Benagal Ram Rau

Benagal Ram Rao was the fourth Governor of the Reseve Bank of India (1949-57). Ram Rau was born on 1st July 1889 in Mangalore. Benagal Narasing Rao was his elder brother. He was educated at Presidency college, Madras and at King’s College, Cambridge.
Career
Joining the Indian Civil Service in 1919, he was appointed as companion of the Order of the Indian Empire. On joining the ICS and before joining the RBI he held the following posts – Under secretary and Deputy secretary to the Government of Madras (1919-24), Finance Deparatment as secretary to the Indian Taxation Committee (1925-26), Simons Commission as Financial Advisor (1926-28), Indusries Department Joint Secretary, Round Table Conference as Secretary, Indian Bill in the Joint Select committee of Parliament (1931-34), Deputy High commissioner for India in London (1934-38), High Commissioner for India in South Africa (1938-41).
When he returned to India, he was appointed as Chairman of the Bombay Port trust (1941-46). He also served as a diplomat as the Indian Ambassador to Japan (1947-48) and as the Ambassador to the United States (1948-49). He was the longest serving RBI Governor.