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This is a list of heads of state, heads of government, ministers and senior officials who have visited India.
Name | Title | Country | Date | Visit Type | Reference |
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Ariel Sharon | Prime Minister | Israel | 9 September 2003 | First Israeli prime minister to visit India, agreements and memorandums of understanding on defence, information technology and agriculture | [1] [2] |
Ismail Omar Guelleh | President | Djibouti | May 2003 | State Visit | |
Sellapan Ramanathan | President | Singapore | Jan 2003 | [3] | |
John Howard | Prime Minister | Australia | Jul 2000 | [4] | |
Bill Clinton | President | United States | Mar 2000 | [5] | |
Abdurrahman Wahid | President | Indonesia | 8 February 2000 | [6] | |
Goh Chok Tong | Prime Minister | Singapore | 17 January 2000 | [7] | |
Surendra Prasad Chowdhury | Minister of State for Science & Technology of Nepal | Nepal | 17 November 1999 | [7] | |
Arthit Qurairat | Minister of Science, Technology and Environment | Thailand | 15 November 1999 | [7] | |
Mohammed Idris Ali | Defence Secretary | Bangladesh | 12 October 1999 | [7] | |
Orlando Mercado | Defence Secretary (Minister) | Philippines | 11 October 1999 | [7] | |
Humayun Rasheed Choudhury | Speaker of the Bangladesh Parliament | Bangladesh | [7] | ||
Seine Saphantong | Minister of Agriculture and Forestry | Laos | 23 May 1999 | [7] | |
Tofail Ahmed | Minister for Commerce and Industries | Bangladesh | 19 May 1999 | [7] | |
Ahmed Abdullah | Minister of Health | Maldives | 22 April 1999 | [7] | |
Samy Vellu | Minister for works | Malaysia | 19 April 1999 | [7] | |
Abdur Razzaq | Minister for Water Resources | Bangladesh | Apr 1999 | [8] ––> | |
Queen Elizabeth II | Queen | United Kingdom | 12–18 Oct 1997 | ||
Fidel V. Ramos | President | Philippines | 2–5 March 1997 | [9] | |
Ezer Weizman | President | Israel | 31 Dec 1996– | [10] | |
Dipendra of Nepal | prince | Kenya | 1994 | ||
Daniel arap Moi | President | Kenya | 1993 | ||
Girija Prasad Koirala | Prime Minister | Nepal | Dec 1990 | New separate trade and transit treaties and other economic agreements India–Nepal relations#1990s | |
Mir–Hossein Mousavi | Prime Minister | Iran | Dec 1985 | ||
Queen Elizabeth II | Queen | United Kingdom | 17–26 Nov 1983 | 7th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting | |
Luís Cabral | President | Guinea-Bissau | 1979 | ||
Saddam Hussein | President | Iraq | 1979 | ||
William Tolbert | President | Liberia | 1978 | ||
Jimmy Carter | President | United States | 1 January 1978 | [5] | |
Richard Nixon | President | United States | 1 August 1969 | [5] | |
Levi Eshkol | Prime Minister | Israel | 21–30 Jan1968 | ||
Jomo Kenyatta | President | Kenya | 21–28 Jan1965 | ||
Abdullah Al–Salim Al–Sabah | Emir | Kuwait | 1963 | ||
Muhammad Najib ar–Ruba'i | President | Iraq | 1962 | ||
William Tubman | President | Liberia | 1961 | ||
Queen Elizabeth II | Queen | United Kingdom | 21 Jan – 1 Feb, 16–26 Feb, 1–2 Mar 1961 | ||
Dwight Eisenhower | President | United States | 10 December 1959 | [11] | |
Emperor Haile Selassie | Emperor | Ethiopian Empire | 11—18 August 1956 – | [12] [13] | |
King Saud | King | Saudi Arabia | 13–18 August 1955 26 November 1955 | First visit by head of state of any of the two countries to the other | [14] [15] |
Name | Title | Country | Date | Visit Type | Reference |
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Mohamed Nasheed | President | Maldives | 21 October 2009 | India–Maldives relations, Climate change issues | [16] |
Julia Gillard | Deputy PM | 1 September 2009 | To try and restore confidence in Australia's education sector | [17] [18] | |
