High Commissioner of India to Australia | |
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Nominator | Droupadi Murmu |
The high commissioner of India to Australia is the chief diplomatic representative of India to Australia.
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]
S. No. | Name [2] | Photo | Entered office | Left office |
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1 | Raghunath P. Paranjpe | 1945 | 1947 | |
2 | Daya Singh Bedi | 1948 | 1951 | |
3 | M. S. Duleepsinghji | 1951 | 1954 | |
4 | K. M. Cariappa | 1954 | 1956 | |
5 | K.R. P. Singh | 1956 | 1958 | |
6 | P. Achutha Menon | 1958 | 1961 | |
7 | Samar Sen | 1961 | 1963 | |
8 | B.K. Massand | 1963 | 1965 | |
9 | D. N. Chatterjee | 1965 | 1969 | |
10 | A. M. Thomas | 1969 | 1972 | |
11 | S. Krishnamurti | 1972 | 1975 | |
12 | S. Sinha | 1975 | 1977 | |
13 | Jagdish Chand Ajmani | 1977 | 1980 | |
14 | Krishan Dayal Sharma | 1980 | 1982 | |
15 | D.S. Kamtekar | 1982 | 1985 | |
16 | Mohammad Hamid Ansari | 1985 | 1989 | |
17 | S. K. Bhutani | 1989 | 1992 | |
18 | A. M. Khaleeli | 1992 | 1995 | |
19 | G. Parthasarathy | 1995 | 1999 | |
20 | C. P. Ravindranathan | 1999 | 2000 | |
21 | R. S. Rathore | 2000 | 2004 | |
22 | R. P. Shukla | 2004 | 2007 | |
23 | Sujatha Singh | 2007 | 2012 | |
24 | Biren Nanda | 2012 | 2015 | |
25 | Navdeep Singh Suri | 2015 | 2016 | |
26 | A.M. Gondane | 2016 | 2019 | |
27 | A. Gitesh Sarma | 2019 | 2021 | |
28 | Manpreet Vohra | 2021 | 2023 | |
29 | Gopal Baglay | 2024 | present |
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