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)

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Lal Bahadur Shastri (1964–1966)

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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)

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Morarji Desai (1977–1979)

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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)

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

Rajiv Gandhi (1984–1989)

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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 Thimpu 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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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

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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)

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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)

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Narendra Modi (2014–present)

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