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Chiefs of Mission for India
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Chiefs of Mission
- George Robert Merrell (1898–1962)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, November 1, 1946–
- Henry Francis Grady (1882–1957)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 1, 1947–June 22, 1948
- Loy Wesley Henderson (1892–1986)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 19, 1948–September 21, 1951
- Chester Bliss Bowles (1901–1986)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 1, 1951–March 23, 1953
- George Venable Allen (1903–1970)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 4, 1953–November 30, 1954
- John Sherman Cooper (1901–1991)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 9, 1955–April 23, 1956
- Ellsworth Bunker (1894–1984)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 4, 1957–March 23, 1961
- John Kenneth Galbraith (1908–2006)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 18, 1961–July 12, 1963
- Chester Bliss Bowles (1901–1986)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 19, 1963–April 21, 1969
- Kenneth Barnard Keating (1900–1975)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 2, 1969–July 26, 1972
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan (1927–2003)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 28, 1973–January 7, 1975
- William Bart Saxbe (1916–2010)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 8, 1975–November 20, 1976
- Robert Francis Goheen (1919–2008)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 26, 1977–December 10, 1980
- Harry George Barnes Jr. (1926–2012)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 17, 1981–June 27, 1985
- John Gunther Dean (1926–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 6, 1985–November 7, 1988
- John Randolph Hubbard (1918–2011)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 27, 1988–November 15, 1989
- William Clark Jr. (1930–2008)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 22, 1989–July 2, 1992
- Thomas Reeve Pickering (1931–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 14, 1992–March 23, 1993
- Kenneth C. Brill (1947–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, March 1993–August 1994
- Frank G. Wisner II (1938–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 2, 1994–July 12, 1997
- Richard Frank Celeste (1937–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 28, 1997–April 25, 2001
- Robert D. Blackwill (1939–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 14, 2001–July 31, 2003
- David Campbell Mulford (1937–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 23, 2004–January 15, 2009
- Timothy J. Roemer (1956–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 11, 2009–July 1, 2011
- Nancy Jo Powell (1947–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 24, 2012–May 21, 2014
- Richard Rahul Verma (1968–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 16, 2015–January 20, 2017
- Kenneth I. Juster (?–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 23, 2017–
Other Nominees
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