List of international trips made by prime ministers of India

The following is a list of international prime ministerial trips made by prime ministers of India in reverse chronological order.

Jawaharlal Nehru (1947–1964)

Main article: List of international prime ministerial trips made by Jawaharlal Nehru

Lal Bahadur Shastri (1964–1966)

Country	Areas visited	Date(s)	Purpose(s)	Notes
Egypt	Cairo	5–10 October 1964	Conference of Heads of State or Government of the Non-Aligned Countries	[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]
Nepal	Kathmandu Mithila	23–25 April 1965		[2]
Soviet Union		11–19 May 1965		[2]
Canada	Ottawa Montreal	June 1965		[2]
United Kingdom	London	17–25 June 1965	Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference	[2]
Yugoslavia		July 1965		[2]
Burma		20–23 December 1965		[2]
Soviet Union	Tashkent	4–10 January 1966	Tashkent Declaration	Shastri died of a heart attack in Tashkent on 11 January 1966. [2]

Indira Gandhi (1966–77; 1980–84)

Main article: List of international prime ministerial trips made by Indira Gandhi

Morarji Desai (1977–1979)

Country	Areas visited	Date(s)	Purpose(s)	Notes
Australia		February 1978	Regional Commonwealth Conference	[3]
Iran	Tehran	7 June 1977		[3]
United Kingdom	London	8–15 June 1977	Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 1977	[3]
France	Paris	June 1977		[3]
Soviet Union		October 1977		[3]
Nepal		November–December 1977		[3]
Iran	Tehran	June 1978	Stop-over	[4]
Belgium	Brussels	June 1978		[4]
United Kingdom	London	June 1978		[4]
United States	New York City, San Francisco, Omaha	12–15 June 1978	UN General Assembly	[5] [6]
Kenya	Nairobi	August 1978	Funeral of Jomo Kenyatta	[4]
Sri Lanka		February 1979	Chief guest on Independence Day	[4]
Bangladesh	Dhaka	16–18 April 1979		[7]
West Germany	Frankfurt	June 1979		[8]
Soviet Union		10–14 June 1979		[8]
Poland		14–16 June 1979		[8]
Czechoslovakia		16–18 June 1979		[8]
Yugoslavia		18–21 June 1979		[8]

Charan Singh (1979–1980)

Charan Singh did not make any state visits as Prime Minister.

Rajiv Gandhi (1984–1989)

Country	Areas visited	Date(s)	Purpose(s)	Notes
Soviet Union		March 1985		[9]
Bangladesh	Dhaka	2 June 1985		[7] [9]
Egypt		June 1985		[9]
Algeria		June 1985		[9]
United States	Washington, D.C.	11–15 June 1985		[5] [9]
Switzerland	Geneva	17 June 1985	71st International Labour Conference	[9]
France		June 1985		[9]
Bhutan	Thimphu	September 1985		[9]
Bahamas	Nassau	16–20 October 1985	Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 1985	[9]
Cuba		21–22 October 1985		[9]
United States	New York City	22–24 October 1985		Met with President Reagan on 23 October in New York City, at reception and luncheon at the U.N. [5] [9]
Soviet Union	Moscow	October 1985		[9]
Netherlands		October 1985		[9]
United Kingdom	London	October 1985		[9]
Oman	Muscat	17–18 November 1985	15th Anniversary of Accession to the Throne by Sultan Qaboos	[9]
Vietnam	Hanoi	27 November 1985		[9]
Japan	Tokyo	28 November–1 December 1985		[9]
Bangladesh	Dhaka	7–8 December 1985	1st SAARC summit	[7] [9]
Maldives	Malé	7–9 February 1986		[9] [10]
Zambia		May 1986		[10]
Zimbabwe		May 1986		[10]
Angola		May 1986		[10]
Tanzania		May 1986		[10]
Mauritius		July 1986		[10]
Mexico		7–9 August 1986		[10]
Czechoslovakia	Prague	10 August 1986		On his way back from Mexico. [10]
United Kingdom	London	August 1986	Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 1986	[10]
Zimbabwe	Harare	September 1986	Eighth Summit of the Non-Aligned	[10]
Indonesia		October 1986		[10]
Thailand		October 1986		[10]
Australia		October 1986		[10]
New Zealand		October 1986		[10]
Soviet Union		2–4 July 1987		[11]
Sri Lanka	Colombo	29–30 July 1987		[11]
Netherlands		October 1987	Transit visit	[11]
Japan	Tokyo	October 1987	Transit visit	Gandhi visited Japan, Canada and USA from 11 to 21 October 1987. [11]
Canada	Vancouver	October 1987	Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 1987	[11]
United States	Washington, D.C.	19–20 October 1987	UN General Assembly	[5] [11]
Nepal	Kathmandu	2–4 November 1987	SAARC Summit	[11]
Burma	Rangoon	15–16 December 1987		[11]
Pakistan	Peshawar	January 1988	Funeral of Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
Sweden		January 1988	Six Nation Initiative	[11]
Japan	Tokyo	April 1988		[12]
Vietnam		16 April 1988		[12]
Hungary		10–12 June 1988		[12]
West Germany		June 1988		[12]
United States		June 1988	UN General Assembly	[12]
Syria		June 1988		[12]
Yugoslavia		July 1988		Yugoslavia, Jordan, Spain and Turkey 11 to 20 July 1988. [12]
Jordan		July 1988		[12]
Spain		July 1988		[12]
Turkey		July 1988		[12]
Bhutan		23–27 September 1988		[12]
China		19–23 December 1988		[12]
Pakistan	Islamabad	29–31 December 1988	4th SAARC Summit	[12]
Nepal		December 1988		[13]
Pakistan		16–17 July 1989		[13]
France	Paris	July 1989	Bicentenary celebrations of the French Revolution	[13]
Soviet Union	Moscow	July 1989		[13]
Yugoslavia	Belgrade	3–8 September 1989	9th NAM Summit	[13]

