List of international prime ministerial trips made by Jawaharlal Nehru

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The following is a list of international prime ministerial trips made by Jawaharlal Nehru during his tenure as the Prime Minister of India from 1947 to 1964.

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CountryAreas visitedDate(s)PurposeNotes
Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States Washington DC
New York City
Chicago
Knoxville, Tennessee
San Francisco
Madison, Wisconsin
11–15 October 1949 State visit [1]
Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg  Canada Vancouver 22–26 October 1949 State visit [1] [2]
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Curragh Racecourse 1949 [3]
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia Jakarta June 1950
Flag of Nepal.svg  Nepal 16-18 June 1951 [4]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom London May 1953 Coronation of Elizabeth II [4]
Flag of Egypt (1952-1958).svg  Egypt 23–25 June 1953
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Karachi 25–27 July 1953 [5]
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1953
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Bürgenstock 1953
Flag of Ceylon 1951-1972.svg  Ceylon Colombo 28 April 1954 Colombo Conference
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia Bogor 29 December 1954 Colombo Powers Conference [6]
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Beijing
Shanghai
Nanjing
Guangzhou
Anshan
Hankow
Mukden
Dairen
[7]
19−31 October 1954 [4] [8] [7]
Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg  British Hong Kong Hong Kong
Flag of North Vietnam (1955-1975).svg  North Vietnam Hanoi October 1954 [9]
Flag of South Vietnam.svg  South Vietnam Saigon October 1954 [9]
Flag of Laos (1952-1975).svg  Laos Vientiane October 1954 [9]
Flag of Cambodia.svg  Cambodia Phnom Penh
Angkor Wat
October 1954 [9]
Flag of Burma (1948-1974).svg  Burma December 1954 [4]
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand December 1954 [4]
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia Jakarta December 1954 [4]
Flag of Malaya.svg  Malaya December 1954 [4]
Flag of Egypt (1952-1958).svg  Egypt Cairo February 1955
Flag of France.svg  France Paris February 1955 [10]
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia Bandung 18−24 April 1955 Bandung Conference
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Moscow
Yekaterinburg
Almaty
Ukrainian SSR
Turkmen SSR
others
7–23 June 1955 State visit [11]
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia Zenica
Jablanica
Belgrade
Sarajevo
Dubrovnik
June–July 1955 [4]
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland Warsaw 25–28 June 1955 [4] [12]
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia June–July 1955 [4]
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria June–July 1955 [4]
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Rome June–July 1955 [4]
Flag of Egypt (1952-1958).svg  Egypt June–July 1955 [4]
Flag of Saudi Arabia (1938-1973).svg  Saudi Arabia 1955 State visit [13]
Flag of Syria (1932-1958; 1961-1963).svg  Syria June 1956
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany Bonn 14 July 1956 [14]
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland June–July 1956 [4]
Flag of France.svg  France June–July 1956 [4]
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia June–July 1956 [4]
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece June–July 1956 [4]
Flag of Egypt (1952-1958).svg  Egypt June–July 1956 [4]
Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon June–July 1956 [4]
Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States Washington, D.C.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
16–20 December 1956 State visit [1]
Flag of Ceylon 1951-1972.svg  Ceylon May 1957
Flag of Syria (1932-1958; 1961-1963).svg  Syria June 1957 [4]
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark June 1957 [4]
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Helsinki
Mänttä
June 1957 [4]
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway June 1957 [4]
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden June 1957 [4]
Flag of Egypt (1952-1958).svg  Egypt July 1957 [4]
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands July 1957 [4]
Flag of Sudan (1956-1970).svg  Sudan Khartoum July 1957 [4]
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan Tokyo
Hiroshima
Osaka
October 1957 [4]
Flag of Burma (1948-1974).svg  Burma Rangoon 16−17 October 1957 [15]
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 1957 [16]
Flag of Sikkim (1914-1962).svg  Sikkim Gangtok
Nathu La
16 September 1958 [17]
Flag of Bhutan (1956-1969).svg  Bhutan September 1958 [18]
Flag of Tibet.svg  Tibet Yatung
Paro
October 1958
Flag of Nepal.svg  Nepal 11-14 June 1959 [4]
State flag of Iran (1964-1980).svg  Iran Tehran September 1959 [19]
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Istanbul 20–24 May 1960 [20]
Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon Beirut 24 May 1960 [20]
Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg  United Arab Republic Cairo 17 June 1960 [21]
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Karachi
Murree
Nathiagali
Rawalpindi
Lahore
19–23 September 1960 [5]
Flag of the United States.svg  United States New York City 26 September 1960UN General Assembly [1]
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1961 [4]
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Newport, Rhode Island
New York City
Los Angeles
6–10, 17 November 1961 State visit [1]
Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg  Mexico 14–17 November 1961 State visit [1]
Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg  United Arab Republic Cairo 18 November 1961Meeting with Nasser and Tito [22]
Flag of Ceylon 1951-1972.svg  Ceylon 1962 State visit [23]
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 23–26 September 1962

See also

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "India - Visits by Foreign Leaders - Department History - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  2. "India's first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, and his daughter, Indira Gandhi, visited Vancouver in 1949 (PHOTOS)".
  3. "Narendra Modi in Ireland: Why a small European country is important to India". The Indian Express. 23 September 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Misra, O. P. (1 January 1995). Economic Thought of Gandhi and Nehru: A Comparative Analysis. India: M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd. pp. 60–61. ISBN   9788185880716 . Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Visits to Pakistan by Indian Prime Ministers" . Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  6. "Colombo Powers Conference".
  7. 1 2 Grantham, Alexander (2012). Via ports : from Hong Kong to Hong Kong (New ed.). Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. p. 176. ISBN   9789888083855.
  8. "When India's First Prime Minister Visited China in 1954".
  9. 1 2 3 4 "Jawaharlal Nehru, 'Note on Visit to China and Indo-China'" (PDF). 15 November 1954.
  10. "Nehru to Visit Paris".
  11. "Nehru's Soviet sojourn". The Hindu. 11 July 2015. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  12. "Nehru On Visit To Poland".
  13. "Saudis roll out red carpet to Manmohan". The Hindu . 28 February 2010. Retrieved 28 February 2010.
  14. "Nehru Visit".
  15. "Burma: Nehru In Rangoon".
  16. Thakur, A.K.; Mukhopadhayay, D. (2010). Economic Philosophy of Jawaharlal Nehru. Deep & Deep Publications. p. 201. ISBN   9788184502725 . Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  17. "Nehru's Visit to Bhutan" (PDF).
  18. "PM's foreign visits may be a record of sorts" . Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  19. http://mea.gov.in/Portal/ForeignRelation/India_Iran_Bilateral_brief.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  20. 1 2 "Nehru in Beirut".
  21. "Jawaharlal Nehru with Gamal Abdel Nasser on his Visit to Cairo".
  22. "Tito in Cairo for Talk with Nehru, Nasser".
  23. "Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Two Day State Visit to Sri Lanka Arrives in Colombo on Friday the Thirteenth". dbsjeyaraj.com. Retrieved 15 December 2015.

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