Current RBI governor of india :Shaktikanta Das
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No.
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Officeholder
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Term start
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Term end
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Background
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1
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Osborne Smith
|
01-04-1935
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30-06-1937
|
Banker
|
|
2
|
James Braid Taylor
|
01-07-1937
|
17-02-1943
|
Indian Civil Service (ICS)
officer
|
|
3
|
C. D. Deshmukh
|
11-08-1943
|
30-06-1949
|
ICS officer
|
|
4
|
Benegal Rama Rau
|
01-07-1949
|
14-01-1957
|
|
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5
|
K. G. Ambegaonkar
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14-01-1957
|
28-02-1957
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|
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6
|
H. V. R. Iyengar
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01-03-1957
|
28-02-1962
|
|
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7
|
P. C. Bhattacharya
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01-03-1962
|
30-06-1967
|
Indian Audit and Accounts
Service officer
|
|
8
|
Lakshmi Kant Jha
|
01-07-1967
|
03-05-1970
|
ICS officer
|
|
9
|
B. N. Adarkar
|
04-05-1970
|
15-06-1970
|
Economist
|
|
10
|
Sarukkai Jagannathan
|
16-06-1970
|
19-05-1975
|
ICS officer
|
|
11
|
N. C. Sen Gupta
|
19-05-1975
|
19-08-1975
|
|
|
12
|
K. R. Puri
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20-08-1975
|
02-05-1977
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|
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13
|
M. Narasimham
|
03-05-1977
|
30-11-1977
|
Career Reserve Bank of India officer
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|
14
|
I. G. Patel
|
01-12-1977
|
15-09-1982
|
Economist
|
|
15
|
Manmohan Singh
|
16-09-1982
|
14-01-1985
|
|
|
16
|
Amitav Ghosh
|
15-01-1985
|
04-02-1985
|
Banker
|
|
17
|
R. N. Malhotra
|
04-02-1985
|
22-12-1990
|
Indian Administrative
Service (IAS) officer
|
|
18
|
S. Venkitaramanan
|
22-12-1990
|
21-12-1992
|
IAS officer
|
|
19
|
C. Rangarajan
|
22-12-1992
|
21-11-1997
|
Economist
|
|
20
|
Bimal Jalan
|
22-11-1997
|
06-09-2003
|
|
|
21
|
Y. Venugopal Reddy
|
06-09-2003
|
05-09-2008
|
IAS officer
|
|
22
|
D. Subbarao
|
05-09-2008
|
04-09-2013
|
|
|
23
|
Raghuram Rajan
|
04-09-2013
|
04-09-2016
|
Economist
|
|
24
|
Urjit Patel
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04-09-2016
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11-12-2018
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|
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25
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Shaktikanta Das
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12-12-2018
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IAS officer
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