The
Consulate General of India was established in Sydney in 1941
as the Trade Commission of India. The First Trade Commissioner
was Mr. R.R. Saxena of the Imperial Customs Service and was
appointed to this Post from the afternoon of January 30, 1941.
He presented his papers to the Australian Governor General
on March 7, 1941.
In
1948 Mr. G. Parameswaran Pillai, became Independent India's
first Trade Commissioner to Australia and New Zealand.
In April 1968, the name of the Trade Commission was changed
to the Deputy High Commission of India.
In January 1973, the Deputy High Commission of India acquired
its present name of Consulate General of India, Sydney.
Available records indicate that the Trade Commission was first
housed at 39 Martin Place, Sydney.
The Consulate General of India, from available records, was
located at ‘Caltex House’ in Kent Street, Sydney,
from where it moved in the mid-80’s to Walker Street
in North Sydney.
Since January 1994 the Consulate General is located at ‘Bligh
Chambers’ 25, Bligh Street in the Sydney CBD.
As
per available records, the Heads
of Post in Sydney have been as follows:
| Trade
Commissioner |
Tenure
|
|
Mr
Ramji Ram Saxena |
January
30, 1941– .... |
....... |
....... |
....... |
....... |
| Mr
Roy Axel Khan |
March
16, 1965 – August 19, 1969 |
|
|
|
| Deputy
High Commissioner |
Tenure |
| |
|
|
Mr
Roy Axel Khan |
April
19, 1968– August 19, 1969 |
| Mr
Giteshwar Raj |
August
19, 1969 – November 1, 1971 |
| Mr
Jyotirmoy Baruah |
December
7, 1971- December 21, 1972 |
|
|
|
| Consul
General |
Tenure |
| |
|
| Mr
Hari Kishan Mahajan |
January
30, 1973 – July 1976 |
| Mr
Virendra Pal Singh |
July
1976 – October 1979 |
| Mr
Inderjeet Singh Rathore
|
December
1979 – April 1983 |
| Mr
Arun Kumar Banerjee |
June
1983 - July 1986 |
| Mr
Vidya Bhushan Soni |
August
1986 – October 1989 |
| Mr
Arif Qamarain |
March
1990 – November 1992 |
| Mr
C.Pathilyil Ravindranathan |
November
1992 – August 1995 |
| Mr
Vijay Kumar |
August
1995 – March 2001 |
|
Mr
M. Ganapathi
Mr
Sujan R Chinoy |
April
19, 2001 – December 2005
January
21, 2006 -
|
| |
|
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