Q. Who was the first Indian Governor of the Reserve Bank of India?
Answer: Sir C. D. Deshmukh
Notes: Sir Chintaman Dwarakanath Deshmukh, known as Sir C. D. Deshmukh, was appointed as the first Indian Governor of the Reserve Bank of India in 1943. He served in that office until 1949 and is widely noted in India’s banking history for being the first Indian to head the central bank. The RBI’s official history lists him as the first Indian Governor, while Osborne Smith and James Braid Taylor were earlier, non-Indian governors of the bank.