He served as Indian Ambassador in Argentina, Egypt, Yugoslavia and Greece, France, and the United States.
He was born in Hyderabad to a distinguished Hyderabadi family of scholars, administrators and educators, and studied at Queen's College, Oxford,[4] earning a degree in History.
[6] In 1946-47 he was Minister Constitutional Affairs, Home and Educational, Public Health and Local Government in the Nizam's Governorate.
[4] His personal rapport with Juan Perón, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Josip Broz Tito, Charles de Gaulle, and Lyndon B. Johnson substantially contributed to their understanding and appreciation of India's independent foreign policy.
[4][8] The Western Express Highway in Mumbai[9] and The National Institute for the Hearing Handicapped[10] located there are named after him.