James L. Jones | National Security Advisor | 25 June 2009 | The US government's strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan, Shared commitment to combat terrorism, Post–election situation in Iran, Energy and developing closer economic and trade links as well as defence ties | [19] | |
David Miliband | Foreign Secretary | United Kingdom | [20] | ||
Gordon Brown | Prime Minister | United Kingdom | 21 January 2008 | Reform of the United Nations Security Council | [21] |
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo | President | Philippines | 3–7 October 2007 | [9] | |
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | President | Brazil | 3 June 2007 | ||
Vladimir Putin | President | Russia | 26 January 2007 | State guest during the Republic Day Parade | |
Gordon Brown | Chancellor of the Exchequer | United Kingdom | [22] | ||
Traian Basescu | President | Romania | 22 October 2006 | ||
George W Bush | President | United States | 1 March 2006 | Indo–US civilian nuclear agreement | [23] [24] |
Jacques Chirac | President | France | 19 February 2006 | Civilian nuclear co–operation and defence co–operation | [25] |
Tony Blair | Prime Minister | United Kingdom | 6 September 2005 | [26] [27] | |
Pervez Musharraf | President | Pakistan | 16 April 2005 | [28] |
Name | Title | Country | Date | Visit Type/Purpose | Reference |
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Dmitry Medvedev | President | Russia | 21 December 2010 | Supported India's bid for UNSC membership | [29] |
Wen Jiabao | Premier | China | 15 December 2010 | Economic Issues, | |
Nicolas Sarkozy | President | France | 4 December 2010 | Supported India's bid for UNSC membership, Civilian Nuclear Deal | [30] |
Barack Obama | President | United States | 6 November 2010 | Supported India's bid for UNSC membership as Permanent member | [31] [32] |
David Cameron | Prime Minister | United Kingdom | 26 July 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 | [33] |
Than Shwe | Commander–in–Chief | Myanmar | 25 July 2010 | Economic issues | [34] [35] |
Mahinda Rajapaksa | President | Sri Lanka | 9 June 2010 | [36] | |
Hamid Karzai | President | Afghanistan | 26 April 2010 | Cooperation between two countries, Joint fight against terrorism | [37] |
Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow | President | Turkmenistan | 24 May 2010 | First official visit of Berdimuhamedow to India, Development of trade and economic co–operation | [ citation needed ] |
Mohammed Waheed Hassan | Vice–President | Maldives | 19 February 2010 | First official visit to India | |
Ram Baran Yadav | President | Nepal | 15 February 2010 | [38] [39] | |
Abdullah Gül | President | Turkey | 7 February 2010 | Cooperation on economic and commercial relations | [40] |
Name | Title | Country | Date | Visit Type/Purpose | Reference |
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Yoshihiko Noda | Prime Minister | Japan | 22 December 2011 | ||
Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck | King | Bhutan | 20 October 2011 | ||
John Key | Prime Minister | New Zealand | 28–30 June 2011 | State visit | |
Angela Merkel | Chancellor | Germany | 31 May 2011 | Received the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for international understanding | |
Islam Karimov | President | Uzbekistan | 17 May 2011 | ||
Yousaf Raza Gillani | Prime Minister | Pakistan | 29 March 2011 | Came to Mohali to watch the 2011 Cricket World Cup semi–final between India and Pakistan | |
Leonel Fernández Reyna | President | Dominican Republic | 30 January 2011 |
Name | Title | Country | Date | Visit Type/ Purpose | Reference |
