List of ambassadors of India to China

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

Ambassadors[edit]

Name Photo Title Date from Date until
People's Republic of China (1950–present)[1]
K. M. Panikkar Mao Zedong with Kavalam Madhava Panikkar.jpg Ambassador 20 May 1950 12 September 1952
N. Raghavan Ambassador 13 September 1952 5 November 1955
Ratan Kumar Nehru Ratan Kumar Nehru (cropped).jpg Ambassador 6 November 1955 27 July 1958
G. Parthasarathi Ambassador 27 July 1958 19 July 1961
P. K. Banerjee Chargés d'affaires en pied 20 July 1961 1 April 1964
R. D. Sathe Chargés d'affaires en pied 30 May 1966 3 February 1969
Brajesh Mishra Brajesh Mishra.jpg Chargés d'affaires en pied 19 April 1969 11 August 1973
L. L. Mehrotra Chargés d'affaires en pied 12 August 1973 19 June 1976
K. R. Narayanan President Clinton with Indian president K. R. Narayanan (cropped).jpg Ambassador 7 July 1976 11 November 1978
R. D. Sathe Ambassador 12 December 1978 15 November 1979
Katyayani Shankar Bajpai Ambassador 13 July 1980 6 July 1982
K. P. S. Menon Jr. Ambassador 26 March 1985 12 February 1987
C. V. Ranganathan Ambassador 28 May 1987 31 May 1991
Salman Haidar Ambassador 22 August 1991 27 November 1992
Chandrashekhar Dasgupta Ambassador 8 January 1993 10 June 1996
Vijay K. Nambiar Ambassador 9 September 1996 28 June 2000
Shivshankar Menon Msc2011 SZ 004 Menon (cropped).jpg Ambassador 3 August 2000 7 July 2003
Nalin Surie Nalin Surie, Indian High Commissioner (4662715377) (cropped).jpg Ambassador 23 August 2003 19 October 2006
Nirupama Rao Nirupama Rao.jpg Ambassador 27 October 2006 15 July 2009
Subrahmanyam Jaishankar Deputy Secretary Blinken Meets With Indian Foreign Secretary Jaishankar in New Delhi (22965989943) (3) (cropped).jpg Ambassador 12 August 2009 14 December 2013
Ashok Kantha Ashok Kantha (cropped).jpg Ambassador 6 January 2014 20 January 2016
Vijay Gokhale Vijay Gokhale.jpg Ambassador 20 January 2016 21 October 2017
Gautam Bambawale Ambassador 19 November 2017 30 November 2018
Vikram Misri Ambassador 8 January 2019[2]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  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.

External links[edit]

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