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The Indian Consul-General to the
French Establishments in India French India, formally the ( en, French Settlements in India), was a Overseas territory (France), French colony comprising five geographically separated enclaves on the Indian Subcontinent that had initially been Factory (trading post), facto ...
(French India) was the chief diplomatic representative of India to the
French Republic France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...
for the French Establishments in India housed in the 7 rue de Capuchins, Pondicherry. It was created after Indian independence in 1947 and existed until the de facto transfer of the French possessions to India on 1 November 1954. The inaugural Consul-General for India in the French Establishments in India at Pondicherry was Mirza Rashid Ali Baig who held the post between 1947 and 1949. This consulate had jurisdiction over the Portuguese possessions in India as well The last diplomat who hold this office was
Kewal Singh Kewal Singh Choudhary (1915–1991) was an Indian diplomat, Foreign Secretary and India's ambassador to the USSR, Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan and USA. He was a 1955 recipient of the Indian civilian honour of Padma Shri. Early l ...
who took charge as Chief Commissioner shortly before the de facto transfer in 1954.


List of Consuls-general


Cessation of consulate

De facto transfer of the French Establishments in India occurred on 1 November 1954. A ''Chief Commissioner'', appointed by
Government of India The Government of India (ISO: ; often abbreviated as GoI), known as the Union Government or Central Government but often simply as the Centre, is the national government of the Republic of India, a federal democracy located in South Asia, c ...
, replaced the last French '' Commissioner of French India'', Georges Escargueil. Then consul-general
Kewal Singh Kewal Singh Choudhary (1915–1991) was an Indian diplomat, Foreign Secretary and India's ambassador to the USSR, Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan and USA. He was a 1955 recipient of the Indian civilian honour of Padma Shri. Early l ...
was appointed as the first Chief Commissioner of French Establishments in India, immediately after the ''Kizhoor referendum'', on 21 October 1954, as per ''Foreign Jurisdiction Act, 1947''. The Chief Commissioner had the powers of the former French commissioner, but was under the direct control of the Union Government.


See also

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Puducherry Puducherry or Pondicherry may refer to: * Puducherry (union territory), a union territory of India ** Pondicherry, capital of the union territory of Puducherry ** Puducherry district, a district of the union territory of Puducherry ** Puducherry t ...
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List of lieutenant governors of Puducherry Puducherry (formerly known as "Pondicherry") is a Union Territory of India. Governance and administration of the territory fall directly under federal authority. Chief Commissioner (1954 1963) After the ''de facto'' transfer of French settl ...


References

{{Reflist Puducherry-related lists 1947 establishments in India 1954 disestablishments in India India history-related lists