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Ram Baran Yadav | President | Nepal | 24 – 29 December 2012 | Official Visit | [41] |
Viktor Yanukovych | President | Ukraine | 9–12 December 2012 | State Visit | [42] |
Mikhail Myasnikovich | Prime Minister | Belarus | 13–14 November 2012 | Working Visit | [43] |
Hamid Karzai | President | Afghanistan | 9–13 November 2012 | State Visit | [44] |
Stephen Harper | Prime Minister | Canada | 4–9 November 2012 | State Visit | [45] |
Juan Carlos I | King | Spain | 24–27 October 2012 | State Visit | [46] |
Julia Gillard | Prime Minister | Australia | 15–17 October 2012 | State Visit | [47] |
Pierre Nkurunziza | President | Burundi | 17–29 September 2012 | ||
Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani | Emir | Qatar | April 2012 | ||
Asif Ali Zardari | President | Pakistan | 8 April 2012 | Private visit | |
Dmitry Medvedev | President | Russia | 29 March 2012 | 2012 BRICS summit | |
Jacob Zuma | President | South Africa | 29 March 2012 | ||
Dilma Rousseff | President | Brazil | 29 March 2012 | ||
Hu Jintao | President | China | 29 March 2012 | ||
Michael Sata | President | Zambia | 22 March 2012 |
Name | Title | Country | Date | Visit Type/ Purpose | Reference |
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Hamid Karzai | President | Afghanistan | 12 – 15 December 2013 | Official Visit | [48] |
Akihito | Emperor and Empress | Japan | 30 November – 5 December 2013 | State Visit | [49] [50] |
Nguyen Phu Trong | General Secretary | Vietnam | 19 – 22 November 2013 | State Visit | [51] |
Jaber Al–Mubarak Al–Hamad Al–Sabah | Prime Minister | Kuwait | 7 – 10 November 2013 | State Visit | [52] |
Viktor Orban | Prime Minister | Hungary | 16 – 19 October 2013 | State Visit | [53] |
Aga Khan IV | Imam of Nazari Islam | France | 17 – 28 September 2013 | Official Visit | [54] |
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf | President | Liberia | 9 – 13 September 2013 | State Visit | [55] |
Tshering Tobgay | Prime Minister | Bhutan | 30 August – 4 September 2013 | Official Visit | [56] |
Ueli Maurer | President | Switzerland | August 2013 | [57] | |
Nouri Kamil Al–Maliki | Prime Minister | Iraq | 22 – 25 August 2013 | State Visit | [58] |
Mohammad Karim Khalili | Vice President | Afghanistan | 20 – 22 August 2013 | Official Visit | [59] |
Joseph R. Biden Jr | Vice President | United States | 22 – 25 July 2013 | Official Visit | [60] |
Miroslav Lajcak | Deputy Prime Minister | Slovakia | 17 – 20 June 2013 | Official Visit | [61] |
Hamid Karzai | President | Afghanistan | 20 – 22 May 2013 | Official Visit | [62] |
Li Keqiang | Premier | China | 19 – 22 May 2013 | State Visit | [63] |
Olafur Ragnar | President | Iceland | 31 March – 6 April 2013 | Official Visit | [64] |
Mohamed Morsy | President | Egypt | 18 – 20 March 2013 | State Visit | [65] |
David Cameron | Prime Minister | United Kingdom | 19 – 21 February 2013 | Official Visit | [66] |
Francois Hollande | President | France | 14 – 15 February 2013 | State Visit | [67] |
Lyonchhen Jigmi Y. Thinley | Prime Minister | Bhutan | 7 – 9 February 2013 | Official Visit | [68] |
Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck | King | Bhutan | 23 – 29 January 2013 | State Visit | [69] |
Rashid Meredov | Deputy Prime Minister | Turkmenistan | 21 – 22 January 2013 | Official Visit | [70] |
Kailash Purryag | President | Mauritius | 3–9 January 2013 | State Visit | [71] |
Name | Title | Country | Date | Visit Type/ Purpose | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Shinzo Abe | Prime Minister | Japan | 11–13 December 2015 | Official Visit | [86] |
