1886 - Born on 10 January at Calicut, Kerala.
1905 - Obtained B.A. degree in History from the University of Madras.
1910 - Obtained B.L. degree from the University of Madras.
1910 - Apprenticed under T. Richmond (1910-11).
1911 - Enrolled as Vakil and practices criminal law in the High Court of Madras.
1912 - Leaves the Bar.
1916 - Obtained D.Sc. (Economics) degree studying at the London School of                                Economics & Political Science, University of London.
1917 - Obtained B.Litt. degree studying at Balliol College, Oxford University.
1918 - Officer, Cooperative Department, Government of Madras.
1919 - Personal Assistant to the Registrar of Cooperative Societies/Assistant                            Registrar of Cooperative Societies.
1920 - Joined Presidency College, Madras, as Professor of Economics; subsequently               absorbed in the Indian Education Service
1922 - Nominated to the Madras Legislative Council and subsequently re-nominated               for a second term
1925 - Member, Tariff Board
1931 - President, Tariff Board.
1935 - Director-General, Commercial Intelligence and Statistics.
1936 - Nominated to the Central Legislative Assembly.
1940 - Retired from government service. Joined Tata Group as Director.
1946 - Finance Member (September) and Industries and Supplies Member (October)              in the Viceroy’s Executive Council.
1947 - Railways and Transport Member (January) in the Viceroy’s Executive Council.
1948 - Finance Minister, Government of India.
1950 - Resigned from Union Cabinet (May) and from Parliament (June).
1950 - Vice Chairman, Tata Iron & Steel Company Limited.
1953 - Chairman, Taxation Enquiry Commission, Government of India.
1955 - Vice Chancellor, Bombay University.
1955 - Chairman (first), State Bank of India (1955-1956).
1956 - Chairman (first), Court of Governors, Administrative Staff College of India               (1956-1959).
1957 - Chairman (first), National Book Trust of India. President (first), National Council              for Applied Economic Research.
1957 - Chairman, Fertilisers & Chemicals Travancore Limited (1957-1959).
1958 - Honorary Vice Chancellor, Kerala University (1958-1959).
1959 - Demise - 1 November.

1896 - Born on January 14 at Nata, Kolaba District, Maharashtra.
1917 - Obtained B.A. while studying at the Jesus College, Cambridge University.
1918 - Top ranker in the Indian Civil Service examination.
1919 - Passed Barrister-at-Law examination (Inner Temple).
1932 - Member of the Legislative Council, 1896 - Born on January 14 at Nata, Kolaba District, Maharashtra.
1917 - Obtained B.A. while studying at the Jesus College, Cambridge University.
1918 - Top ranker in the Indian Civil Service examination.

1919 - Passed Barrister-at-Law examination (Inner Temple).
1932 - Member of the Legislative Council, Central Provinces and Berar (1932-1937).
1932 - Member, Advisory Committee, Bombay Natural History Society
1941 - Resigned from the Indian Civil Service.
1943 - Appointed Deputy Governor and later the first Indian Governor of the Reserve Bank of India.
1943 - Translated Kalidasa’s Meghadutam.
1944 - Attended the World Monetary Conference at Bretton Woods as India’s delegate.
1946 - President, Indian Statistical Institute (1946-1964).
1946 - Governor for India, International Monetary Fund and International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (1946-1956).
1949 - Financial Representative of India in Europe and America from (1949-1950).
1950 - Union Minister of Finance & Ex-officio Member, Planning Commission (1950-1956).
1956 - Chairman, University Grants Commission (1956-1960).
1957 - Chairman, National Book Trust (1957-1960).
1957 - Awarded Honorary D.Sc. (University of Calcutta); Honorary Doctor of Letters (Annamalai University).
1957 - Published Gandhi sukti muktavali.
1959 - Founder Life President, India International Centre.
1959 - Chairman, Court of Governors, Administrative Staff College of India (1959-1973).
1959 - Receives Ramon Magsaysay Award for Government Service.
1959 - Awarded Honorary D.Litt. (Nagpur University and Punjab University).
1960 - Vice-President, Indian Council for Cultural Relations (1960-1967).
1962 - Vice Chancellor, University of Delhi (1962-1967).
1963 - Awarded Hon. D. Litt. (University of Princeton, USA and University of Leicester, U.K.)
1963 - Awarded Hon. D.Sc. (Indian Statistical Institute/University of Karnataka).
1963 - Delivered Smuts Memorial Lecture (Commonwealth as India sees it) at Cambridge University.
1964 - Chairman, Indian Institute of Public Administration (1964-1965).
1965 - Published Perspective planning and education for economic and social development.
1966 - Chairman, Central Sanskrit Board (1966-1967).
1968 - Published Sanskrit-kavya-malika.
1970 - President, Population Council of India (1970-1982).
1970 - Publishes Social Change in India (Gokhale Institute of Public Affairs) and Free but fettered: The illiterate citizen (Forum of Free Enterprise).
1972 - Published Hindustani: Rashtrabhasha or Lingua Franca (Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Research Centre); Aspects of Development: Analysis of political and economic events in India and Reflections on finance, education and society (Motilal Banarsidas).
1973 - Awarded Hon. D. Litt. (Delhi University, Poona University and Guru Nanak Dev University).
1973 - Retires as Chairman, Court of Governors, Administrative Staff College of India in December.
1974 - Published The course of my life (Orient Longman)
1976 - Published Bhagavadgita: Commentary
1977 - Published Dhammapada : A study of the doctrine of Buddha
1981 - Published Amarakosa: Gems from the treasure house of Sanskrit words
1982 - Demise - 2 October.

