Girija Shankar Bajpai

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Girija Shankar Bajpai (1891 – 1954) was an eminent Indian civil servant and a diplomat. He was the first Secretary General in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in pre-independence India. In 1940, Bajpai was one of the six members of the Viceroy's Executive Council, which was the colonial version of a Cabinet.

After India gained independence from the British Raj in 1947, Prime Minister Nehru retained Bajpai for some time as his principal foreign affairs adviser.

Bajpai served as the Governor of Maharashtra during 1952-'54.