List of state visits to India
This is a list of heads of state and heads of government who have visited India.
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Flag | Name | Title | Date | Significance |
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Maldives | Abdulla Yameen | President | 11-12 April 2016 | |
United Kingdom | William and Catherine | Duke and Duchess | 10-13 April and 16 April 2016 | First visit by the Duke and Duchess to India |
Nepal | KP Oli | Prime Minister | 18-24 February, 2016 | First foreign visit of the Nepali Prime Minister after taking office |
United Arab Emirates | Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan | Crown Prince | 10-12 February 2016 | |
France | Francois Hollande | President | 24-27 January 2016 | Chief Guest Of India Republic Day 2016 |
Japan | Shinzo Abe | Prime Minister | December 11–13, 2015 | Annual Summit level meeting between the two Prime Ministers |
Germany | Angela Merkel | Chancellor | October 4–6, 2015[1] | |
Sri Lanka | Ranil Wickremesinghe | Prime Minister | September 14-16, 2015 | First foreign visit of the Sri Lankan Prime Minister after taking office[2] |
Seychelles | James Alix Michel | President | 25-27 August 2015 | Reciprocal visit within 5 months of Modi's March visit to Seychelles[3] |
Mozambique | Filipe Nyusi | President | 4-8 August 2015 | The first Asian visit of the Mozambian leader in office[4] |
Tanzania | Jakaya Kikwete | President | 17-21 June 2015 | First African head of state to visit during Modi government[5] |
Netherlands | Mark Rutte | Prime Minister | 5-6 June 2015 | First European head of government to visit during Modi government[6] |
Afghanistan | Ashraf Ghani | President | 27 April 2015 | First State-visit to India since he takes office in September 2014[7] |
Qatar | Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani | Emir | March 24-25, 2015[8] | |
Sri Lanka | Maithripala Sirisena | President | February 15-18, 2015 | First foreign visit of the Sri Lankan President after taking office on 9 January 2015[9] |
Singapore | Tony Tan | President | February 8-11, 2015[10] | |
United States | Barack Obama | President | January 25–27, 2015 | First American President to become Chief Guest at the Republic Day[11][12] |
Bhutan | Tshering Tobgay | Prime Minister | January 13-15, 2015 | Attended Vibrant Gujarat summit in Ahmedabad |
Guyana | Donald Ramotar | President | January 7-12, 2015 | Attended Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in Ahmedabad |
Bangladesh | Abdul Hamid | President | December 18-23, 2014 | |
Russia | Vladimir Putin | President | December 10–11, 2014 [13] | |
Ivory Coast | Daniel Kablan Duncan | Prime Minister | November 4, 2014 | |
Vietnam | Nguyen Tan Dung | Prime Minister | October 27–28, 2014[14] | |
China | Xi Jinping | President | September 17–19, 2014[15] | |
Australia | Tony Abbott | Prime Minister | September 4–5, 2014[16] | |
Mauritius | Navin Ramgoolam | Prime Minister | May 26, 2014 | Attended Swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi |
Afghanistan | Hamid Karzai | President | May 26, 2014 | Attended Swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi |
Bhutan | Tshering Tobgay | Prime Minister | May 26, 2014 | Attended Swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi |
Maldives | Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom | President | May 26, 2014 | Attended Swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi |
Nepal | Sushil Koirala | Prime Minister | May 26, 2014 | Attended Swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi |
Sri Lanka | Mahinda Rajapaksa | President | May 26, 2014 | Attended Swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi |
Pakistan | Nawaz Sharif | Prime Minister | May 26, 2014 | Attended Swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi |
Dmitry Mezentsev | Secretary General | February 23–25, 2014[17] | ||
Canada | David Johnston | Governor General | February 22-March 2, 2014[18] | |
Bahrain | Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa | King | February 18–20, 2014[19] | |
Germany | Joachim Gauck | President | February 4–09,2014[20] | |
Japan | Shinzo Abe | Prime Minister | January 25–27, 2014[21] | |
South Korea | Park Geun-Hye | President | January 1–16, 2014 | |
Maldives | Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom | President | January 1–04, 2014 | |
Japan | Akihito | Emperor | November 30-December 7, 2013 [22] | |
United Kingdom | David Cameron | Prime Minister | February 19–21, 2013 | |
France | Francois Hollande | President | February 14–15, 2013 | |
Bhutan | Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck | King | January 23–29, 2013 | |
Mauritius | Kailash Purryag | President | January 3–9, 2013 | |
Ukraine | Viktor Yanukovych | President | December 9–12, 2012 | |
Canada | Stephen Harper | Prime Minister | November 4–9, 2012 | |
Spain | Juan Carlos I | King | October 24–27, 2012 | |
Australia | Julia Gillard | Prime Minister | October 15–17, 2012 | |
