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Milinda Moragoda

Sri Lanka Ambassador to India

Incumbent

Assumed office
2020
President| Ranil Wickremesinghe
Preceded by| Austin Fernando

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.

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.

## Contents

* 1 Representatives of the Government of Ceylon
* 2 High Commissioners
* 3 See also
* 4 References

## Representatives of the Government of Ceylon[edit]

Representative | Start of Term | End of Term

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Sir Baron Jayathilake | 1942 | 1945
Sir Tikiri Bandara Panabokke Adigar | 1945 | 1946
M.W.H de Silva | 1947 | 1948

## High Commissioners[edit]

High Commissioner | Start of Term | End of Term

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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[edit]

* List of heads of missions from Sri Lanka
* Deputy High Commission of Sri Lanka, Chennai

## References[edit]

* The High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to India

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Ambassadors and High Commissioners to India

Ambassadors|

* Afghanistan [de]
* Argentina [es]
* Austria [de]
* Brazil [pt]
* Chile [es]
* China
* Germany [de]
* Finland [de]
* Iceland
* Indonesia [id]
* Iran
* Israel
* Kazakhstan
* Luxembourg
* Mexico [es]
* Myanmar
* Netherlands [es]
* Palestine [ar]
* Portugal [de]
* Russia
* Spain [es]
* Thailand
* Turkey [de]
* Tunisia [es]
* United States
* Venezuela [de]

High Commissioners|

* Australia
* Bangladesh
* Canada [es]
* Ghana [es]
* Malaysia
* New Zealand
* Pakistan [de]
* Sri Lanka
* United Kingdom

* v
* t
* e

Heads of foreign missions of Sri Lanka

Current countries|

* Afghanistan
* Albania
* Algeria
* Andorra
* Angola
* Antigua and Barbuda
* Argentina
* Armenia
* Australia
* Austria
* Azerbaijan
* Bahamas
* Bahrain
* Barbados
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Belize
* Benin
* Bhutan
* Bolivia
* Bosnia-Herzegovina
* Botswana
* Brazil
* Brunei
* Bulgaria
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Canada
* Cambodia
* Cape Verde
* Central African Republic
* Chad
* Chile
* China
* Colombia
* Comoros
* DR Congo
* Congo
* Costa Rica
* Côte d'Ivoire
* Croatia
* Cuba
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Djibouti
* Dominica
* Dominican Republic
* East Timor
* Ecuador
* Egypt
* El Salvador
* Equatorial Guinea
* Eritrea
* Estonia
* Ethiopia
* Fiji
* Finland
* France
* Gabon
* The Gambia
* Georgia
* Germany
* Ghana
* Greece
* Grenada
* Guatemala
* Guinea
* Guinea-Bissau
* Guyana
* Haiti
* Holy See
* Honduras
* Hungary
* Iceland
* India
* Indonesia
* Iran
* Iraq
* Ireland
* Israel
* Italy
* Jamaica
* Japan
* Jordan
* Kazakhstan
* Kenya
* Kiribati
* Korea
* Kosovo
* Kuwait
* Kyrgyzstan
* Laos
* Latvia
* Lebanon
* Lesotho
* Liberia
* Libya
* Liechtenstein
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Macedonia
* Madagascar
* Malawi
* Malaysia
* Maldives
* Mali
* Malta
* Marshall Islands
* Mauritania
* Mauritius
* Mexico
* Micronesia
* Moldova
* Monaco
* Mongolia
* Montenegro
* Morocco
* Mozambique
* Myanmar
* Namibia
* Nauru
* Nepal
* Netherlands
* New Zealand
* Nicaragua
* Niger
* Nigeria
* Norway
* North Korea
* Oman
* Pakistan
* Palau
* Panama
* Papua New Guinea
* Paraguay
* Peru
* Philippines
* Poland
* Portugal
* Qatar
* Romania
* Russia
* Rwanda
* Saint Kitts and Nevis
* Saint Lucia
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
* Samoa
* San Marino
* São Tomé and Príncipe
* Saudi Arabia
* Senegal
* Serbia
* Seychelles
* Sierra Leone
* Singapore
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Solomon Islands
* Somalia
* South Africa
* Spain
* Sudan
* Suriname
* Swaziland
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Syria
* Tajikistan
* Tanzania
* Thailand
* Togo
* Tonga
* Trinidad and Tobago
* Tunisia
* Turkey
* Turkmenistan
* Tuvalu
* Uganda
* Ukraine
* United Arab Emirates
* United Kingdom
* United States
* Uruguay
* Uzbekistan
* Vanuatu
* Vatican
* Venezuela
* Vietnam
* Yemen
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

Defunct countries|

* East Germany
* South Vietnam
* Soviet Union
* Yugoslavia

International organizations|

* EU
* FAO
* IFAD
* OECD
* United Nations
* UNESCO
* UNEP
* UN–HABITAT
* UNVIE
* UN (Geneva)
* WFP
* WTO

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