List of international prime ministerial trips made by Indira Gandhi

Last updated June 26, 2024

The following is a list of international prime ministerial trips made by Indira Gandhi during her tenure as the Prime Minister of India from 1966 to 1977, and again from 1980 to 1984.

First term (1966–71)

Country	Areas visited	Date(s)	Purpose(s)	Notes
France	Paris	25–26 March 1966		Made a brief stop-over at Paris on 25 and 26 March, on her way to, Washington.^[1]
United States	Williamsburg, New York City	28 March–1 April 1966	State visit	Official visit. In U.S. 27 March – 1 April; visited Williamsburg and New York City.^[1]^[2]
Soviet Union	Moscow	April 1966		stopped for a day in Moscow in April, 1966 on her way back from the US.^[1]
Egypt		July 1966	State visit	^[1]
Yugoslavia		July 1966	State visit	^[1]
Soviet Union	Moscow	12–16 July 1966	State visit	^[1]^[3]
Nepal		4–7 October 1966		^[1]
Ceylon		18–21 September 1967	State visit	^[4]
Poland		8–11 October 1967	State visit	^[4]
Yugoslavia	Belgrade	11–13 October 1967	State visit	^[4]
Bulgaria		13–16 October 1967	State visit	^[4]
Romania		16–19 October 1967	State visit	^[4]
Soviet Union		November 1967	50th Anniversary of the October Revolution	She attended the October Revolution Parade.^[4]
Malaysia		April–May 1968		^[5]
Singapore		April–May 1968		^[5]
Bhutan		3–5 May 1968		^[5]
Sikkim		5–6 May 1968		^[5]
New Zealand		May 1968		^[5]
Australia		May 1968		^[5]^[6]
Burma	Rangoon	1 June 1968		On her way back from Kuala Lumpur to Calcutta, Gandhi, stopped over in Rangoon on 1 June 1968.^[5]
Brazil		1968	State visit	Indira Gandhi began her tour of Latin America on 23 September 1968.^[5]^[7]
Uruguay	Montevideo	1968	State visit	^[5]^[7]
Argentina	Buenos Aires	1968	State visit	^[5]^[7]
Chile		1968	State visit	^[5]^[7]
Colombia	Bogota	1968	State visit	.^[5]^[7]
Venezuela	Caracas	10–11 October 1968	State visit	^[5]^[7]
Trinidad and Tobago	Port of Spain	1968	State visit	^[5]
Guyana		1968	State visit	^[5]
United States	New York City	14 October 1968	UN General Assembly	^[5]
United Kingdom	London	7–15 January 1969	Commonwealth Prime Ministers Conference	^[5]
Burma		27–30 March 1969	State visit	^[8]
Afghanistan		5–10 June 1969	State visit	^[8] Soon after her arrival at Kabul, Mrs. Gandhi called on Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan ^[9]
Japan		23–28 June 1969	State visit	^[8]
Indonesia		28 June–3 July 1969	State visit	^[8]
Thailand		1969	Stop-over	^[10]
Egypt	Cairo	1970	State visit	^[11]
Mauritius		2–6 June 1970	State visit	^[11]
Zambia	Lusaka	8–10 September 1970	3rd Summit of the Non-aligned Movement	^[11]
Kenya	Nairobi	September 1970	State visit	^[11]
France	Paris	November 1970	Funeral of Charles de Gaulle	^[11]
Soviet Union	Moscow	20 October 1970	State visit	Gandhi made a brief stop-over at Moscow on 20 October, en route to the U. N. Assembly Session, in New York.^[11]
United States	New York City	14–24 October 1970	UN General Assembly	^[11]

Second term (1971–77)

