List of international trips made by prime ministers of India explained

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

Jawaharlal Nehru (1947–1964)

See 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
	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
Nepal	Kathmandu Mithila	23–25 April 1965		^[2]
		11–19 May 1965
Canada	Ottawa Montreal	June 1965
United Kingdom	London	17–25 June 1965	Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference
		July 1965
		20–23 December 1965
	Tashkent	4–10 January 1966	Tashkent Declaration	Shastri died of a heart attack in Tashkent on 11 January 1966.

Indira Gandhi (1966–77; 1980–84)

See main article: List of international prime ministerial trips made by Indira Gandhi.

Morarji Desai (1977–1979)

Country	Areas visited	Date(s)	Purpose(s)	Notes
		February 1978	Regional Commonwealth Conference	^[3]
	Tehran	7 June 1977
	London	8–15 June 1977	Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 1977
	Paris	June 1977
		October 1977
		November–December 1977
	Tehran	June 1978	Stop-over
	Brussels	June 1978
	London	June 1978
	New York City, San Francisco, Omaha	12–15 June 1978	UN General Assembly	^[4]
	Nairobi	August 1978	Funeral of Jomo Kenyatta	^[5]
		February 1979	Chief guest on Independence Day
	Dhaka	16–18 April 1979
	Frankfurt	June 1979		^[6]
		10–14 June 1979
		14–16 June 1979
		16–18 June 1979
		18–21 June 1979

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

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

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

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

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

Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1996; 1998–2004)

See 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
Bangladesh		6–7 January 1997
Mauritius		February 1997
Switzerland	Davos	February 1997	World Economic Forum
		24–26 March 1997

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	.
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)

See main article: List of international prime ministerial trips made by Manmohan Singh.

Narendra Modi (2014–present)

See main article: List of international prime ministerial trips made by Narendra Modi.

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