List of international prime ministerial trips made by Lal Bahadur Shastri

This is a list of international prime ministerial trips made by Lal Bahadur Shastri during his tenure as the Prime Minister of India from June 1964 and January 1966. The first overseas visit was to Egypt in October 1964.

Summary of international trips

Further information: Foreign relations of India

In his two-year long tenure as the Prime Minister, Lal Bahadur Shastri made 7 international trips, visiting 8 countries.

Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri's visits by country

Number of visits	Country
1 visit (7)	Burma, Canada, Egypt, Nepal, Pakistan, United Kingdom, Yugoslavia
2 visits (1)	Soviet Union

1964

	Country	Areas visited	Date(s)	Purpose	Notes
1	Egypt	Cairo	5–10 October 1964	2nd NAM summit	[1]
	Pakistan	Karachi	October 1964		On his way back from Cairo, the Prime Minister made a brief halt at Karachi and had discussions with the President of Pakistan [1]

1965

	Country	Areas visited	Date(s)	Purpose	Notes
2	Nepal	Kathmandu, Janakpur	23–25 April 1965		[2]
3	Soviet Union	Moscow	11–19 May 1965		[2]
4	Canada	Ottawa, Montreal	June 1965		[2]
	United Kingdom	London	17–25 June 1965	Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference	[2]
5	Yugoslavia	Belgrade	July 1965		[2]
6	Burma	Yangon	20–23 December 1965		[2]

1966

	Country	Areas visited	Date(s)	Purpose	Notes
7	Soviet Union	Tashkent	4–10 January 1966	Tashkent Declaration	Shastri died of a heart attack in Tashkent on 11 January 1966. [2]

See also

• Premiership of Lal Bahadur Shastri
• List of international trips made by prime ministers of India
• History of Indian foreign relations

References

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-10-01. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-10-01. Retrieved 2022-02-20.

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