Ameenah Gurib–Fakim | President | Mauritius | 6 – 10 December 2015 | Official Visit | [87] |
Li Yuanchao | Vice President | China | 3 – 7 November 2015 | Official Visit | [88] |
Kamal Thapa | Deputy Prime Minister | Nepal | 17 – 19 October 2015 | Official Visit | [89] |
Angela Merkel | Chancellor | Germany | 4–6 October 2015 | Official Visit | [90] |
Ranil Wickremesinghe | Prime Minister | Sri Lanka | 14–16 September 2015 | Official Visit | [91] [92] |
James Alix Michel | President | Seychelles | 25–27 August 2015 | State Visit | [93] [94] |
Filipe Nyusi | President | Mozambique | 4–8 August 2015 | State Visit | [95] [96] |
Jakaya Kikwete | President | Tanzania | 17–21 June 2015 | State Visit | [97] [98] |
Mark Rutte | Prime Minister | Netherlands | 5–6 June 2015 | Official Visit | [99] [100] |
Ashraf Ghani | President | Afghanistan | 27 April 2015 | State Visit | [101] [102] |
Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani | Emir | Qatar | 24–25 March 2015 | State Visit | [103] |
Maithripala Sirisena | President | Sri Lanka | 15–18 February 2015 | State Visit | [104] [105] |
Tony Tan | President | Singapore | 8–11 February 2015 | State Visit | [106] |
Barack Obama | President | United States | 25–27 January 2015 | State Visit and Chief Guest at the Republic Day | [107] [108] |
Sai Mauk Kham | Vice President | Myanmar | 19 –12 January 2015 | Official Visit | [109] |
Tshering Tobgay | Prime Minister | Bhutan | 10–18 January 2015 | Official Visit | [110] |
Ban Ki–moon | Secretary–General of the United Nations | United Nations | 1 –19 January 2015 | Official Visit | |
Donald Ramotar | President | Guyana | 7–12 January 2015 | Official Visit | [111] |
Name | Title | Country | Date | Visit Type | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dmitry Rogozin | Deputy Prime Minister | Russia | 23 December 2017 | Working Visit | [145] |
Patricia Scotland | Commonwealth Secretary General | Commonwealth of Nations | 13 – 16 December 2017 | Official Visit | [146] |
Ranil Wickremesinghe | Prime Minister | Sri Lanka | 21 – 24 November 2017 | Official Visit | [147] |
Charles and Camilla | Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall | United Kingdom | 8 – 9 November 2017 | Official Visit | [148] |
Philippe and Mathilde | King and Queen | Belgium | 5 – 11 November 2017 | State Visit | [149] |
Maris Kucinskis | Prime Minister | Latvia | 2 – 6 November 2017 | Official Visit | [150] |
Serzh Sargsyan | President | Armenia | 2 – 4 November 2017 | Official Visit | [151] |
Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Jetsun Pema Wangchuck | King and Queen | Bhutan | 31 October – 3 November 2017 | Official Visit | [152] |
Paolo Gentiloni | Prime Minister | Italy | 30 October 2017 | State Visit | [153] |
Mohammad Ashraf Ghani | President | Afghanistan | 24 October 2017 | State Visit | [154] |
Abdullah Abdullah | Chief Executive | Afghanistan | 27 – 29 October 2017 | Working Visit | [155] |
Shinzo Abe | Prime Minister | Japan | 13 – 14 September 2017 | State Visit | [156] |
Alexander Lukashenko | President | Belarus | 11 – 12 September 2017 | State Visit | [157] |
Doris Leuthard | President | Switzerland | 30 August – 2 September 2017 | State Visit | [158] |
Sher Bahadur Deuba | Prime Minister | Nepal | 23 – 27 August 2017 | State Visit | [159] |
Rashid Meredov | Vice President, Minister of Foreign Affairs | Turkmenistan | 13 – 15 August 2017 | Working Visit | [160] |
Abdulmalik Abduljalil Al–Mekhlafi | Deputy Prime Minister | Yemen | 10 –13 July 2017 | Working Visit | [161] [162] |
Pham Binh Minh | Deputy Prime Minister | Vietnam | 3 – 6 July 2017 | Working Visit | [163] |
Pravind Jugnauth | Prime Minister | Mauritius | 26–28 May 2017 | State Visit | [164] |