1906 - Born on 20 January at Patiala.
1927 - Obtained M.Sc. degree from Allahabad University. Subsequently studied at the London School of Economics & Political Science.
1930 - Joined the Indian Civil Service. Worked in various capacities in present Uttar Pradesh up to 1941. During World War-II, served the Government of India as Deputy Chief Controller of Imports & Exports.
1945 - Textiles Commissioner for India, Bombay.
1947 - Joint Secretary to the Union Cabinet (1947-1950).

1950 - Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister (1950-1951).
1951 - Commercial Advisor, Indian High Commission, London (1951-1953).
1954 - India’s Ambassador to Czechoslovakia (1954-1956).
1956 - Secretary, Ministry of Rehabilitation, Government of India (1956-1962).
1962 - Secretary, Ministry of Works, Housing & Supply, Government of India.
1963 - Chief Commissioner of Delhi (1963-1964).
1965 - Cabinet Secretary and Secretary to the Union Council of Ministers (1965-1966).
1965 - Member, Court of Governors, Administrative Staff College of India (1965-1973).
1966 - Governor of Punjab and Haryana (1966-1967).1967 - Governor of West Bengal (1967-1969).
1969 - Governor of Karnataka (1969-1972).
1973 - Chairman, Court of Governors, Administrative Staff College of India (1973-1991).
1975 - Published Memoirs of a civil servant (Vikas)
1977 - Chairman, National Police Commission (1977-1983).

1927 - Born on 3 June. Educated at Cambridge University (M.A.).
1950 - Joined Reserve Bank of India. Held various positions, the last one as Secretary.
1972 - Additional Secretary, Economic Affairs, Government of India (1972-1976).
1975 - Chairman, Working Group on Rural Banks.
1976 - Secretary, Department of Banking, Government of India.
1977 - Governor, Reserve Bank of India.).

1978 - Executive Director, The World Bank (1978-1979).
1979 - Executive Director, International Monetary Fund (1979-1980).
1981 - Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Government of India.
1983 - Finance Secretary, Government of India.
1983 - Principal, Administrative Staff College of India (1983-1985).
1985 - Vice President, Asian Development Bank (1985-1988).
1985 - Chairman, Committee appointed by the Government of India to examine the Principles of a Possible Shift from Physical to Financial Controls.
1986 - Elected as Honorary Fellow of the Indian Institute of Bankers.
1988 - Vice Chairman, Court of Governors, Administrative Staff College of India.
1990 - Awarded D. Litt. (Honoris Causa) by Sri Krishnadevaraya University.
1991 - Chairman, Court of Governors, Administrative Staff College of India.
1991 - Chairman, Committee on the Financial System, appointed by the Government of India.
1994 - Elected as Honorary Fellow of the All India Management Association.
1998 - Chairman, Committee on Banking Sector Reforms, appointed by the Government of India.
2000 - Awarded Padma Vibhushan by the Government of India.
2000 - Received the Telugu Thalli award.
2001 - Received the Life Time Achievement Award from the Hyderabad Management Association.
2002 - Published World economic environment and prospects for India (UBSPD) and Economic reforms, development and finance (UBSPD).