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Diplomatic relations between India and Mauritius were established in 1948, soon after India’s independence.

Shri Dharam Yash Dev was appointed as the first Commissioner in September 1948 who remained in office till June 1950. There were 8 Commissioners in all. The last Commissioner was Shri Avtar Singh who held office from May 1967 till March 1968. 

Following Mauritius’ independence in March 1968, the representation was upgraded to High Commission. Shri Avtar Singh became the first High Commissioner of India to Mauritius. Since then there have been 19 High Commissioners.

Available records at the High Commission suggest that the High Commission was first housed adjacent to Champs de Mars. It moved to Bank of Baroda Building afterwards.

The list of Commissioners and High Commissioners of India to Mauritius is as follows: 

S.No Commissioners From To
1.

Shri Dharam Yash Dev

14.09.1948

25.06.1950
2.

Shri J A Thivy

02.09.1950

10.09.1953
3.

Shri Anand Mohan Sahay

31.10.1953

09.09.1954
4.

Shri B Chatterjee

25.02.1955

04.10.1958
5.

Shri J N Dhamija

01.12.1958

04.06.1960
6.

Shri M K Kidwai

31.05.1961

29.06.1964
7.

Shri P R S Mani

24.08.1964

10.04.1967
8.

Shri Avtar Singh

20.05.1967

11.03.1968
S.No
High Commissioners
From
To

1.

Shri Avtar Singh

12.03.1968

24.02.1969

2.

Shri D. S. Kamtekar

12.11.1969

05.01.1971

3.

Shri K. D. Sharma

18.08.1971

12.09.1974

4.

Shri M. M. Khurana

28.09.1974

29.01.1977

5.

Shri Kailash Chandra

01.08.1977

05.10.1979

6.

Shri B. S. Upadhyaya

25.05.1981

08.08.1982

7.

Shri Prem Singh

29.11.1982

20.08.1986

8.

Shri K. K. Bhargava

07.10.1986

22.06.1989

9.

Shri K. K. S. Rana

14.09.1989

22.05.1992

10.

Shri Shyam Saran

09.12.1992

10.04.1997

11.

Shri M. L. Tripathi

18.07.1997

19.07.2000

12.

Shri Vijay Kumar

04.03.2001

30.07.2003

13.

Shri Pripuran Singh Haer

01.09.2003

31.12.2006

14.

Shri B. Jaishankar

16.03.2007

30.06.2008

15.

Shri M. Ganapathi

09.09.2008

19.08.2011

16.

Shri T.P. Seetharam

09.09.2011

06.12.2013

17.

Shri Anup K Mudgal

15.01.2014

31.05.2016

18.

Shri Abhay Thakur

11.08.2016

02.01.2019

19.

Shri Tanmaya Lal

05.01.2019

05.12.2020
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