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Chintaman Dwarkanath Deshmukh

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Indian politician (1896-1982)

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Sir Chintaman Dwarakanath Deshmukh ICS was an Indian civil servant and the first Indian to be appointed the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India in 1943 by the British Raj authorities. He subsequently served as the Finance Minister in the Union Cabinet (1950-1956).

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Ramon Magsaysay Award
Padma Vibhushan in Public Affairs
Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire
Knight Bachelor

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Sir Chintaman Dwarakanath Deshmukh ICS was an Indian civil servant and the first Indian to be appointed the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India in 1943 by the British Raj authorities. He subsequently served as the Finance Minister in the Union Cabinet (1950-1956). It was during this time that he also became a founding member of the Governing Body of NCAER, the National Council of Applied Economic Research in New Delhi, India's first independent economic policy institute established in 1956 at the behest of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. After resignation from Union Cabinet he worked as Chairman of UGC (1956-1961). He served as Vice-Chancellor of University of Delhi (1962-67). He was also President of Indian Statistical Institute from 1945 to 1964, Honorary Chairman of National Book Trust (1957-60).

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India
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Politician
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Lived 1896 to 1982 · aged 86
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