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The high commissioner of India to Australia is the chief diplomatic representative of India to Australia.
History
The first high commissioner 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] | Photo | Entered office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raghunath P. Paranjpe | File:Purushottam Paranjpye.jpg | 1945 | 1947 |
| 2 | Daya Singh Bedi | 1948 | 1951 | |
| 3 | M. S. Duleepsinghji | File:Duleepsinhji 1920s.jpg | 1951 | 1954 |
| 4 | K. M. Cariappa | File:General K. M. Cariappa.jpg | 1954 | 1956 |
| 5 | K.R. P. Singh | 1956 | 1958 | |
| 6 | Parakat 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 | File:The Vice President Shri M. Hamid Ansari in July 2016.jpg | 1985 | 1989 |
| 17 | S. K. Bhutani | 1989 | 1992 | |
| 18 | A. M. Khaleeli | 1992 | 1995 | |
| 19 | G. Parthasarathy | File:Gopalaswami Parthasarathy - Kolkata 2015-06-23 7531.jpg | 1995 | 1999 |
| 20 | C. P. Ravindranathan | 1999 | 2000 | |
| 21 | R. S. Rathore | 2000 | 2004 | |
| 22 | R. P. Shukla | 2004 | 2007 | |
| 23 | Sujatha Singh | File:Sujatha Singh 2013 (cropped).jpg | 2007 | 2012 |
| 24 | Biren Nanda | 2012 | 2015 | |
| 25 | Navdeep Singh Suri | File:Navdeep Singh Suri.jpg | 2015 | 2016 |
| 26 | A.M. Gondane | 2016 | 2019 | |
| 27 | A. Gitesh Sarma | 2019 | 2021 | |
| 28 | Manpreet Vohra | File:Manpreet Vohra (cropped).jpg | 2021 | 2023 |
| 29 | Gopal Baglay | 2024 | present |
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References
- ↑ A Shared History?: Postcolonial Identity and India-Australia Relations, 1947–1954. Pacific Affairs({Template:Date).
- ↑ Previous High Commissioners. High Commission of India, Canberra. Retrieved 2023-10-08.