K. R. Puri born in Kharkhoda, Haryana was Governor of the Reserve Bank of India from 20 August 1975 to 2 May 1977.
[1] He was the Chairman and Managing Director of the Life Insurance Corporation of India prior to his appointment as Governor of the RBI.
[2] His signature appears on one of the last Indian rupee notes of 1,000 denomination.
These notes were demonetised in 1978, and were re-introduced after a period of 22 years in 2000.
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