Currency SIGNATURE -Identification

RBI GOVERNERS : 1937-2011

1. Sir Osborne A. Smith - April 1, 1935 to June 30, 1937


2. Sir James Braid Taylor - July 1, 1937 to February 17,1943


3. Sir Chintaman D.Deshmukh - August 11, 1943 to June 30, 1949


4. Sir Benegal Rama Rau - July 1, 1949 to January 14, 1957

5. K.G. Ambegaonkar... - January 14, 1957 to February 28, 1957


6. H.V.R. Iyengar - March 1, 1957 to February 28, 1962



7. P.C. Bhattacharyya - March 1, 1962 to June 30, 1967


8. L.K. Jha - July 1, 1967 to May 3, 1970


9. B.N. Adarkar - May 4, 1970 to June 15, 1970


10. S. Jagannathan - June 16, 1970 to May 19, 1975

11. N.C. Sen Gupta - May 19, 1975 to August 19, 1975


12. K.R. Puri - August 20, 1975 to May 2, 1977


13. M. Narasimham - May 2, 1977 to November 30, 1977


14. Dr. I.G.Patel - December 1, 1977 to September 15, 1982


15. Dr. Manmohan Singh - September 16, 1982 to January 14, 1985

16. A. Ghosh - January 15, 1985 to February 4, 1985


17. R.N. Malhotra - February 04,1985 to December 22, 1990


18. S. Venkitaramanan - December 22, 1990 to December 21, 1992


19. Dr. C.Rangarajan - December 22, 1992 to November 22, 1997


20. Dr. Bimal Jalan - November 22, 1997 to September 5, 2003


21. Dr.Y.V.Reddy - September 6, 2003 to September 5, 2008

22. Dr. D. Subbarao - September 5, 2008 onwards