List of international trips made by prime ministers of India

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

Narendra Modi (2014–present)[edit]

Manmohan Singh (2004–2014)[edit]

Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1998–2004)[edit]

Inder Kumar Gujral (April 1997 – March 1998)[edit]

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 .[1]
 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 [2]

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

Country Areas visited Date(s) Purpose(s) Notes
 Italy Rome 15–17 November 1996 World Food Summit [3]
 Zimbabwe Harare November 1996 6th G-15 Summit [3]
 Bangladesh 6–7 January 1997 [3]
 Mauritius February 1997 [3]
  Switzerland Davos February 1997 World Economic Forum
 Russia 24–26 March 1997 [3]

P. V. Narasimha Rao (1991–1996)[edit]

Country Areas visited Date(s) Purpose(s) Notes
 Germany Bonn September 1991 [4]
 Zimbabwe Harare October 1991 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 1991 [4]
 France November 1991 [4]
 Venezuela Caracas November 1991 2nd G-15 Summit [4]
 Sri Lanka Colombo December 1991 SAARC Summit [4]
 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.[1][4]
  Switzerland Davos 2 February 1992 [4]
 Mauritius Port Louis March 1992 Chief guest on the occasion Mauritius proclaiming itself a republic [4][5]
 Brazil Rio de Janeiro 3–14 June 1992 Earth Summit [5]
 Spain Madrid 10 June 1992 Transit visit [5]
 Portugal Lisbon 15 June 1992 Transit visit [5]
 Japan Tokyo 22–26 June 1992 [5]
 Indonesia Jakarta September 1992 10th Non-Aligned Summit [5]
 France Paris 28–30 September 1992 [5]
   Nepal Kathmandu 19–21 October 1992 [5]
 Tunisia Tunis 20 November 1992 On his way to Dakar to attend G-15 Summit, Rao stopped in Tunis on 20 November.[5]
 Senegal Dakar 21–23 November 1992 3rd G-15 Summit [5]
 Bangladesh Dhaka 10–11 April 1993 7th SAARC Summit [6]
 Thailand Bangkok April 1993 [6]
 Uzbekistan 23–25 May 1993 [6]
 Kazakhstan 25–26 May 1993 [6]
 Oman Muscat June 1993 [7][8]
 Bhutan 21–22 August 1993 [6]
 South Korea Seoul 9–11 September 1993 [6]
 China Beijing September 1993 [6]
 Iran Tehran 20–23 September 1993 [6]
  Switzerland Davos 1 February 1994 World Economic Forum [6]
 Germany 2–5 February 1994 [6][8]
 United Kingdom 13–16 March 1994 [8]
 United States 14–20 May 1994 [8]
 China June 1994 Inauguration of the Festival of India in China [8]
 Russia 29 June–2 July 1994 [8]
 Vietnam September 1994 [8]
 Singapore September 1994 [8]
 Denmark Copenhagen 8–11 March 1995 World Summit for Social Development and State visit [9]
 Maldives Malé April 1995 [9]
 France 11–14 June 1995 [9]
 Malaysia August 1995 [9]
 Turkmenistan 19–21 September 1995 [9]
 Kyrgyzstan 21–23 September 1995 [9]
 Egypt 15–16 October 1995 [9]
 Colombia Cartagena 16–20 October 1995 11th NAM summit [9]
 United States New York City October 1995 UN General Assembly [9]
 Argentina Buenos Aires 5–7 November 1995 G-15 Summit [9]
 Burkina Faso November 1995 [9]
 Ghana November 1995 [9]

Chandra Shekhar (November 1990 – June 1991)[edit]

Country Areas visited Date(s) Purpose(s) Notes
 Maldives Malé 22–24 November 1990 6th SAARC Summit [10]
   Nepal Kathmandu, Janakpur, Biratnagar 13–15 February 1991 State visit [10]

Vishwanath Pratap Singh (December 1989 – November 1990)[edit]

Country Areas visited Date(s) Purpose(s) Notes
 Namibia Windhoek March 1990 Namibian Independence Day celebrations [10]
 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur 1–4 June 1990 1st G-15 summit [10]
 Maldives Malé 22–24 June 1990 State visit [10]
 Soviet Union July 1990 State visit [10]

Rajiv Gandhi (1984–1989)[edit]

