Governors of the RBI and the duration of their major term in office
The Governors of the Reserve Bank of India from 1935 – 2008
Sir Osborne A. Smith - April 1, 1935 to June 30, 1937
Sir James Braid Taylor - July 1, 1937 to February 17,1943
Sir Chintaman D. Deshmukh - August 11, 1943 to June 30, 1949
Sir Benegal Rama Rau - July 1, 1949 to January 14, 1957
K. G. Ambegaonkar - January 14, 1957 to February 28, 1957
H. V. R. Iyengar - March 1, 1957 to February 28, 1962
P. C. Bhattacharya - March 1, 1962 to June 30, 1967
Laxmi Kanth Jha (L.K. JHA)- July 1, 1967 to May 3, 1970
B. N. Adarkar - May 4, 1970 to June 15, 1970
S. Jagannathan - June 16, 1970 to May 19, 1975
N. C. Sen Gupta - May 19, 1975 to August 19, 1975
K. R. Puri - August 20, 1975 to May 2, 1977
M. Narasimham - May 2, 1977 to November 30, 1977
Dr. I. G. Patel - December 1, 1977 to September 15, 1982
Dr. Manmohan Singh - September 16, 1982 to January 14, 1985
Amitav Ghosh - January 15, 1985 to February 4, 1985
R. N. Malhotra - February 04,1985 to December 22, 1990
S. Venkitaramanan - December 22, 1990 to December 21, 1992
Dr. C. Rangarajan - Dec 22, 1992 to Dec 21, 1995 Dec 22, 1995 to Nov 22, 1997
Dr. Bimal Jalan - November 22, 1997 to November 06, 2003
Sri. Yaga Venugopal Reddy (Y.V. Reddy) - Nov 06, 2003 to September 05, 2008
Dr. Duvvuri Subbarao - September 05, 2008 to September 3, 2013 Dr. Raghuram Rajan - September 04, 2013 to September 04, 2016 Dr. Urjit R. Patel - September 04, 2016 to December 11, 2018 Dr. Shaktikanta Das - December 12, 2018 (Incumbent )