Burundi | Pierre Nkurunziza | President | September 17–29, 2012 | |
Qatar | Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani | Emir | April 2012 | |
Pakistan | Asif Ali Zardari | President | April 8, 2012Private visit | |
Russia | Dmitry Medvedev | President | March 29, 2012 | 2012 BRICS summit |
South Africa | Jacob Zuma | President | March 29, 2012 | 2012 BRICS summit |
Brazil | Dilma Rousseff | President | March 29, 2012 | 2012 BRICS summit |
China | Hu Jintao | President | March 29, 2012 | 2012 BRICS summit |
Zambia | Michael Sata | President | March 22, 2012 | |
Japan | Yoshihiko Noda | Prime Minister | December 22, 2011 | |
Bhutan | Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck | King | Oct 20,2011 | |
Germany | Angela Merkel | Chancellor | 31 May 2011 | Received the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for international understanding |
Uzbekistan | Islam Karimov | President | 17 May 2011 | |
Pakistan | Yousaf Raza Gillani | Prime Minister | 29 March 2011 | Came to Mohali to watch the India vs. Pakistan cricket world cup 2011 semi-finals match |
Dominican Republic | Leonel Fernández Reyna | President | 30 Jan 2011 | |
Russia | Dmitry Medvedev | President | 21 Dec 2010 | Supported India's bid for UNSC membership[23] |
China | Wen Jiabao | Premier | 15 Dec 2010 | Economic Issues, |
France | Nicolas Sarkozy | President | 4 Dec 2010 | Supported India's bid for UNSC membership, Civilian Nuclear Deal [24] |
United States | Barack Obama | President | 6 Nov 2010 | Supported India's bid for UNSC membership as Permanent member [25] [26] |
United Kingdom | David Cameron | Prime Minister | 26 Jul 2010 | The business and economic relationship, The G-20 future agenda, Supported for UNSC seat as Permanent member, The future of Britain's and India's role in Afghanistan[27] |
Myanmar | Than Shwe | Commander-in-Chief | 25 Jul 2010 | Economic issues[28] [29] |
Sri Lanka | Mahinda Rajapaksa | President | 9 Jun 2010[30] | |
Afghanistan | Hamid Karzai | President | 26 Apr 2010 | Cooperation between two countries, Joint fight against terrorism [31] |
Turkmenistan | Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow | President | 24 May 2010 | First official visit of Berdimuhamedow to India, Development of trade and economic cooperation [32] |
Nepal | Ram Baran Yadav | President | 15 Feb 2010[33] | |
Turkey | Abdullah Gül | President | 7 Feb 2010 | Cooperation on economic and commercial relations[34] |
Maldives | Mohamed Nasheed | President | 21 Oct 2009 | India-Maldives relations, Climate change issues [35] |
United Kingdom | Gordon Brown | Prime Minister | 21 Jan 2008 | Reform of the United Nations Security Council[36] |
Philippines | Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo | President | 3–7 October 2007 [37] | |
Brazil | Luiz inacio lula da silva | President | 3 June 2007 | |
Russia | Vladimir Putin | President | 26 Jan 2007 | State guest during the Republic Day Parade |
Romania | Traian Basescu | President | 22 Oct 2006 | |
United States | George W Bush | President | 1 Mar 2006 | Indo-U.S. civilian nuclear agreement [38] [39] |
France | Jacques Chirac | President | 19 Feb 2006 | Civilian nuclear cooperation and defence cooperation [40] |
United Kingdom | Tony Blair | Prime Minister | 6 Sep 2005 | [41] [42] |
Pakistan | Pervez Musharraf | President | 16 Apr 2005[43] | |
Israel | Ariel Sharon | Prime Minister | 9 Sep 2003 | First Israeli prime minister to visit India, agreements and memorandums of understanding on defence, information technology and agriculture[44] [45] |
Singapore | Sellapan Ramanathan | President | Jan 2003[46] | |
Australia | John Howard | Prime Minister | Jul 2000[47] | |
United States | Bill Clinton | President | Mar 2000[48] | |
Indonesia | Abdurrahman Wahid | President | 8 Feb 2000[49] | |
Singapore | Goh Chok Tong | Prime Minister | 17 Jan 2000[50] | |
United Kingdom | Queen Elizabeth II | Queen | 12–18 Oct 1997 | |
Philippines | Fidel V. Ramos | President | 2–5 March 1997 [51] | |
Nepal | Girija Prasad Koirala | Prime Minister | Dec 1990 | New separate trade and transit treaties and other economic agreements India-Nepal relations#1990s |
United Kingdom | Queen Elizabeth II | Queen | 17–26 Nov 1983 | 7th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting |
United States | Jimmy Carter | President | 1 Jan 1978[52] | |
United States | Richard Nixon | President | 1 Aug 1969[53] | |
United Kingdom | Queen Elizabeth II | Queen | 21 Jan–1 Feb, 16–26 Feb, 1–2 Mar 1961 | |
United States | Dwight Eisenhower | President | 10 Dec 1959[54] | |
Saudi Arabia | King Saud | King | 26 Nov 1955 | First visit by head of state of any of the two countries to the other [55] [56] |
Republic Day Parade Guests
Since 1950, India has been hosting head of state or government of another country as the state guest of honor for Republic Day celebrations in New Delhi.The following is the list of Heads of state who have been the state guest of honor for the Republic Day parade.
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