List of high commissioners of India to Australia

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

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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
1 Raghunath P. Paranjpe Purushottam Paranjpye.jpg 19451947
2 Daya Singh Bedi 19481951
3 M. S. Duleepsinghji Duleepsinhji 1920s.jpg 19511954
4 K. M. Cariappa General K. M. Cariappa.jpg 19541956
5K.R. P. Singh19561958
6P. Achutha Menon19581961
7 Samar Sen 19611963
8B.K. Massand19631965
9 D. N. Chatterjee 19651969
10A. M. Thomas19691972
11S. Krishnamurti19721975
12S. Sinha19751977
13Jagdish Chand Ajmani19771980
14 Krishan Dayal Sharma 19801982
15D.S. Kamtekar19821985
16 Mohammad Hamid Ansari The Vice President Shri M. Hamid Ansari in July 2016.jpg 19851989
17S. K. Bhutani19891992
18A. M. Khaleeli19921995
19 G. Parthasarathy Gopalaswami Parthasarathy - Kolkata 2015-06-23 7531.jpg 19951999
20C. P. Ravindranathan19992000
21R. S. Rathore20002004
22R. P. Shukla20042007
23 Sujatha Singh Sujatha Singh 2013 (cropped).jpg 20072012
24Biren Nanda20122015
25 Navdeep Singh Suri 20152016
26A.M. Gondane20162019
27 A. Gitesh Sarma 20192021
28 Manpreet Vohra Manpreet Vohra (cropped).jpg 2021present

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References

  1. Davis, Alexander E. (2015). "A Shared History?: Postcolonial Identity and India-Australia Relations, 1947–1954". Pacific Affairs. 88 (4): 849–869. doi:10.5509/2015884849. hdl: 2440/97158 . ISSN   0030-851X. JSTOR   24779119.
  2. "Previous High Commissioners". High Commission of India, Canberra . Archived from the original on 2023-02-08. Retrieved 2023-10-08.