The High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to India is the

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

n envoy to India. Countries belonging to the Commonwealth of Nations typically exchange High Commissioners, rather than

Ambassador An ambassador is an official envoy, especially a high-ranking diplomat who represents a state and is usually accredited to another sovereign state or to an international organization as the resident representative of their own government or sov ...

s. Though there are a few technical differences (for instance, whereas Ambassadors present their

diplomatic credentials A letter of credence (french: Lettre de créance) is a formal diplomatic letter that designates a diplomat as ambassador to another sovereign state. Commonly known as diplomatic credentials, the letter is addressed from one head of state to ano ...

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 British Ceylon ( si, බ්‍රිතාන්‍ය ලංකාව, Britānya Laṃkāva; ta, பிரித்தானிய இலங்கை, Biritthāṉiya Ilaṅkai) was the British Crown colony of present-day Sri Lanka between ...

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

to both Bhutan and Afghanistan. Sri Lanka also maintains two Consuls-Generals in Chennai and Mumbai.

Representatives of the Government of Ceylon

High Commissioners

References

The High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to India
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Representatives of the Government of Ceylon

High Commissioners

See also

References