkitaramanan | 22 December 1990 | 21 December 1992 |
| C. Rangarajan | 22 December 1992 | 21 November 1997 |
| Bimal Jalan | 22 November 1997 | 6 September 2003 |
| Y. V. Reddy | 6 September 2003 | 5 September 2008 |
| D. Subbarao | 5 September 2008 | 4 September 2013 |
| Raghuram Rajan | 4 September 2013 | 4 September 2016 |
| Urjit Patel | 4 September 2016 | Incumbent |