List of dignitaries to visit India
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 and heads of government
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 who have visited India or that will visit shortly. This list is still incomplete.

List of official dignitary visits

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Angela Merkel
Angela Merkel
Angela Dorothea Merkel is the current Chancellor of Germany . Merkel, elected to the Bundestag from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, has been the chairwoman of the Christian Democratic Union since 2000, and chairwoman of the CDU-CSU parliamentary coalition from 2002 to 2005.From 2005 to 2009 she led a...

 
Chancellor 31 May 2011 Received the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for international understanding
Islam Karimov  President 17 May 2011
Yousaf Raza Gillani
Yousaf Raza Gillani
Yousuf Raza Gilani is the current prime minister of Islamic Republic of Pakistan. He was nominated as Prime Minister by the PPP, with the support of its coalition partners, Pakistan Muslim League , Awami National Party, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam and Muttahida Qaumi Movement, on 22 March 2008...

 
Prime Minister 29 March 2011 Came to Mohali
Mohali
Mohali is a city adjacent to Chandigarh, 18th District in Punjab, India. It is officially named after the eldest son of Guru Gobind Singh, Sahibzada Ajit Singh . It, along with Chandigarh and Panchkula, form a part of the Chandigarh Tricity...

 to watch the India vs. Pakistan cricket world cup 2011 semi-finals match
2011 Cricket World Cup Semifinal: India v Pakistan
The 2nd semifinal of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 was played between the arch-rivals India and Pakistan at Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali on 30 March 2011. India won the match by 29 runs and qualified for the 2011 Cricket World Cup Final. India won the Toss and elected to bat first...

Leonel Fernandez Reyna  President 30 Jan 2011
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono AC , is an Indonesian politician and retired Army general officer who has been President of Indonesia since 2004....

 
President 24 Jan 2011 Guest on Republic day
Dmitry Medvedev
Dmitry Medvedev
Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev is the third President of the Russian Federation.Born to a family of academics, Medvedev graduated from the Law Department of Leningrad State University in 1987. He defended his dissertation in 1990 and worked as a docent at his alma mater, now renamed to Saint...

 
President 21 Dec 2010 Supported India's bid for UNSC membership http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/India-Russia-to-develop-missiles-having-speed-of-6000-kmph/articleshow/6496312.cms
Wen Jiabao
Wen Jiabao
Wen Jiabao is the sixth and current Premier and Party secretary of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, serving as China's head of government and leading its cabinet. In his capacity as Premier, Wen is regarded as the leading figure behind China's economic policy...

 
Premier 15 Dec 2010 Economic Issues,
Nicolas Sarkozy
Nicolas Sarkozy
Nicolas Sarkozy is the 23rd and current President of the French Republic and ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra. He assumed the office on 16 May 2007 after defeating the Socialist Party candidate Ségolène Royal 10 days earlier....

 
President 4 Dec 2010 Supported India's bid for UNSC membership,
Civilian Nuclear Deal
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/India-deserves-permanent-seat-in-UNSC-Sarkozy/articleshow/7041593.cms
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...

 
President 6 Nov 2010 Supported India's bid for UNSC membership as Permanent member http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/US/Obama-to-visit-India-in-November-/articleshow/6009741.cmshttp://www.ndtv.com/article/india/barack-obamas-india-trip-itinerary-62904
David Cameron
David Cameron
David William Donald Cameron is the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service and Leader of the Conservative Party. Cameron represents Witney as its Member of Parliament ....

 
Prime Minister 26 Jul 2010 The business and economic relationship,
The G-20 future agenda,
Supported for UNSC seat as Permanent member,
The future of Britain's and India's role in Afghanistan
http://news.rediff.com/report/2010/jul/14/uk-pm-to-visit-india-in-july.htm
Than Shwe
Than Shwe
Senior General Than Shwe is a Burmese military leader and politician who was chairman of the State Peace and Development Council from 1992 to 2011. During the period, he held key positions of power including commander-in-chief of the Myanmar Armed Forces and head of Union Solidarity and...

 
Commander-in-Chief 25 Jul 2010 Economic issues http://www.mizzima.com/news/election-2010/4136-india-to-keep-silent-on-2010-election-opposition-says.htmlhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-10773064
Mahinda Rajapaksa
Mahinda Rajapaksa
Percy Mahendra "Mahinda" Rajapaksa ; ; born November 18, 1945) is the 6th and current President of Sri Lanka and Commander in Chief of the Sri Lankan Armed Forces. A lawyer by profession, Rajapaksa was first elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka in 1970, and served as prime minister from April 6,...

 
President 9 Jun 2010 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/10271526.stm
Hamid Karzai
Hamid Karzai
Hamid Karzai, GCMG is the 12th and current President of Afghanistan, taking office on 7 December 2004. He became a dominant political figure after the removal of the Taliban regime in late 2001...

 
President 26 Apr 2010 Cooperation between two countries,
Joint fight against terrorism
http://www.president.gov.af/Contents/91/Documents/1646/india_visits_eng.html
Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow President 24 May 2010 First official visit of Berdimuhamedow to India,
Development of trade and economic cooperation
http://en.rian.ru/world/20100524/159129729.html
Ram Baran Yadav
Ram Baran Yadav
Dr Ram Baran Yadav is the current President of Nepal. He was elected in July 2008 and is the country's first President. He previously served as Minister of Health and as General Secretary of the Nepali Congress party....

 
President 15 Feb 2010 http://www.zeenews.com/news604167.html
Abdullah Gul
Abdullah Gül
Dr. Abdullah Gül, GCB is the 11th and current President of the Republic of Turkey, serving in that office since 28 August 2007. He previously served for four months as Prime Minister from 2002-03, and as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2003-07....

