RBI Governors list

Sir Osborne Smith (1 April 1935 – 30 June 1937)

Sir James Braid Taylor (1 July 1937 – 17 February 1943)

Sir C. D. Deshmukh (11 August 1943 – 30 June 1949)

Sir Benegal Rama Rau (1 July 1949 – 14 January 1957)

G. Ambegaonkar (14 February 1957 – 28 February 1957)

V. R. Iyengar (1 March 1957 – 28 February 1962)

C. Bhattacharya (1 March 1962 – 30 June 1967)

K. Jha (1 July 1967 – 3 May 1970)

N. Adarkar (4 May 1970 – 15 June 1970)

Jagannathan (16 June 1970 – 19 May 1975)

C. Sen Gupta (19 May 1975 – 19 August 1975)

R. Puri (20 August 1975 – 2 May 1977)

Narasimham (2 May 1977 – 30 November 1977)

Dr. I. G. Patel (1 December 1977 – 15 September 1982)

Dr.Manmohan Singh (16 September 1982 – 14 January 1985)

Ghosh (15 January 1985 – 4 February 1985)

N. Malhotra (4 February 1985 – 22 December 1990)

Venkitaramanan (22 December 1990 – 21 December 1992)

Dr. C. Rangarajan (22 December 1992 – 21 November 1997)

Dr.BimalJalan (22 November 1997 – 6 September 2003)

Dr. Y. V. Reddy (6 September 2003 – 5 September 2008)

Dr. D. Subbarao (6 September 2008 – 3 September 2013)

Dr.Raghuram G. Rajan (4 September 2013- 4 september 2016)

Dr.Urjit R Patel (4 september 2016- present)