List of RBI Governors of India- With Their Tenure

A bank whose responsibility is to guide and regulate the banking system of a country is known as its central bank. India's central bank is Reserve bank of India (RBI).RBI was established on 1 April 1935 with its central office in Calcutta which is later on shifted permanently to Mumbai in 1937.RBI was nationalized in 1949.

From its commencement in 1935 to till date, it has been operated by many governors.Here, I am presenting you the list of RBI governors of India with their tenure that will be very helpful from an entrance exam perspective (especially in banking exams).One more important point you should keep in mind is that the 1st governor of RBI was Sir Osborne smith and 1st Indian governor of RBI was Sir C.D. Deshmukh (3rd RBI Governor).

List of RBI Governors of India:

list of rbi governors of India

S. No.	Name	Tenure
1	Sir Osborne Smith	1 April 1935 – 30 June 1937
2	Sir James Braid Taylor	1 July 1937 – 17 February 1943
3	Sir C. D. Deshmukh	11 August 1943 – 30 June 1949
4	Sir Benegal Rama Rau	1 July 1949 – 14January 1957
5	K. G. Ambegaonkar	14 February 1957 –28 February 1957
6	H. V. R. Iyengar	1 March 1957 – 28 February 1962
7	P. C. Bhattacharya	1 March 1962 – 30 June 1967
8	L. K. Jha	1 July 1967 – 3 May 1970
9	B. N. Adarkar	4 May 1970 – 15 June 1970
10	S. Jagannathan	16 June 1970 – 19 May 1975
11	N. C. Sen Gupta	19 May 1975 – 19 August 1975
12	K. R. Puri	20 August 1975 – 2 May 1977
13	M. Narasimham	2 May 1977 – 30 November 1977
14	Dr. I. G. Patel	1 December 1977 – 15 September 1982
15	Dr. Manmohan Singh	16 September 1982 – 14 January 1985
16	A. Ghosh	15 January 1985 – 4 February 1985
17	R. N. Malhotra	4 February 1985 – 22 December 1990
18	S. Venkitaramanan	22 December 1990 – 21 December 1992
19	Dr. C. Rangarajan	22 December 1992 – 21 November 1997
20	Dr. Bimal Jalan	22 November 1997 – 6 September 2003
21	Dr. Y . V. Reddy	6 September 2003 – 5 September 2008
22	Dr. D. Subbarao	6 September 2008 – 4th September 2013
23	Raghu Ram Rajan	4th September 2013 - Present

I hope this article would help.