List of ambassadors of India to China

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The Ambassador of India to China is the chief diplomatic representative of the Republic of India to the People's Republic of China.

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Ambassadors

People's Republic of China (1950–present) [1]
NamePhotoTitleDate fromDate until
K. M. Panikkar Mao Zedong with Kavalam Madhava Panikkar.jpg Ambassador20 May 195012 September 1952
N. Raghavan Ambassador13 September 19525 November 1955
Ratan Kumar Nehru Ratan Kumar Nehru (cropped).jpg Ambassador6 November 195527 July 1958
G. Parthasarathi Ambassador27 July 195819 July 1961
P. K. Banerjee Chargés d'affaires en pied 20 July 19611 April 1964
R. D. Sathe Chargés d'affaires en pied 30 May 19663 February 1969
Brajesh Mishra Brajesh Mishra.jpg Chargés d'affaires en pied19 April 196911 August 1973
L. L. Mehrotra Chargés d'affaires en pied12 August 197319 June 1976
K. R. Narayanan President Clinton with Indian president K. R. Narayanan (cropped).jpg Ambassador7 July 197611 November 1978
R. D. Sathe Ambassador12 December 197815 November 1979
Katyayani Shankar Bajpai Ambassador13 July 19806 July 1982
A. P. Venkateswaran Ambassador27 September 1982January 1985
K. P. S. Menon Jr. Ambassador26 March 198512 February 1987
C. V. Ranganathan Ambassador28 May 198731 May 1991
Salman Haidar Ambassador22 August 199127 November 1992
Chandrashekhar Dasgupta Ambassador8 January 199310 June 1996
Vijay K. Nambiar Ambassador9 September 199628 June 2000
Shivshankar Menon Msc2011 SZ 004 Menon (cropped).jpg Ambassador3 August 20007 July 2003
Nalin Surie Nalin Surie, Indian High Commissioner (4662715377) (cropped).jpg Ambassador23 August 200319 October 2006
Nirupama Rao Nirupama Rao.jpg Ambassador27 October 200615 July 2009
Subrahmanyam Jaishankar Deputy Secretary Blinken Meets With Indian Foreign Secretary Jaishankar in New Delhi (22965989943) (3) (cropped).jpg Ambassador12 August 200914 December 2013
Ashok Kantha Ashok Kantha (cropped).jpg Ambassador6 January 201420 January 2016
Vijay Gokhale Vijay Gokhale.jpg Ambassador20 January 201621 October 2017
Gautam Bambawale Ambassador19 November 201730 November 2018
Vikram Misri Ambassador8 January 2019 [2] 27 December 2021
Acquino VimalChargés d'affaires en pied28 December 2021Incumbent
Pradeep Kumar Rawat Pradeep Kumar Rawat 2018-02-22.jpg Ambassador TBA [3]

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References

  1. "Embassy of India, Beijing".
  2. "Vikram Misri takes charge as India's new envoy to China". The Hindu. Beijing. 8 January 2019. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 2020-07-04 via www.thehindu.com.
  3. "Diplomat Pradeep Rawat made next envoy to China: MEA". Hindustan Times. 20 December 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.