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Detailed explanation-1: -The 153-year-old Churchgate railway station in Mumbai will soon be named as ‘Chintamanrao Deshmukh station’ after former union finance minister CD Deshmukh.

Detailed explanation-2: -Churchgate Railway Station in Mumbai will now be known as First Indian RBI Governor CD Deshmukh. The Churchgate railway station in Mumbai will soon be called as ‘Chintamanrao Deshmukh station’, named after the first governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) CD Deshmukh.

Detailed explanation-3: -Mumbai’s 153-year-old iconic Churchgate railway station is about to receive a name change, becoming the Chintamanrao Deshmukh station in honour of the former Union Finance Minister CD Deshmukh. Deshmukh was the first Indian governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

Detailed explanation-4: -Sir Chintaman Dwarakanath Deshmukh, CIE, ICS (14 January 1896 – 2 October 1982) was an Indian civil servant and the first Indian to be appointed the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India in 1943 by the British Raj authorities. He subsequently served as the Finance Minister in the Union Cabinet (1950–1956).