Mahmoud Abbas | President | Palestine | 14 – 17 May 2017 | State Visit | [165] |
Igor Shuvalov | Deputy Prime Minister | Russia | 9 May 2017 | Working Visit | [166] |
Recep Tayyip Erdogan | President | Turkey | 30 April – 1 May 2017 | State Visit | [167] |
Nicos Anastasiades | President | Cyprus | 25 – 29 April 2017 | State Visit | [168] |
Ranil Wickremesinghe | Prime Minister | Sri Lanka | 25 – 28 April 2017 | Working Visit | [169] |
Bidhya Devi Bhandari | President | Nepal | 17 – 19 April 2017 | State Visit | [170] |
Malcolm Turnbull | Prime Minister | Australia | 10–13 April 2017 | State visit | [171] |
Sheikh Hasina | Prime Minister | Bangladesh | 7 – 10 April 2017 | State visit | [172] |
Najib Razak | Prime Minister | Malaysia | 30 March 4 April 2017 | State visit | [173] |
Yuri Trutnev | Deputy Prime Minister | Russia | 15 – 18 March 2017 | Working Visit | [174] |
Mswati III | King | Swaziland | 8 –15 March 2017 | Working Visit | [175] |
Ruhakana Rugunda | Prime Minister | Uganda | 7 – 12 March 2017 | Working visit | [176] |
Fayez Tarawneh | Chief of Royal Court | Jordan | 7 – 10 March 2017 | Working Visit | [177] |
Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan | Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates | 24–26 January 2017 | State visit & Chief Guest of Indian Republic Day | [178] |
Uhuru Kenyatta | President | Kenya | 10 – 12 January 2017 | State visit | [179] |
Paul Kagame | President | Rwanda | 9 – 11 January 2017 | State visit | [180] |
Aleksandar Vučić | Prime Minister | Serbia | 9 – 12 January 2017 | To Attend Vibrant Gujarat Summit | [181] |
António Costa | Prime Minister | Portugal | 7–13 January 2017 | State visit | [182] |
Ashwin Adhin | Vice President of Suriname | Suriname | 5 – 14 January 2017 | Bhartiya pravashi diwas | [183] |
Name | Title | Country | Date | Visit Type | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ibrahim Mohamed Solih | President | Maldives | 27–29 December 2018 | Official Visit | |
Lotay Tshering | Prime Minister | Bhutan | 27–29 December 2018 | Official Visit | |
Vladimir Putin | President | Russia | 4–5 October 2018 | Official Visit | [184] |
Shavkat Mirziyoyev | President | Uzbekistan | 30 September – 1 October 2018 | State Visit | [185] |
Moon Jae–in | President | South Korea | 8–11 July 2018 | State Visit | [186] |
Danny Faure | President | Seychelles | 22–27 June 2018 | State Visit | |
Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli | Prime Minister | Nepal | 7–8 April 2018 | State Visit | [187] |
Frank–Walter Steinmeier | President | Germany | 22–25 March 2018 | State Visit | [188] |
Faure Essozimna Gnassingbe | President | Togo | 10 – 11 March 2018 | International Solar Alliance Summit | [189] |
Roch Marc Christian Kaboré | President | Burkina Faso | |||
Ibrahim Baoubacar Keita | President | Mali | |||
Mohamoud Mohamed Guled | Deputy Prime Minister | Somalia | |||
Josaia Voreqe Bainimariama | Prime Minister | Fiji | |||
Paul Kagame | President | Rwanda | |||
Abdul Hamid | President | Bangladesh | |||
David Arthur Granger | President | Guyana | |||
Azali Assoumani | President | Comoros | |||
Sheikh Hamed Bin Zayed Bin Al Nahyan | Chairman of Crown Prince Court | United Arab Emirates | |||
Danny Faure | President | Seychelles | |||
Ismail Omar Guelleh | President | Djibouti | |||
Peter Cosgrove | Governor General | Australia | |||
Ali Bongo Ondimba | President | Gabon | |||
Maithripala Sirisena | President | Sri Lanka | [190] | ||
Emmanuel Macron | President | France | 9 – 12 March 2018 | State Visit | [191] |
Tran Dai Quang | President | Vietnam | 2 – 4 March 2018 | State Visit | [192] |
