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Governor of Reserve Bank of India

The Governor of the Reserve Bank of India is the senior-most banker in the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the country's central bank. Since its establishment in 1935, the RBI has been helmed by 22 Governors. While the first-ever Governor was Sir Osborne Smith, the position is currently held by D. Subbarao, who is scheduled to hold office till 2013. List of governors

The following list includes the list of people who have served as the Governor of RBI:-

Sr.No. Name	                                Tenure 1	Sir Osborne SmithJune            1April 1935 – 30june 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 – 14 January 1957 5	K. G. Ambegaonkar               14 January 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                  20 August 1975 – 2 May 1977 14	Dr. I. G. Patel                1 December 1977 – 15 September 1982 15	Dr. Manmohan Singh[1]          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[2]             22 December 1992 – 21 November 1997 21	Dr. Y. V. Reddy[3]             6 September 2003 – 5 September 2008 22     Dr. Duvvuri Subbarao            5 September 2008 – Present