List of ambassadors of India to the United States
Wikimedia list article
(Redirected from Indian Ambassador to the United States)
The Indian Ambassador to the United States is the main representative of India to the United States. They live in the embassy of India in Washington, D.C.
Ambassador of India to the United States | |
---|---|
Nominator | Pranab Mukherjee |
Formation | 1947 |
First holder | Asaf Ali |
Website | Embassy of India, Washington D.C., United States |
List of Indian Ambassadors to the United States
changeName | Photo | Entered office | Left office | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Asaf Ali | 1947 | 1948 | ||
Benegal Rama Rau | 1948 | 1949 | 4th Governor of Reserve Bank of India | |
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit | 1949 | 1951 | First Woman President of the United Nations General Assembly (1953) | |
Binay Ranjan Sen | 1951 | 1952 | Director General of Food and Agriculture Organization (1956–67) | |
Gaganvihari Lallubhai Mehta | 1952 | 1958 | ||
M. C. Chagla | 1958 | 1961 | ||
Braj Kumar Nehru | 1961 | 1968 | ||
Ali Yavar Jung | 1968 | 1970 | ||
Lakshmi Kant Jha | 1970 | 1973 | 8th Governor of Reserve Bank of India | |
T. N. Kaul | 1973 | 1976 | ||
Kewal Singh | 1976 | 1977 | ||
Nanabhoy Palkhivala | 1977 | 1979 | ||
K. R. Narayanan | 1980 | 1984 | 10th President of India | |
K. Shankar Bajpai | 1984 | 1986 | ||
P. K. Kaul | 1986 | 1989 | ||
Karan Singh | 1989 | 1990 | Titular Maharajah of Jammu and Kashmir | |
Abid Hussain | 1990 | 1992 | ||
Siddhartha Shankar Ray | 1992 | 1996 | ||
Naresh Chandra | 1996 | 2001 | ||
Lalit Mansingh | 2001 | 2004 | ||
Ronen Sen | 2004 | 2009 | ||
Meera Shankar | 2009 | 2011 | ||
Nirupama Rao | 2011 | 2013 | ||
Subrahmanyam Jaishankar | 2013 | 28 January 2015 | ||
Arun Kumar Singh | 2015 | 2016 | ||
Navtej Sarna | 2016 |
References
change- India Ambassador, Official page Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine indianembassy.org
- Embassay of India, Washington DC-Ambassadors of India to the United States