List of international prime ministerial trips made by Jawaharlal Nehru

The following is a list of international prime ministerial trips made by Jawaharlal Nehru during his tenure as the Prime Minister of India from August 1947 to May 1964. The first overseas visit was to the United States in October 1949.

Map of international trips made by Jawaharlal Nehru as Prime Minister.

Summary of international trips

Further information: Foreign relations of India

In his sixteen-year long tenure as the Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru made 35 international trips, visiting 44 countries, including visits to the United States to attend the United Nations General Assembly.

Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's visits by country

Number of visits	Country
1 visit (30)	Austria, Bhutan, British Hong Kong, Cambodia, Canada, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Iran, Japan, Laos, Malaya, Mexico, Netherlands, North Vietnam, Norway, Poland, Sikkim, South Vietnam, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, West Germany
2 visits (13)	Burma, China, Egypt, France, Ireland, Italy, Lebanon, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Soviet Union, Syria, Yugoslavia
3 visits (2)	Ceylon, Indonesia
4 visits (1)	United States
7 visits (1)	Egypt

1949

	Country	Areas visited	Date(s)	Purpose	Notes
1	United States	Washington, D.C., New York City, Chicago, Knoxville, San Francisco, Madison	11–15 October 1949	State visit	[1]
2	Canada	Vancouver	22–26 October 1949	State visit, addressed the Parliament of Canada	[1] [2]
3	Ireland	Curragh Racecourse	1949		[3]

1950

	Country	Areas visited	Date(s)	Purpose	Notes
4	Indonesia	Jakarta	June 1950

1951

	Country	Areas visited	Date(s)	Purpose	Notes
5	Nepal		16-18 June 1951		[4]

1952

Prime Minister Nehru did not make any international trips in 1952.

1953

	Country	Areas visited	Date(s)	Purpose	Notes
6	United Kingdom	London	May 1953	Coronation of Elizabeth II	[4]
7	Egypt		23–25 June 1953
8	Pakistan	Karachi	25–27 July 1953		[5]
9	Italy		1953
	Switzerland	Bürgenstock	1953

1954

	Country	Areas visited	Date(s)	Purpose	Notes
10	Ceylon	Colombo	28 April 1954	Colombo Powers' Conference
11	North Vietnam	Hanoi	October 1954		[6]
	South Vietnam	Saigon	October 1954		[6]
	Laos	Vientiane	October 1954		[6]
	Cambodia	Phnom Penh, Angkor Wat	October 1954		[6]
	China	Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing, Guangzhou, Anshan, Hankow, Mukden, Dairen [7]	19−31 October 1954		[4] [8] [7]
	British Hong Kong	Hong Kong
12	Burma		December 1954		[4]
	Thailand		December 1954		[4]
	Malaya		December 1954		[4]
	Indonesia	Bogor	29 December 1954	Bogor Conference	[9]

1955

	Country	Areas visited	Date(s)	Purpose	Notes
13	Egypt	Cairo	February 1955
	France	Paris	February 1955		[10]
14	Indonesia	Bandung	18−24 April 1955	Bandung Conference
15	Soviet Union	Moscow, Yekaterinburg, Almaty, Ukrainian SSR, Turkmen SSR	7–23 June 1955	State visit	[11]
	Poland	Warsaw	25–28 June 1955		[4] [12]
	Yugoslavia	Zenica, Jablanica, Belgrade, Sarajevo, Dubrovnik	June–July 1955		[4]
	Czechoslovakia		July 1955		[4]
	Austria		July 1955		[4]
	Italy	Rome	July 1955		[4]
	Egypt		July 1955		[4]
	Saudi Arabia		July 1955	State visit	[13]

1956

	Country	Areas visited	Date(s)	Purpose	Notes
16	Ireland		June–July 1956		[4]
	France		June–July 1956		[4]
	Yugoslavia		June–July 1956		[4]
	Greece		June–July 1956		[4]
	Egypt		June–July 1956		[4]
	Lebanon		June–July 1956		[4]
	Syria		July 1956
	West Germany	Bonn	14 July 1956		[14]
17	United States	Washington, D.C., Gettysburg	16–20 December 1956	State visit	[1]

1957

	Country	Areas visited	Date(s)	Purpose	Notes
18	Ceylon		May 1957
19	Syria		June 1957		[4]
	Denmark		June 1957		[4]
	Finland	Helsinki, Mänttä	June 1957		[4]
	Norway		June 1957		[4]
	Sweden		June 1957		[4]
	Egypt		July 1957		[4]
	Netherlands		July 1957		[4]
	Sudan	Khartoum	July 1957		[4]
20	Japan	Tokyo, Hiroshima, Osaka	October 1957		[4]
21	Burma	Rangoon	16−17 October 1957		[15]
22	Nigeria		1957		[16]

1958

	Country	Areas visited	Date(s)	Purpose	Notes
23	Sikkim	Gangtok, Nathu La	16 September 1958		[17]
	Bhutan		September 1958		[18]
24	China	Yatung	October 1958

1959

	Country	Areas visited	Date(s)	Purpose	Notes
25	Nepal		11-14 June 1959		[4]
26	Iran	Tehran	September 1959		[19]

1960

	Country	Areas visited	Date(s)	Purpose	Notes
27	Turkey	Istanbul	20–24 May 1960		[20]
	Lebanon	Beirut	24 May 1960		[20]
28	Egypt	Cairo	17 June 1960		[21]
29	Pakistan	Karachi, Murree, Nathiagali, Rawalpindi, Lahore	19–23 September 1960		[5]
30	United States	New York City	26 September 1960	UN General Assembly	[1]

1961

	Country	Areas visited	Date(s)	Purpose	Notes
31	Soviet Union		1961		[4]
32	United States	Newport, New York City, Los Angeles	6–10, 17 November 1961	State visit	[1]
33	Mexico		14–17 November 1961	State visit	[1]
	Egypt	Cairo	18 November 1961	Meeting with Gamal Abdel Nasser and Josip Broz Tito	[22]

1962

	Country	Areas visited	Date(s)	Purpose	Notes
34	Ceylon		1962	State visit	[23]
35	Nigeria		23–26 September 1962

See also

• List of international trips made by prime ministers of India
• History of Indian foreign relations

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External links

• Outgoing Visits – by Ministry of External Affairs
• Nonresident Prime Ministers? Measuring India’s Foreign Policy Orientation via Leadership Travel by Sumitha Narayanan Kutty and Walter C. Ladwig III