List of high commissioners of India to Australia explained

Post:High Commissioner
Body:India to Australia
Nominator:Droupadi Murmu
Nominatorpost:President of India

The high commissioner of India to Australia is the chief diplomatic representative of India to Australia.

History

The first high commissioners of India to Australia was R. P. Paranjpye.

K. M. Cariappa was appointed the High Commissioner in 1953. He became known for his opposition to the White Australia policy.[1]

List

S. No.Name[2] PhotoEntered officeLeft office
1Raghunath P. Paranjpe19451947
2Daya Singh Bedi19481951
3M. S. Duleepsinghji19511954
4K. M. Cariappa19541956
5K.R. P. Singh19561958
6P. Achutha Menon19581961
7Samar Sen19611963
8B.K. Massand19631965
9D. N. Chatterjee19651969
10A. M. Thomas19691972
11S. Krishnamurti19721975
12S. Sinha19751977
13Jagdish Chand Ajmani19771980
14Krishan Dayal Sharma19801982
15D.S. Kamtekar19821985
16Mohammad Hamid Ansari19851989
17S. K. Bhutani19891992
18A. M. Khaleeli19921995
19G. Parthasarathy19951999
20C. P. Ravindranathan19992000
21R. S. Rathore20002004
22R. P. Shukla20042007
23Sujatha Singh20072012
24Biren Nanda20122015
25Navdeep Singh Suri20152016
26A.M. Gondane20162019
27A. Gitesh Sarma20192021
28Manpreet Vohra20212023
29Gopal Baglay2024present

Notes and References

  1. Davis . Alexander E. . 2015 . A Shared History?: Postcolonial Identity and India-Australia Relations, 1947–1954 . Pacific Affairs . 88 . 4 . 849–869 . 10.5509/2015884849 . 24779119 . 2440/97158 . 0030-851X. free .
  2. Web site: Previous High Commissioners . https://web.archive.org/web/20230208131850/https://www.hcicanberra.gov.in/page/previous-high-commissioners/ . 2023-02-08 . 2023-10-08 . High Commission of India, Canberra.