It was created after Indian independence in 1947 and existed until the de facto transfer of the French possessions to India on 1 November 1954.
[2] This consulate had jurisdiction over the Portuguese possessions in India as well[3] The last diplomat who hold this office was Kewal Singh who took charge as Chief Commissioner shortly before the de facto transfer in 1954.
De facto transfer of the French Establishments in India occurred on 1 November 1954.
A Chief Commissioner, appointed by Government of India, replaced the last French Commissioner of French India, Georges Escargueil.
Then consul-general Kewal Singh was appointed as the first Chief Commissioner of French Establishments in India, immediately after the Kizhoor referendum, on 21 October 1954, as per Foreign Jurisdiction Act, 1947.