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Chronological

Functional

RBI History

Volume I (1935-1951)

History of The Reserve Bank of India (1935-51)

Acknowledgements

The Preparatory Years

Chapter - 1 : Genesis of Central Banking in India

Chapter - 2 : Currency, Exchange and Banking Prior to 1935

Chapter - 3 : The Reserve Bank of India Act

The Formative Years: 1935-39

Chapter - 4 : The Beginnings 121

Chapter - 5 : Early Central Banking Policies and Operations

Chapter - 6 : Emerging Role as a Bankers’ Bank

Chapter - 7 : First Steps in Agricultural Finance

Chapter - 8 : Governors, Government, Board and Shareholders

The War Years: 1939-45

Chapter - 9 : Organisation, Management and Allied Matters

Chapter - 10 : The Pattern and Consequences of War Financing

Chapter - 11 : War-time Central Banking Operations

Chapter - 12 : Exchange Control

Chapter - 13 : Repatriation of Sterling Debt

Chapter - 14 : Participation in Post-War Currency Plans

Chapter - 15 : Commercial Banking Developments

Chapter - 16 : Policies in the Sphere of Agricultural Credit

The Post-War Years : 1945-51

Chapter - 17 : Changes in the Bank’s Organisation and Status

Chapter - 18 : The Bank and the Partition

Chapter - 19 : International Financial Institutions and Sterling Balances

Chapter - 20 : Exchange Control and Management

Chapter - 21 : Monetary Management and Allied Issues

Chapter - 22 : A Commercial Bank Regulation Act at Last

Chapter - 23 : Progress in the Sphere of Agricultural Credit

Chapter - 24 : The Bank as an Employer

Chapter - 25 : Epilogue

Appendix

(i) Statistical Tables

(ii) Sources of Material

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