Mumbai's Churchgate station to be renamed soon...
<p>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.Also read: Delhi: Man kills girlfriend, stores body in RefrigeratorThe first national executive meeting of Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena faction, which was declared the original Shiv Sena by the Election Commission last week, was held on Tuesday. The meeting passed a resolution to rename the Churchgate railway station after the former RBI governor and Union Finance Minister CD Deshmukh.The national executive meeting of the Shiv-Sena faction was held days after the Election Commission allotted them the party name and bow and arrow symbol.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 Governor. In August 1943, he was appointed as Governor of the RBI and served in</p>
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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.
The first national executive meeting of Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena faction, which was declared the original Shiv Sena by the Election Commission last week, was held on Tuesday. The meeting passed a resolution to rename the Churchgate railway station after the former RBI governor and Union Finance Minister CD Deshmukh.
The national executive meeting of the Shiv-Sena faction was held days after the Election Commission allotted them the party name and bow and arrow symbol.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 Governor. In August 1943, he was appointed as Governor of the RBI and served in that position till 1949. Deshmukh is one of the eight Deputy Governors of the Bank who have gone on to become its Governor.
He was a distinguished economist and civil servant who made significant contributions to India’s economic development. Besides, Deshmukh also worked as chairman of the University Grants Commission from 1956-1961 and later served as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Delhi from the year 1962-1967. He was a founder of the India International Center in 1959, where he served for a lifetime as a President.
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