List of international trips made by prime ministers of India explained

The following is a list of international prime ministerial trips made by prime ministers of India in reverse chronological order.

Jawaharlal Nehru (1947–1964)

See main article: List of international prime ministerial trips made by Jawaharlal Nehru.

Lal Bahadur Shastri (1964–1966)

CountryAreas visitedDate(s)Purpose(s)Notes
Cairo5–10 October 1964Conference of Heads of State or Government of the Non-Aligned Countries[1]
PakistanKarachiOctober 1964On his way back from Cairo, the Prime Minister made a brief halt at Karachi and had discussions with the President of Pakistan
NepalKathmandu
Mithila
23–25 April 1965[2]
11–19 May 1965
CanadaOttawa
Montreal
June 1965
United KingdomLondon17–25 June 1965Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference
July 1965
20–23 December 1965
Tashkent4–10 January 1966Tashkent DeclarationShastri died of a heart attack in Tashkent on 11 January 1966.

Indira Gandhi (1966–77; 1980–84)

See main article: List of international prime ministerial trips made by Indira Gandhi.

Morarji Desai (1977–1979)

CountryAreas visitedDate(s)Purpose(s)Notes
February 1978Regional Commonwealth Conference[3]
Tehran7 June 1977
London8–15 June 1977Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 1977
ParisJune 1977
October 1977
November–December 1977
TehranJune 1978Stop-over
BrusselsJune 1978
LondonJune 1978
New York City, San Francisco, Omaha12–15 June 1978UN General Assembly[4]
NairobiAugust 1978Funeral of Jomo Kenyatta[5]
February 1979Chief guest on Independence Day
Dhaka16–18 April 1979
FrankfurtJune 1979[6]
10–14 June 1979
14–16 June 1979
16–18 June 1979
18–21 June 1979

Charan Singh (1979–1980)

Charan Singh did not make any state visits as Prime Minister.

Rajiv Gandhi (1984–1989)

CountryAreas visitedDate(s)Purpose(s)Notes
March 1985[7]
BangladeshDhaka2 June 1985[8]
EgyptJune 1985
AlgeriaJune 1985
United StatesWashington, D.C.11–15 June 1985[9]
SwitzerlandGeneva17 June 198571st International Labour Conference
FranceJune 1985
BhutanThimpuSeptember 1985
BahamasNassau16–20 October 1985Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 1985
Cuba21–22 October 1985
United StatesNew York City22–24 October 1985Met with President Reagan on 23 October in New York City, at reception and luncheon at the U.N.
MoscowOctober 1985
NetherlandsOctober 1985
United KingdomLondonOctober 1985
OmanMuscat17–18 November 198515th Anniversary of Accession to the Throne by Sultan Qaboos
Hanoi27 November 1985
JapanTokyo28 November–1 December 1985
BangladeshDhaka7–8 December 19851st SAARC summit
MaldivesMalé7–9 February 1986[10]
ZambiaMay 1986
ZimbabweMay 1986
AngolaMay 1986
May 1986
MauritiusJuly 1986
Mexico7–9 August 1986
Prague10 August 1986On his way back from Mexico.
United KingdomLondonAugust 1986Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 1986
ZimbabweHarareSeptember 1986Eighth Summit of the Non-Aligned
IndonesiaOctober 1986
ThailandOctober 1986
AustraliaOctober 1986
New ZealandOctober 1986
2–4 July 1987[11]
Sri LankaColombo29–30 July 1987
NetherlandsOctober 1987Transit visit
JapanTokyoOctober 1987Transit visitGandhi visited Japan, Canada and USA from 11 to 21 October 1987.
CanadaVancouverOctober 1987Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 1987
United StatesWashington, D.C.19–20 October 1987UN General Assembly
NepalKathmandu2–4 November 1987SAARC Summit
Rangoon15–16 December 1987
PakistanPeshawarJanuary 1988Funeral of Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
SwedenJanuary 1988Six Nation Initiative
JapanTokyoApril 1988[12]
16 April 1988
Hungary10–12 June 1988
June 1988
United StatesJune 1988UN General Assembly
June 1988
July 1988Yugoslavia, Jordan, Spain and Turkey 11 to 20 July 1988.
JordanJuly 1988
SpainJuly 1988
TurkeyJuly 1988
Bhutan23–27 September 1988
China19–23 December 1988
PakistanIslamabad29–31 December 19884th SAARC Summit
NepalDecember 1988[13]
Pakistan16–17 July 1989
FranceParisJuly 1989Bicentenary celebrations of the French Revolution
MoscowJuly 1989
Belgrade3–8 September 19899th NAM Summit

