Find below the list of Governors Of Reserve Bank Of India From Year 1935 to 2016. The list will also built built your general Knowledge about the name of the governors and their Tenure of Duty. Indian Rupee currency notes are issued by the Reserve Bank Of India, bear the governor’s signature. The Governor of the Reserve Bank of India is the chief executive of India’s central bank. The Governor of RBI is also an ex-officio chairperson of its Central Board of Directors.
LIST OF GOVERNORS OF RESERVE BANK OF INDIA 1935-2016
| No. | Tenure | Name of Governor |
| 1 | 1 April 1935 – 30 June 1937 | Sir Osborne Arkell Smith |
| 2 | 1 July 1937 – 17 February 1943 | Sir James Braid Taylor |
| 3 | 11 August 1943 – 30 June 1949 | Sir C. D. Deshmukh |
| 4 | 1 July 1949 – 14 January 1957 | Sir Benegal Rama Rau |
| 5 | 14 January 1957 – 28 February 1957 | K. G. Ambegaonkar |
| 6 | 1 March 1957 – 28 February 1962 | H. V. R. Iyengar |
| 7 | 1 March 1962 – 30 June 1967 | P. C. Bhattacharya |
| 8 | 1 July 1967 – 3 May 1970 | L. K. Jha |
| 9 | 4 May 1970 – 15 June 1970 | B. N. Adarkar |
| 10 | 16 June 1970 – 19 May 1975 | S. Jagannathan |
| 11 | 19 May 1975 – 19 August 1975 | N. C. Sen Gupta |
| 12 | 20 August 1975 – 2 May 1977 | K. R. Puri |
| 13 | 3 May 1977 – 30 November 1977 | M. Narasimham |
| 14 | 1 December 1977 – 15 September 1982 | Dr. I. G. Patel |
| 15 | 16 September 1982 – 14 January 1985 | Dr. Manmohan Singh |
| 16 | 15 January 1985 – 4 February 1985 | A. Ghosh |
| 17 | 04-02-1985 to 22-12-1990 | R N Malhotra |
| 18 | 22-12-1990 to 21-12-1992 | S. Venkitaramanan |
| 19 | 22-12-1992 to 21-11-1997 | C. Rangarajan |
| 20 | 22-11-1997 to 06-09-2003 | Dr. Bimal Jalan |
| 21 | 06-09-2003 to 05-09-2008 | Dr. Y V Reddy |
| 22 | 05-09-2008 to 04-09-2013 | D. Subbarao |
| 23 | 05-09-2013 to 04-09-2016 | Raghuram Rajan |
