- Lakshmi Kant Jha
Lakshmi Kant Jha (
22 November 1913 -16 January 1988 [cite web
url =http://www.indianautographs.com/productdetail-109120.html
title =L.K. Jha, Governor of RBI
accessdate =2008-09-13
publisher =Indian Autographs.com] ), or L. K. Jha as he was called, was the eighth Governor of theReserve Bank of India from1 Jul 1967 to3 May 1970 cite web
url =http://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/governors.aspx#jha
title =L K Jha
accessdate =2008-09-15
publisher =Reserve Bank of India] . A member of theIndian Civil Service , Jha had served as Secretary to the Prime Minister of India. , prior to his appointment as Governor of RBI. [cite web
url = http://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/governors.aspx
title = List of Governors
accessdate = 2006-12-08
publisher = Reserve Bank of India]During his tenure the
Indian Rupee notes of denominations of Rs 2, 5, 10, and 100, commemorating the birth centenary ofMahatma Gandhi was released on 2 October 1969, these notes bear his signature, a subsequent re-issue on this series notes bears the signature ofB. N. Adarkar . [cite book
last = Jain
first = Manik
authorlink =
coauthors =
title = 2004 Phila India Paper Money Guide Book
publisher = Philatelia
date = 2004
location = Kolkata
pages = 19,26, 35, and 61]He served at India's ambassador to the
UN after his term expired. He was governor ofJammu and Kashmir state from 3 Jul 1973 to 22 Feb 1981.References
External links
* [http://jkrajbhawan.nic.in/His%20Excellency/present6.htm]
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