The Governor of the Reserve Bank of India is the Chief Executive
Officer of India's central bank and the ex-officio chairperson of its Central
Board of Directors.
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S. No
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Governors Name
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Term start
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Term end
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Term in office
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1
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Osborne Smith
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1 April 1935
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30 June 1937
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821 days
|
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2
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James Braid Taylor
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1 July 1937
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17 February 1943
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2057 days
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3
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C. D. Deshmukh
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11 August 1943
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30 May 1949
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2150 days
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4
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Benegal Rama Rau
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1 July 1949
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14 January 1957
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2754 days
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5
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K. G. Ambegaonkar
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14 January 1957
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28 February 1957
|
45 days
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6
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H. V. R. Iyengar
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1 March 1957
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28 February 1962
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1825 days
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7
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P. C. Bhattacharya
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1 March 1962
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30 June 1967
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1947 days
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8
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Lakshmi Kant Jha
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1 July 1967
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3 May 1970
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1037 days
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9
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B. N. Adarkar
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4 May 1970
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15 June 1970
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42 days
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10
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Sarukkai Jagannathan
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16 June 1970
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19 May 1975
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1798 days
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11
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N. C. Sen Gupta
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19 May 1975
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19 August 1975
|
92 days
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12
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K. R. Puri
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20 August 1975
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2 May 1977
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621 days
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13
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M. Narasimham
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3 May 1977
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30 November 1977
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211 days
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|
14
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I. G. Patel
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1 December 1977
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15 September 1982
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1749 days
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15
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Manmohan Singh
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16 September 1982
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14 January 1985
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851 days
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16
|
Amitav Ghosh
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15 January 1985
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4 February 1985
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20 days
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17
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R. N. Malhotra
|
4 February 1985
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22 December 1990
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2147 days
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|
18
|
S. Venkitaramanan
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22 December 1990
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21 December 1992
|
730 days
|
|
19
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C. Rangarajan
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22 December 1992
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21 November 1997
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1795 days
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20
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Bimal Jalan
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22 November 1997
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6 September 2003
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2114 days
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21
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Y. Venugopal Reddy
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6 September 2003
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5 September 2008
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1826 days
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22
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D. Subbarao
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5 September 2008
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4 September 2013
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1825 days
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23
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Raghuram Rajan
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4 September 2013
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4 September 2016
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1096 days
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24
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Urjit Patel
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4 September 2016
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11 December 2018
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828 days
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25
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Shaktikanta Das
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12 December 2018
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Incumbent
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249 days
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