V. P. Singh (December 1989 – November 1990)

Country	Areas visited	Date(s)	Purpose(s)	Notes
Namibia	Windhoek	March 1990	Namibian Independence Day celebrations	[14]
Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	1–4 June 1990	1st G-15 summit	[14]
Maldives	Malé	22–24 June 1990	State visit	[14]
Soviet Union		July 1990	State visit	[14]

Chandra Shekhar (November 1990 – June 1991)

Country	Areas visited	Date(s)	Purpose(s)	Notes
Maldives	Malé	22–24 November 1990	6th SAARC Summit	[14]
Nepal	Kathmandu, Janakpur, Biratnagar	13–15 February 1991	State visit	[14]

P. V. Narasimha Rao (1991–1996)

Country	Areas visited	Date(s)	Purpose(s)	Notes
Germany	Bonn	September 1991		[15]
Zimbabwe	Harare	October 1991	Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 1991	[15]
France		November 1991		[15]
Venezuela	Caracas	November 1991	2nd G-15 Summit	[15]
Sri Lanka	Colombo	December 1991	SAARC Summit	[15]
United States	New York City	January 1992	UN Security Council meeting	Met with President George H. W. Bush during a U.N. Security Council summit in New York City. [5] [15]
Switzerland	Davos	2 February 1992		[15]
Mauritius	Port Louis	March 1992	Chief guest on the occasion Mauritius proclaiming itself a republic	[15] [16]
Brazil	Rio de Janeiro	3–14 June 1992	Earth Summit	[16]
Spain	Madrid	10 June 1992	Transit visit	[16]
Portugal	Lisbon	15 June 1992	Transit visit	[16]
Japan	Tokyo	22–26 June 1992		[16]
Indonesia	Jakarta	September 1992	10th Non-Aligned Summit	[16]
France	Paris	28–30 September 1992		[16]
Nepal	Kathmandu	19–21 October 1992		[16]
Tunisia	Tunis	20 November 1992		On his way to Dakar to attend G-15 Summit, Rao stopped in Tunis on 20 November. [16]
Senegal	Dakar	21–23 November 1992	3rd G-15 Summit	[16]
Bangladesh	Dhaka	10–11 April 1993	7th SAARC Summit	[17]
Thailand	Bangkok	April 1993		[17]
Uzbekistan		23–25 May 1993		[17]
Kazakhstan		25–26 May 1993		[17]
Oman	Muscat	June 1993		[18] [19]
Bhutan		21–22 August 1993		[17]
South Korea	Seoul	9–11 September 1993		[17]
China	Beijing	September 1993		[17]
Iran	Tehran	20–23 September 1993		[17]
Switzerland	Davos	1 February 1994	World Economic Forum	[17]
Germany		2–5 February 1994		[17] [19]
United Kingdom		13–16 March 1994		[19]
United States		14–20 May 1994		[19]
China		June 1994	Inauguration of the Festival of India in China	[19]
Russia		29 June–2 July 1994		[19]
Vietnam		September 1994		[19]
Singapore		September 1994		[19]
Denmark	Copenhagen	8–11 March 1995	World Summit for Social Development and State visit	[20]
Maldives	Malé	April 1995		[20]
France		11–14 June 1995		[20]
Malaysia		August 1995		[20]
Turkmenistan		19–21 September 1995		[20]
Kyrgyzstan		21–23 September 1995		[20]
Egypt		15–16 October 1995		[20]
Colombia	Cartagena	16–20 October 1995	11th NAM summit	[20]
United States	New York City	October 1995	UN General Assembly	[20]
Argentina	Buenos Aires	5–7 November 1995	G-15 Summit	[20]
Burkina Faso		November 1995		[20]
Ghana		November 1995		[20]

Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1996; 1998–2004)

Main article: List of international prime ministerial trips made by Atal Bihari Vajpayee

H. D. Deve Gowda (June 1996 – April 1997)

Country	Areas visited	Date(s)	Purpose(s)	Notes
Italy	Rome	15–17 November 1996	World Food Summit	[21]
Zimbabwe	Harare	November 1996	6th G-15 Summit	[21]
Bangladesh		6–7 January 1997		[21]
Mauritius		February 1997		[21]
Switzerland	Davos	February 1997	World Economic Forum
Russia		24–26 March 1997		[21]

Inder Kumar Gujral (April 1997 – March 1998)

Country	Areas visited	Date(s)	Purpose(s)	Notes
Maldives	Malé	12-14 May 1997	SAARC
United States	New York City	22 September 1997	Met with President Clinton at the UN General Assembly in New York City	. [5]
Egypt	Cairo	24-25 October 1997
Uganda	Kampala	26-27 October 1997
South Africa	Johannesburg &Durban	28-31 October 1997
Bangladesh	Dhaka	14–15 January 1998		[22]

Manmohan Singh (2004–2014)

Main article: List of international prime ministerial trips made by Manmohan Singh

Narendra Modi (2014–present)

Main article: List of international prime ministerial trips made by Narendra Modi

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