Sir Osborne Arkell Smith,KCSI,KCIE (26 December 1876 –30 August 1952) was the first Governor of the Reserve Bank of India,a post he held from 1 April 1935 to 30 June 1937.
Smith was a professional banker who served for 20 years with the Bank of New South Wales and 10 years with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. He then came to India in 1926 as Managing Governor of the Imperial Bank of India. He was knighted in March 1929, [1] and was invested with his knighthood by the Governor-General of India,Lord Irwin,at the new Viceroy's House in New Delhi on 27 February 1930. [2] Smith was further appointed a KCIE in the 1932 New Year Honours list [3] and appointed a KCSI in February 1937. [4]
His stewardship of the Imperial Bank won him recognition in banking circles in India. Since his outlook on policy issues like the exchange rates and interest rates differed with that of the Government,he resigned before the completion of his term of office.
Sir Osborne did not sign any Indian rupee notes during his tenure.
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Sir Thomas Henry Holland was a British geologist who worked in India with the Geological Survey of India,serving as its director from 1903 to 1910. He later worked as an educational administrator at Edinburgh University.
Sir James Braid Taylor,KCIE was the second Governor of the Reserve Bank of India,holding office from 1 July 1937 until his death on 17 February 1943. He succeeded Sir Osborne Smith who was the Governor from 1 April 1935 to 30 June 1937. He was appointed a CIE in the 1933 New Year Honours List,knighted in the 1935 Silver Jubilee and Birthday Honours List and further appointed a KCIE in the 1939 Birthday Honours List.
James Lyle Mackay,1st Earl of Inchcape,,known as Sir James Mackay from 1894 to 1911,was a British businessman and colonial administrator in India who became Chairman of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company ("P&O") and founded Inchcape Retail Ltd.
Sir Edward Douglas Maclagan was an administrator in British India.
Major General Nawab Sir Umar Hayat Khan Tiwana,was soldier of the Indian Empire,one of the largest landholders in the Punjab,and an elected member of the Council of State of India.
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Sir Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi KCSI,CIE,OBE,ICS was an Indian administrator and civil servant who served as the first Indian governor of the state of Punjab after Independence in 1947. He subsequently served as the first Governor of Andhra Pradesh from its creation in 1953 until 1957.
Sir Lancelot Graham,KCSI,KCIE (1880–1958) was an Indian civil servant during the British Raj. He served as the first Governor of Sind from 1 April 1936 to 31 March 1941.
General Sir Alan Fleming Hartley,was a British Indian Army officer during the Second World War.
Sir Moropant Vishvanath Joshi was a leading barrister,social reformer and politician from Amravati,Central Provinces and Berar.
Sir Atul Chandra Chatterjee was an Indian diplomat and government official who served as the Indian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom from 1925 to 1931 and was member of the governing body of the League of Nations Assembly in 1925 and 1946. He is known for proposing the India House in London in 1925,which was designed by Sir Herbert Baker and completed in 1930.
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Sir Joseph William Bhore was an Indian civil servant and diwan of the Cochin State. He is best remembered for his chairmanship of the Health Survey and Development Committee that charted a course for public health investments and infrastructure in India.
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Sir Henry Wheeler,was the Governor of Bihar and Orissa from 12 April 1922 to 6 April 1927. He was a member of the Imperial Civil Service appointed in 1889 and served in Bengal. He was also a member of Council of India from 1927 to 1937.
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