- Shaktikanta Das has become the 25th governor of the Reserve Bank Of India(RBI) in December 2018.
- C.D. Deshmukh was the first Indian Governor.
About RBI
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is India’s Central Banking Institution, which controls the monetary policy of the Indian rupee.
- Started: 1 April 1935 under RBI Act 1934
- Nationalized: 1 January 1949
- India Govt. is the biggest borrower of RBI.
- It was established on the recommendation of the Hilton Young Commission.
- It is a statutory body and its accounting year is from July to June.
List of RBI Governors
| Sl no | RBI Governors | Began | Ended |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sir Osborne Smith | April 1, 1935 | June 30, 1937 |
| 2 | Sir James Braid Taylor | July 1, 1937 | February 17, 1943 |
| 3 | Sir C.D. Deshmukh | August 11, 1943 | June 30, 1949 |
| 4 | Sir Bengal Rama Rau | July 1, 1949 | January 14, 1957 |
| 5 | K.G. Ambegaonkar | January 14, 1957 | February 28, 1957 |
| 6 | H.V.R Lyengar | March 1, 1957 | February 28, 1962 |
| 7 | P.C Bhattachaiya | March 1, 1962 | June 30, 1967 |
| 8 | L.K. Jha | July 1, 1967 | May 3, 1970 |
| 9 | B.N. Adarkar | May 4, 1970 | June 15, 1970 |
| 10 | S. Jagannathan | June 16, 1970 | May 19, 1975 |
| 11 | N.C. Sen Gupta | May 19, 1975 | August 19, 1975 |
| 12 | K.R. Puri | August 20, 1975 | May 2, 1977 |
| 13 | M. Narasimham | May 3, 1977 | November 30, 1977 |
| 14 | I.G. Patel | December 1, 1977 | September 15, 1982 |
| 15 | Manmohan Singh | September 16, 1982 | January 14, 1985 |
| 16 | Amitav Gosh | January 15, 1985 | September 4, 1985 |
| 17 | R.N. Malhotra | February 4, 1985 | December 22, 1990 |
| 18 | S. Vpnldraramanan | December 22, 1990 | December 21, 1992 |
| 19 | C. Rangarajan | December 22, 1992 | November 21, 1997 |
| 20 | Bimal Jalan | November 22, 1997 | September 6, 2003 |
| 21 | Y.V. Reddy | September 6, 2003 | September 5, 2008 |
| 22 | D. Subbarao | September 5, 2008 | September 4, 2013 |
| 23 | Raghuram G. Raj an | September 4, 2013 | September 4, 2016 |
| 24 | Urjit Ravindra Patel | September 4, 2016 | December 10,2018 |
| 25 | Shaktikanta Das | December 11,2018 | Incumbent |
