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Indian banker and civil servant (1902?1978)
Haravu Venkatanarasingha Verada Raj "H. V. R."
Iengar
CIE
,
ICS
(23 August 1902
[1]
[2]
? 22 February 1978) was the sixth Governor of the
Reserve Bank of India
from 1 March 1957 to 28 February 1962.
[3]
He was a member of the
Indian Civil Service
, entering service on 20 October 1926.
[4]
He was invested as a Companion of the
Order of the Indian Empire
(CIE) in the 1941 New Year Honours.
[5]
He served as the
Chairman of State Bank of India
, before his appointment as the Governor of the Reserve Bank.
During Iengar's tenure, the Indian coinage system shifted from the earlier pies, paise, and anna system to the modern decimal coinage system. During his tenure also variable
cash reserve ratio
and selective credit control were introduced for the first time in India. He received the
Padma Vibhushan
,
India
`s second highest civilian honour from the
Government of India
in 1962.
[6]
In 2002 on his birth centenary, an illustrated book,
Snapshots of History? Through The Writings of H V R Iyengar
consisting of articles written by Iengar after his retirement in 1962, were compiled and edited by his daughter Indira and son-in-law Bipin Patel.
[1]
[7]
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