In 1926, the Royal Commission on Indian Currency and Finance recommended creation of a central bank for India.
In 1927, a bill to give effect to the above recommendation was introduced in the Legislative Assembly, but was later withdrawn due to lack of agreement among various sections of people.
In 1933, the White Paper on Indian Constitutional Reforms recommended the creation of a Reserve Bank. A fresh bill was introduced in the Legislative Assembly.
In 1934, the Bill was passed and received the Governor General’s assent
In 1935, Reserve Bank commenced operations as India’s central bank on April 1 as a private shareholders’ bank with a paid up capital of rupees five crore.
In 1942 Reserve Bank ceased to be the currency issuing authority of Burma (now Myanmar).
In 1947, Reserve Bank stopped acting as banker to the Government of Burma.
In 1948, Reserve Bank stopped rendering central banking services to Pakistan.
In 1949, the Government of India nationalized the Reserve Bank under the Reserve Bank (Transfer of Public Ownership) Act, 1948.
In 1949, Banking Regulation Act was enacted.
In 1951, India embarked in the Planning Era.
In 1966, the Cooperative Banks came within the regulations of the RBI.
In 1966, Rupee was devaluated for the first time.
In 1969, Nationalization of 14 Banks was a Turning point in the history of Indian Banking.
In 1973, the Foreign Exchange Regulation act was amended and exchange control was strengthened.
In 1974, the Priority Sector Advance Targets started getting fixed.
In 1975, Regional Rural Banks started
In 1985, the Sukhamoy Chakravarty and Vaghul Committee reports embarked the era of Financial Market Reforms in India.
In 1991, India came under the Balance of Payment crisis and RBI pledged Gold to shore up reserves. Rupee was devaluated.
In 1991-92, Economic Reforms started in India.
In 1993, Exchange Rate became Market determined.
In 1994, Board for Financial Supervision was set up.
In 1997, the regulation of the Non Banking Financial Companies (NBFC) got strengthened.
In 1998, Multiple Indicator Approach for monetary policy was adopted for the first time.
In 2000, the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) replaced the erstwhile FERA.
In 2002, The Clearing Corporation of India Ltd Started operation.
In 2003, Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act (FRBMA) enacted.
In 2004, Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) started working fully.
In 2004, Market Stabilization Scheme (MSS) was launched.
In 2004 Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) started working.
In 2006, Reserve Bank of India was empowered to regulate the money, forex, G-Sec and Gold related security markets.
In 2007, Reserve bank of India was empowered to regulate the Payment systems.