List of high commissioners of Sri Lanka to India

The High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to India is the Sri Lankan envoy to India. Countries belonging to the Commonwealth of Nations typically exchange High Commissioners, rather than Ambassadors. Though there are a few technical differences (for instance, whereas Ambassadors present their diplomatic credentials to the host country's head of state, High Commissioners are accredited to the head of government), they are in practice one and the same office.

Sri Lanka Ambassador to India
Assumed office
2020
PresidentRanil Wickremesinghe
Preceded byAustin Fernando

Prior to the establishment of formal diplomatic ties with India after Ceylon gained independence in 1948, the Government of British Ceylon maintained an official representative to the British Raj in India from 1942 to 1948. The Sri Lankan High Commissioner to India is concurrently accredited as Ambassador to both Bhutan and Afghanistan. Sri Lanka also maintains two Consuls-Generals in Chennai and Mumbai.

Representatives of the Government of Ceylon

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Representative Start of Term End of Term
Sir Baron Jayathilake 1942 1945
Sir Tikiri Bandara Panabokke Adigar 1945 1946
M.W.H de Silva 1947 1948

High Commissioners

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High Commissioner Start of Term End of Term
Sir Arunachalam Mahadeva, KCMG 1948 1950
C. Coomaraswamy 1950 1955
Sir Edwin Wijeratne 1955 1957
Sir Richard Aluwihare, KCMG, CBE 1957 1963
Shirley Amerasinghe 1963 1966
Siri Perera 1967 1969
N. Q. Dias 1970 1972
Justin Siriwardena 1974 1977
Arthur Basnayake 1977 1978
T.B.Panabokke 1978 1982
Bernard Tilakaratna 1982 1989
Dr Stanley Kalpage 1989 1991
Dr Neville Kanakeratne 1991 1994
Mangala Moonesinghe 1995 2000
Dr Senake Bandaranayake 2000 2002
Mangala Moonesinghe 2002 2005
C. R. Jaysinghe 2005 2009
Prasad Kariyawasam 2009 2014
Sudarshana Senavirathne 2014 2015
Esala Weerakoon 2015 2018
Austin Fernando 2018 2020
Milinda Moragoda 2020 Present

See also

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References

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