Country	Areas visited	Date(s)	Purpose(s)	Notes
Soviet Union		27–29 September 1971	State visit	^[3]^[12]
Lebanon	Beirut	24 October 1971	State visit	Made a brief halt in Beirut on her way to Europe and the United States.^[12]
Belgium		24–25 October 1971	State visit	^[12]
Austria		October–November 1971	State visit	^[12]^[13]
United Kingdom	London	28 October–3 November 1971	State visit	^[12]
United States	Washington DC, New York City	3–6 November 1971	State visit	Official visit. Afterwards visited New York City. Departed U.S. 7 November.^[2]
France		7–10 November 1971	State visit	^[12]
West Germany	Bonn	10–12 November 1971	State visit	^[12]
Bangladesh		17–19 March 1972	State visit	^[14]^[15]
Sweden		13–17 June 1972	State visit	^[15]
Czechoslovakia		17–20 June 1972	State visit	^[15]
Hungary		20–23 June 1972	State visit	^[15]
Bhutan		28 October 1972	Cremation of King Jigme Dorji Wangchuck	^[15]
Nepal		7–10 February 1973	State visit	^[15]
Sri Lanka		27–29 April 1973	State visit	^[16]
Yugoslavia		15–17 June 1973	State visit	^[17]
Canada		June 1973	State visit	^[17]^[18]
United Kingdom	London	25 June 1973	State visit	on her way back from an official visit to Canada, made a stopover in London on 25 June 1973.^[17]
Algeria	Algiers	5–9 September 1973	4th Summit of the Non-aligned Movement	^[17]
Iran	Tehran	28 April–2 May 1974	State visit	^[18]^[19]
Maldives		12–14 January 1975	State visit	^[19]^[20]
Iraq		18–21 January 1975	State visit	^[19]
Jamaica	Kingston	April 1975	Conference of Commonwealth Heads of Government	^[21]
East Germany	East Berlin	1–4 July 1976	State visit	^[22]
Afghanistan		4–74 July 1976	State visit	^[22]
Soviet Union	Moscow, Yerevan, Tbilisi	8–13 July 1976	State visit	^[3]
Sri Lanka	Colombo	August 1976	Non- aligned Summit	^[22]
Mauritius		8–11 October 1976	State visit	^[22]
Tanzania		11–14 October 1976	State visit	^[22]
Zambia		15–17 October 1976	State visit	^[22]
Seychelles		17 October 1976	State visit	^[22]

Third term (1980–84)

Country	Areas visited	Date(s)	Purpose(s)	Notes
Tanzania		16–17 April 1980		^[23]
Zimbabwe	Salisbury	April 1980	Zimbabwean Independence celebration	^[23]
Yugoslavia		May 1980	Funeral of Tito	^[23]
United Kingdom		March 1981		^[24]
Kuwait		May 1981		^[24]
United Arab Emirates		May 1981	State visit	^[24]^[25]
Kenya		9–12 August 1981		^[24]
Tonga		September 1981		^[24]
Indonesia		September 1981		^[24]
Fiji		September 1981		^[24]
Australia		29 September–7 October 1981	Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 1981	^[6]^[24]
Mexico	Cancun	October 1981	Cancun summit	^[24]
Philippines		October 1981		^[24]
Bulgaria		1981		^[24]
Italy		1981		^[24]
Switzerland		1981		^[24]
Romania		October 1981		^[24]
France		November 1981		^[24]
Seychelles		1981		^[24]
Cyprus	Nicosia	1981	Stop-over	Gandhi had a meeting with the President of Cyprus during a technical stopover at Nicosia.^[24]
United Kingdom		March 1982	Inauguration of the Festival of India	^[26]
Mauritius		23–25 August 1982	State visit	^[26]
Mozambique		August 1982	State visit	^[26]
United States	New York City, Los Angeles, Honolulu	27–31 July 1982	State visit	Official visit; visited New York City, Los Angeles, and Honolulu. Departed U.S. 4 August.^[2]
Japan	Tokyo	5 August 1982	State visit	^[26]^[27]
Saudi Arabia		April 1982	State visit	^[26]^[28]
Soviet Union	Moscow, Star City, Tallinn, Kyiv	September 1982	State visit	^[26]
Soviet Union	Moscow	November 1982	Funeral of Leonid Brezhnev	^[26]
Norway		9–16 June 1983	State visit	^[29]
Finland	Helsinki		State visit
Denmark			State visit
Austria		17–22 June 1983	State visit	^[13]^[29]
Yugoslavia		July 1983	State visit	^[29]
Cyprus		20–24 September 1983	State visit	^[29]
Greece		20–24 September 1983	State visit	^[29]
France	Paris	September 1983	State visit	On her way to New York for the 38th UN General Assembly meeting, Gandhi made a stop over in Paris.^[29]
United States	New York City	September 1983	UN General Assembly	^[29]
Soviet Union	Moscow	February 1984	Funeral of Yuri Andropov	^[30]
Libya		April 1984	State visit	^[30]
Tunisia		April 1984	State visit	^[30]

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[1966-67-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Report 1966-67, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India

[:0-2] 1 2 3 "India - Visits by Foreign Leaders - Department History - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov. Retrieved 15 December 2015.

[The_Delhi_Declaration-3] 1 2 3 Sahai, Shrinath (1990). The Delhi Declaration, Cardinal of Indo-Soviet Relations: A Bibliographical Study. Mittal Publications. pp. 320–321. ISBN 9788170992264 . Retrieved 15 December 2015.

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[1969-70-8] 1 2 3 4 "Printing - Annual Reports". mealib.nic.in. 1969–70.

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