Abdullah II bin Al–Hussein | King | Jordan | 27 February – 1 March 2018 | Official Visit | [193] |
Justin Trudeau | Prime Minister | Canada | 17 – 23 February 2018 | Official Visit | [194] |
Hassan Rouhani | President | Iran | 15 – 18 February 2018 | Official Visit | [195] |
Carl Barrington Greenidge | Vice President | Guyana | 29 January – 2 February 2018 | Official Visit | [196] |
Joko Widodo | President | Indonesia | 25 – 27 January 2018 | Chief Guest of India Republic Day 2018 and ASEAN–INDIA Commemorative Summit | [197] |
Thongloun Sisoulith | Prime Minister | Laos | 24 – 27 January 2018 | ||
Gen. Prayut Chan–o–cha | Prime Minister | Thailand | 24 – 27 January 2018 | ||
Hassanal Bolkiah | Sultan | Brunei | 24 – 27 January 2018 | ||
Lee Hsien Loong | Prime Minister | Singapore | 24 – 27 January 2018 | ||
Rodrigo Duterte | President | Philippines | 24 – 27 January 2018 | ||
Aung San Suu Kyi | State Counsellor | Myanmar | 24 – 27 January 2018 | ||
Hun Sen | Prime Minister | Cambodia | 24 – 27 January 2018 | ||
Nguyen Xuan Phuc | Prime Minister | Vietnam | 24 – 27 January 2018 | ||
Benjamin Netanyahu | Prime Minister | Israel | 14 – 19 January 2018 | Official Visit | [198] |
Name | Title | Country | Date | Visit Type | Reference |
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Angela Merkel | German Chancellor | Germany | 31 October – 2 November 2019 | Official Visit [199] | |
Willem–Alexander of the Netherlands | King | Netherlands | 14–18 October 2019 | State Visit | |
António Guterres | Secretary–General of the United Nations | United Nations | 21–27 May 2019 | Official Visit | |
Mohammad Javad Zarif | Federal minister | Iran | 13–14 May 2019 | Official Visit | |
Isatou Touray | vice president | The Gambia | 14 –17 April 2019 | Official Visit | |
William Ruto | Vice President | Kenya | 14 –17 April 2019 | Official Visit | |
Sir Dominic Asquith | British High Commissioner to India. | United Kingdom | 10–13 and 16 April 2019 | Official Visit | |
Mark Rutte | Prime Minister | Netherlands | 12 –14 April 2019 | Official Visit | |
Qaboos bin Said al Said | Sultan | Oman | 1–5 April 2019 | Official Visit | |
Mahamudu Bawumia | vice president | Ghana | 15– 27 March 2019 | Official Visit | |
Ibrahima Kassory Fofana | Prime Minister | Republic of Guinea | 16– 25 March 2019 | Official Visit | |
Ibrahim Abdulaziz Al–Assaf | Federal minister | Saudi Arabia | 5– 7 March 2019 | Official Visit | |
Mamadou Tangara | Federal minister | The Gambia | 5– 7 March 2019 | Official Visit | |
Monica Juma | Federal minister | Kenya | 5– 7 March 2019 | Official Visit | |
Marise Payne | Federal minister | Australia | 25– 27 February 2019 | Official Visit | |
Mohammad bin Salman | Crown prince | Saudi Arabia | 19– 20 February 2019 | State Visit | |
Mauricio Macri | President | Argentina | 17– 19 February 2019 | State Visit | |
AK Abdul Momen | Federal minister | Bangladesh | 11– 15 February 2019 | Official Visit | |
Albert II, Prince of Monaco | Prince of Monaco | Monaco | 1 – 10 February 2019 | Official Visit | |
Mahathir Mohamad | Prime Minister | Malaysia | 24 – 28 January 2019 | Guest at Republic Day of India | |
Theresa May | Prime Minister | United Kingdom | 26 January 2019 | Guest at Republic Day of India | |
Cyril Ramaphosa | President | South Africa | 26 January 2019 | Guest at Republic Day of India | |
Pravind Jugnauth | Prime Minister | Mauritius | 20–28 January 2019 | Guest at Republic Day of India | |
Shavkat Mirziyoyev | President | Uzbekistan | 18 January 2019 | State Visit | |
Erna Solberg | Prime Minister | Norway | 7–9 January 2019 | Official Visit |
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