Country Areas visited Date(s) Purpose(s) Notes
 Soviet Union March 1985 [11]
 Bangladesh Dhaka 2 June 1985 [12][11]
 Egypt June 1985 [11]
 Algeria June 1985 [11]
 United States Washington, D.C. 11–15 June 1985 [1][11]
  Switzerland Geneva 17 June 1985 71st International Labour Conference [11]
 France June 1985 [11]
 Bhutan Thimpu September 1985 [11]
 Bahamas Nassau 16–20 October 1985 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 1985 [11]
 Cuba 21–22 October 1985 [11]
 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.[1][11]
 Soviet Union Moscow October 1985 [11]
 Netherlands October 1985 [11]
 United Kingdom London October 1985 [11]
 Oman Muscat 17–18 November 1985 15th Anniversary of Accession to the Throne by Sultan Qaboos [11]
 Vietnam Hanoi 27 November 1985 [11]
 Japan Tokyo 28 November–1 December 1985 [11]
 Bangladesh Dhaka 7–8 December 1985 1st SAARC summit [12][11]
 Maldives Malé 7–9 February 1986 [11][13]
 Zambia May 1986 [13]
 Zimbabwe May 1986 [13]
 Angola May 1986 [13]
 Tanzania May 1986 [13]
 Mauritius July 1986 [13]
 Mexico 7–9 August 1986 [13]
 Czechoslovakia Prague 10 August 1986 On his way back from Mexico.[13]
 United Kingdom London August 1986 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 1986 [13]
 Zimbabwe Harare September 1986 Eighth Summit of the Non-Aligned [13]
 Indonesia October 1986 [13]
 Thailand October 1986 [13]
 Australia October 1986 [13]
 New Zealand October 1986 [13]
 Soviet Union 2–4 July 1987 [14]
 Sri Lanka Colombo 29–30 July 1987 [14]
 Netherlands October 1987 Transit visit [14]
 Japan Tokyo October 1987 Transit visit Gandhi visited Japan, Canada and USA from 11 to 21 October 1987.[14]
 Canada Vancouver October 1987 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 1987 [14]
 United States Washington, D.C. 19–20 October 1987 UN General Assembly [1][14]
   Nepal Kathmandu 2–4 November 1987 SAARC Summit [14]
 Burma Rangoon 15–16 December 1987 [14]
 Pakistan Peshawar January 1988 Funeral of Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
 Sweden January 1988 Six Nation Initiative [14]
 Japan Tokyo April 1988 [15]
 Vietnam 16 April 1988 [15]
 Hungary 10–12 June 1988 [15]
 West Germany June 1988 [15]
 United States June 1988 UN General Assembly [15]
 Syria June 1988 [15]
 Yugoslavia July 1988 Yugoslavia, Jordan, Spain and Turkey 11 to 20 July 1988.[15]
 Jordan July 1988 [15]
 Spain July 1988 [15]
 Turkey July 1988 [15]
 Bhutan 23–27 September 1988 [15]
 China 19–23 December 1988 [15]
 Pakistan Islamabad 29–31 December 1988 4th SAARC Summit [15]
   Nepal December 1988 [16]
 Pakistan 16–17 July 1989 [16]
 France Paris July 1989 Bicentenary celebrations of the French Revolution [16]
 Soviet Union Moscow July 1989 [16]
 Yugoslavia Belgrade 3–8 September 1989 9th NAM Summit [16]

Charan Singh (1979–1980)[edit]

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

Morarji Desai (1977–1979)[edit]

Country Areas visited Date(s) Purpose(s) Notes
 Australia February 1978 Regional Commonwealth Conference [17]
 Iran Tehran 7 June 1977 [17]
 United Kingdom London 8–15 June 1977 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 1977 [17]
 France Paris June 1977 [17]
 Soviet Union October 1977 [17]
   Nepal November–December 1977 [17]
 Iran Tehran June 1978 Stop-over [18]
 Belgium Brussels June 1978 [18]
 United Kingdom London June 1978 [18]
 United States New York City, San Francisco, Omaha 12–15 June 1978 UN General Assembly [1][19]
 Kenya Nairobi August 1978 Funeral of Jomo Kenyatta [18]
 Sri Lanka February 1979 Chief guest on Independence Day [18]
 Bangladesh Dhaka 16–18 April 1979 [12]
 West Germany Frankfurt June 1979 [20]
 Soviet Union 10–14 June 1979 [20]
 Poland 14–16 June 1979 [20]
 Czechoslovakia 16–18 June 1979 [20]
 Yugoslavia 18–21 June 1979 [20]

Indira Gandhi (1966–77; 1980–84)[edit]

Lal Bahadur Shastri (1964–1966)[edit]

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 [21]
 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[21]
   Nepal Kathmandu
Mithila
23–25 April 1965 [22]
 Soviet Union 11–19 May 1965 [22]
 Canada Ottawa
Montreal
June 1965 [22]
 United Kingdom London 17–25 June 1965 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference [22]
 Yugoslavia July 1965 [22]
 Burma 20–23 December 1965 [22]
 Soviet Union Tashkent 4–10 January 1966 Tashkent Declaration Shastri died of a heart attack in Tashkent on 11 January 1966.[22]
 Afghanistan Kabul Shastri had been scheduled to visit Kabul on his way back from Tashkent.[22]

Jawaharlal Nehru (1947–1964)[edit]

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