V. P. Singh (December 1989 – November 1990)

CountryAreas visitedDate(s)Purpose(s)Notes
NamibiaWindhoekMarch 1990Namibian Independence Day celebrations
MalaysiaKuala Lumpur1–4 June 19901st G-15 summit
MaldivesMalé22–24 June 1990State visit
July 1990State visit

Chandra Shekhar (November 1990 – June 1991)

CountryAreas visitedDate(s)Purpose(s)Notes
MaldivesMalé22–24 November 19906th SAARC Summit[14]
NepalKathmandu, Janakpur, Biratnagar13–15 February 1991State visit

P. V. Narasimha Rao (1991–1996)

CountryAreas visitedDate(s)Purpose(s)Notes
GermanyBonnSeptember 1991[15]
ZimbabweHarareOctober 1991Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 1991
FranceNovember 1991
CaracasNovember 19912nd G-15 Summit
Sri LankaColomboDecember 1991SAARC Summit
United StatesNew York CityJanuary 1992UN Security Council meetingMet with President George H. W. Bush during a U.N. Security Council summit in New York City.
SwitzerlandDavos2 February 1992
MauritiusPort LouisMarch 1992Chief guest on the occasion Mauritius proclaiming itself a republic[16]
BrazilRio de Janeiro3–14 June 1992Earth Summit
SpainMadrid10 June 1992Transit visit
PortugalLisbon15 June 1992Transit visit
JapanTokyo22–26 June 1992
IndonesiaSeptember 199210th Non-Aligned Summit
FranceParis28–30 September 1992
NepalKathmandu19–21 October 1992
TunisiaTunis20 November 1992On his way to Dakar to attend G-15 Summit, Rao stopped in Tunis on 20 November.
SenegalDakar21–23 November 19923rd G-15 Summit
BangladeshDhaka10–11 April 19937th SAARC Summit
ThailandBangkokApril 1993[17]
Uzbekistan23–25 May 1993
Kazakhstan25–26 May 1993
OmanMuscatJune 1993[18] [19]
21–22 August 1993
Seoul9–11 September 1993
ChinaBeijingSeptember 1993
Tehran20–23 September 1993
SwitzerlandDavos1 February 1994World Economic Forum
Germany2–5 February 1994
United Kingdom13–16 March 1994
United States14–20 May 1994
ChinaJune 1994Inauguration of the Festival of India in China
29 June–2 July 1994
September 1994
SingaporeSeptember 1994
DenmarkCopenhagen8–11 March 1995World Summit for Social Development and State visit
MaldivesMaléApril 1995[20]
France11–14 June 1995
MalaysiaAugust 1995
Turkmenistan19–21 September 1995
Kyrgyzstan21–23 September 1995
Egypt15–16 October 1995
ColombiaCartagena16–20 October 199511th NAM summit
United StatesNew York CityOctober 1995UN General Assembly
ArgentinaBuenos Aires5–7 November 1995G-15 Summit
Burkina FasoNovember 1995
GhanaNovember 1995

Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1996; 1998–2004)

See main article: List of international prime ministerial trips made by Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

H. D. Deve Gowda (June 1996 – April 1997)

CountryAreas visitedDate(s)Purpose(s)Notes
ItalyRome15–17 November 1996World Food Summit[21]
ZimbabweHarareNovember 19966th G-15 Summit
Bangladesh6–7 January 1997
MauritiusFebruary 1997
SwitzerlandDavosFebruary 1997World Economic Forum
24–26 March 1997

Inder Kumar Gujral (April 1997 – March 1998)

CountryAreas visitedDate(s)Purpose(s)Notes
MaldivesMalé12-14 May 1997SAARC
United StatesNew York City22 September 1997Met with President Clinton at the UN General Assembly in New York City.
EgyptCairo24-25 October 1997
UgandaKampala26-27 October 1997
South AfricaJohannesburg &Durban28-31 October 1997
BangladeshDhaka14–15 January 1998[22]

Manmohan Singh (2004–2014)

See main article: List of international prime ministerial trips made by Manmohan Singh.

Narendra Modi (2014–present)

See main article: List of international prime ministerial trips made by Narendra Modi.

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