Mumbai's Churchgate railway station to be renamed after India's first RBI Governor

Mumbai's Churchgate railway station to be renamed after India's first RBI Governor

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Category : State Published on: February 24 2023

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  • The Churchgate railway station in Mumbai will soon be called as 'Chintamanrao Deshmukh station', named after the first governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) CD Deshmukh.
  • Chintaman Dwarkanath Deshmukh, also known as C D Deshmukh, was the first Indian Governor of the Reserve Bank of India. 
  • He joined RBI in 1939 and served as its Secretary to the Board, Deputy Governor and the Governor. 
  • In August 1943, he was appointed as Governor of the RBI and served in that position till 1949. 
  • Deshmukh was one of five members of the Planning Commission when it was constituted in 1950 by a cabinet resolution.
  • He was knighted by the British government in 1944 and was awarded India's highest civilian honor, the Bharat Ratna, in 1959.
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