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|name = James Braid Taylor<br />
|image = File:Sir James Braid Taylor.jpg<br />
|office = 2nd [[List of governors of the Reserve Bank of India|Governor of the Reserve Bank of India]]<br />
|term_start = 1 July 1937<br />
|term_end = 17 February 1943<br />
|predecessor = [[Osborne Smith]]<br />
|successor = [[C. D. Deshmukh]]<br />
|birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1891|04|21}}<br />
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|death_date = {{Death date and age|1943|02|17|1891|04|21|df=y}}<br />
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|profession = [[Indian Civil Service]] officer<br />
|signature = Sir James Taylor - Signature.jpg<br />
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'''Sir James Braid Taylor''', [[Order of the Indian Empire|KCIE]] (21 April 1891 – 17 February 1943) was the second [[Governor of the Reserve Bank of India]], holding office from 1 July 1937 until his death on 17 February 1943. He succeeded Sir Osborne Smith who was the Governor from 1 April 1935 to 30 June 1937. He was appointed a CIE in the [[1933 New Year Honours]] List,<ref>[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/33898/supplements/7 London Gazette, 2 January 1933]</ref> knighted in the 1935 Silver Jubilee and Birthday Honours List<ref>[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/34166/supplements/3593 London Gazette, 3 June 1935]</ref> and further appointed a KCIE in the 1939 Birthday Honours List.<ref>[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/34633/supplements/3856 London Gazette, 6 June 1939]</ref><br />
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Taylor, a member of the [[Indian Civil Service]], served as a Deputy Controller in the Currency Department of the Government of India for over a decade. He later became the Controller of Currency, and additionally secretary in the Finance Department. He then became the Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank and succeeded Smith as the Governor. He was closely associated with the preparation and piloting of the Reserve Bank of India Bill. He governed the bank during the [[World War II|war years]] and was involved in decision to move from a silver currency to [[fiat money]]. Even though he was the second Governor, his signature was the first to appear on the [[banknote|currency note]]s of the [[Indian rupee]]. His second term came to an end when he died in office on 17 February 1943. He was succeeded by Sir [[C. D. Deshmukh]] who became the first Indian to lead the Reserve Bank of India.{{citation needed|date=November 2021}}<br />
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