List of High Commissioners of India to the United Kingdom - wikipedia List of High Commissioners of India to the United Kingdom The High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom is the head of the High Commission of India to the United Kingdom. The High Commission is located at India House in London. In 1919, a committee chaired by the Marquess of Crewe determined there existed the need to separate the agency work of the India Office from its other political and administrative roles, and recommended the transfer of all such work to `` a High Commissioner for India or some similar Indian Governmental Representative in London. '' It was also felt popular opinion in India would view this as a step towards full Dominion status for India. The Government of India Act that same year upheld the recommendations of the committee, making provision for `` the appointment of a High Commissioner by His Majesty by Order in Council, which might delegate to the official any of the contractual powers of the Secretary of State ( for India ) in Council, and prescribe the conditions under which he should act on behalf of the Government of India or any Provincial Government. '' On 13 August 1920, King - Emperor George V issued the required Order in Council. Until India became independent in 1947, the post was styled High Commission for India. The first High Commissioner for India was Indian Civil Service officer Sir William Stevenson Meyer ; the first of Indian origin was Sir Dadiba Merwanji Dalal. The High Commissioner enjoyed the same status as his counterparts from the British Dominions. Upon Indian independence, the post was given the present designation. Contents 1 High Commissioners for India ( 1920 - 1947 ) 2 High Commissioners of India to the United Kingdom ( 1947 - present ) 2.1 Dominion of India ( 1947 - 1950 ) 2.2 Republic of India ( 1950 - present ) 3 References High Commissioners for India ( 1920 - 1947 ) Name Portrait Entered office Left office Notes Sir William Stevenson Meyer GCIE, KCSI September 1920 October 1922 J.W. Bhore CBE October 1922 April 1923 ( acting ) Sir Dadiba Merwanji Dalal CIE April 1923 December 1924 First High Commissioner of Indian origin Sir Atul Chandra Chatterjee KCSI, KCIE 1925 1931 Sir Bhupendra Nath Mitra KCSI, KCIE, CBE 1931 1936 Malik Sir Feroz Khan Noon KCSI, KCIE, Kt. 1936 December 1941 Khan Bahadur Maulvi Sir Muhammad Aziz - ul - Haq CIE December 1941 May 1943 Dewan Bahadur Sir Samuel Ebenezer Runganadhan May 1943 April 1947 M.K. Vellodi CIE April 1947 August 1947 ( acting ) High Commissioners of India to the United Kingdom ( 1947 - present ) Source : Dominion of India ( 1947 - 1950 ) Name Portrait Entered office Left office Notes V.K. Krishna Menon August 1947 26 January 1950 Republic of India ( 1950 - present ) Name Portrait Entered office Left office Notes V.K. Krishna Menon 26 January 1950 1952 First High Commissioner of the Republic of India ( from 26 January 1950 ) B.G. Kher 1952 1954 Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit 1954 1961 M.C. Chagla 1962 1963 Jivraj Narayan Mehta 1963 1966 S.S. Dhawan 1968 1969 Appa B. Pant 1969 1972 Braj Kumar Nehru 1973 1977 N.G. Gore 1977 1979 V.A. Seyid Muhammad 1980 1984 P. Mehrotra July 1984 December 1984 P.C. Alexander 1985 Maharaja Krishna Rasgotra Kuldip Nayar March 1990 November 1990 Laxmi Mall Singhvi 1991 Salman Haidar January 1998 July 1998 Lalit Mansingh 1998 1999 Nareshwar Dayal 2000 2002 Ronen Sen May 2002 April 2004 Kamalesh Sharma July 2004 January 2008 Shiv Shankar Mukherjee January 2008 August 2009 Nalin Surie September 2009 August 2011 Jaimini Bhagwati February 2012 December 2013 Ranjan Mathai December 2013 December 2015 Navtej Sarna January 2016 December 2016 Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha December 2016 References Jump up ^ `` Chapter XV - The High Commissioner for India '' Jump up ^ `` Chapter XV - The High Commissioner for India '' Jump up ^ Also represented British Burma until 1937, when it became a Crown Colony separate from India ^ Jump up to : `` Chapter XV - The High Commissioner for India '' Jump up ^ `` The British Empire - India and Dependencies : Government and Constitution, '' pg. 113, The Statesman 's Year Book, 1926, Epstein. Macmillan. London 1926 Jump up ^ The Statesman 's Year - Book, 71st Edition, pg 118, Macmillan & Co, 1934 Jump up ^ `` The British Commonwealth - India and Dependencies : Government and Constitution, '' pg. 110, The Statesman 's Year Book, 1938, Epstein. Macmillan. London 1938 Jump up ^ `` The British Commonwealth - India and Dependencies : Government and Constitution, '' pg. 111, The Statesman 's Year Book, 1942, Epstein. Macmillan. London 1942 Jump up ^ `` The British Commonwealth - India and Dependencies : Government and Constitution, '' pg. 112, The Statesman 's Year Book, 1946, Epstein. Macmillan. London 1946 Jump up ^ `` The British Commonwealth - India and Dependencies : Government and Constitution, '' pg. 107, The Statesman 's Year Book, 1947, Epstein. Macmillan. London 1946 Jump up ^ `` Indian High Commission : Former High Commissioners of India to the United Kingdom '' Jump up ^ Times of India - `` Shiv Shankar Mukherjee is India 's new envoy to UK '' Jump up ^ Hindustan Times - `` Warm farewell for Shiv Mukherjee '' Jump up ^ High Commission press release on appointment India - United Kingdom relations Envoys Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha List of High Commissioners of India to the United Kingdom Sir Dominic Asquith List of High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to India Diplomatic posts High Commission of India, London High Commission of the United Kingdom, New Delhi British Deputy High Commission, Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai History British Raj Indian Independence Act 1947 Dominion of India Cooperation UK India Business Council Commonwealth of Nations Cultural relations British Indians Indian community of London British Indo - Caribbean people Anglo - Indians Ambassadors and High Commissioners of India Countries Bhutan Germany Greece Pakistan Russia Tanzania United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States International organizations United Nations Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_High_Commissioners_of_India_to_the_United_Kingdom&oldid=831670904 '' Categories : Diplomatic missions of India Diplomatic missions in London High Commissioners of India to the United Kingdom India -- United Kingdom relations Lists of ambassadors of India Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 21 March 2018, at 18 : 17 ( UTC ). 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Question: who was appointed as the first high commissioner of india in 1920 a.d
Answer: Sir William Stevenson Meyer