Girija Shankar Bajpai

Sir Girija Shankar Bajpai
Girja Shankar Bajpai with the Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in the first Commonwealth Prime Ministers conference in 1948 in London.
1st Secretary General, Ministry of External Affairs
In office
1947–1952
Prime MinisterJawaharlal Nehru
Preceded byposition established
Succeeded byN. R. Pillai
Personal details
Born(1891-04-03)3 April 1891[1]
Allahabad, North-Western Provinces, British India
(now in Uttar Pradesh, India)
Died5 December 1954(1954-12-05) (aged 63)
Bombay, Bombay State, India
(now Mumbai, Maharashtra)
NationalityBritish Indian (1891-1947)
Indian (1947-1954)
Children7 (4 daughters; 3 sons), including Uma Shankar Bajpai and Katyayani Shankar Bajpai
Alma materUniversity of Allahabad, Merton College, Oxford

Sir Girija Shankar Bajpai KCSI KBE CIE (3 April 1891 – 5 December 1954) was an Indian civil servant, diplomat and Governor.

  1. ^ The India Office and Burma Office List: 1945. Harrison & Sons, Ltd. 1945. p. 127.