 
President 7 Feb 2010 Cooperation on economic and commercial relations http://www.turkishweekly.net/news/97379/president-abdullah-gul%E2%80%99s-official-visit-to-india-.html
Lee Myung bak  President 26 Jan 2010 Chief Guest at Republic Day http://www.surfindia.com/festivals/republic-day.html
Mohamed Nasheed
Mohamed Nasheed
Mohamed Nasheed is a Maldivian politician. He is the current President of the Maldives. He is the founder of the Maldivian Democratic Party and was its presidential candidate in the October 2008 presidential election, defeating long-time President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom in a second round of voting...

 
President 21 Oct 2009 India-Maldives bilateral relations,
Climate change issues
http://beta.thehindu.com/news/article36073.ece
Nursultan Nazarbayev
Nursultan Nazarbayev
Nursultan Abishuly Nazarbayev has served as the President of Kazakhstan since the nation received its independence in 1991, after the fall of the Soviet Union...

 
President 26 Jan 2009 State guest during the Republic Day Parade
Republic Day (India)
The Republic Day of India commemorates the date on which the Constitution of India came into force replacing the Government of India Act 1935 as the governing document of India on 26 January 1950....

Republic Day (India)
Republic Day (India)
The Republic Day of India commemorates the date on which the Constitution of India came into force replacing the Government of India Act 1935 as the governing document of India on 26 January 1950....

Nicolas Sarkozy
Nicolas Sarkozy
Nicolas Sarkozy is the 23rd and current President of the French Republic and ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra. He assumed the office on 16 May 2007 after defeating the Socialist Party candidate Ségolène Royal 10 days earlier....

 
President 25 Jan 2008 State guest during the Republic Day Parade
Republic Day (India)
The Republic Day of India commemorates the date on which the Constitution of India came into force replacing the Government of India Act 1935 as the governing document of India on 26 January 1950....

Republic Day (India)
Republic Day (India)
The Republic Day of India commemorates the date on which the Constitution of India came into force replacing the Government of India Act 1935 as the governing document of India on 26 January 1950....

Gordon Brown
Gordon Brown
James Gordon Brown is a British Labour Party politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 until 2010. He previously served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Labour Government from 1997 to 2007...

 
Prime Minister 21 Jan 2008 Reform of the United Nations Security Council
Reform of the United Nations Security Council
Reform of the United Nations Security Council encompasses five key issues: categories of membership, the question of the veto held by the five permanent members, regional representation, the size of an enlarged Council and its working methods, and the Security Council-General Assembly relationship...

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article3221860.ece
Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin served as the second President of the Russian Federation and is the current Prime Minister of Russia, as well as chairman of United Russia and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Union of Russia and Belarus. He became acting President on 31 December 1999, when...

 
President 26 Jan 2007 State guest during the Republic Day Parade
Republic Day (India)
The Republic Day of India commemorates the date on which the Constitution of India came into force replacing the Government of India Act 1935 as the governing document of India on 26 January 1950....

 
Republic Day (India)
Republic Day (India)
The Republic Day of India commemorates the date on which the Constitution of India came into force replacing the Government of India Act 1935 as the governing document of India on 26 January 1950....

George W Bush  President 1 Mar 2006 Indo-U.S. civilian nuclear agreement  http://news.oneindia.in/2006/03/01/bush-in-india-for-a-possible-civilian-nuclear-deal-1141227366.htmlhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4759592.stm
Jacques Chirac
Jacques Chirac
Jacques René Chirac is a French politician who served as President of France from 1995 to 2007. He previously served as Prime Minister of France from 1974 to 1976 and from 1986 to 1988 , and as Mayor of Paris from 1977 to 1995.After completing his studies of the DEA's degree at the...

 
President 19 Feb 2006 Civilian nuclear cooperation and defence cooperation http://specials.rediff.com/news/2006/feb/17sld1.htm
Tony Blair
Tony Blair
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair is a former British Labour Party politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007. He was the Member of Parliament for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007...

 
Prime Minister 6 Sep 2005 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4214802.stmhttp://hcilondon.in/indiaukbilateral.php
Pervez Musharraf
Pervez Musharraf
Pervez Musharraf , is a retired four-star general who served as the 13th Chief of Army Staff and tenth President of Pakistan as well as tenth Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee. Musharraf headed and led an administrative military government from October 1999 till August 2007. He ruled...

 
President 16 Apr 2005 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4451159.stm
Ariel Sharon
Ariel Sharon
Ariel Sharon is an Israeli statesman and retired general, who served as Israel’s 11th Prime Minister. He has been in a permanent vegetative state since suffering a stroke on 4 January 2006....

 
Prime Minister 9 Sep 2003 First Israeli prime minister to visit India,
agreements and memorandums of understanding on defence, information technology and agriculture.
http://www.rediff.com/news/2003/aug/27isr.htmhttp://www.rediff.com/news/sharon.htm
Sellapan Ramanathan  President Jan 2003 http://www.iseas.edu.sg/viewpoint/mhoct03.pdf
John Howard
John Howard
John Winston Howard AC, SSI, was the 25th Prime Minister of Australia, from 11 March 1996 to 3 December 2007. He was the second-longest serving Australian Prime Minister after Sir Robert Menzies....

 
Prime Minister Jul 2000 http://www.dfat.gov.au/toos/archive/2001/toos2001.pdf
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...

 
President Mar 2000 http://www.indianembassy.org/inews/2000_inews/march_2000.pdf
Abdurrahman Wahid
Abdurrahman Wahid
Abdurrahman Wahid, born Abdurrahman Addakhil , colloquially known as , was an Indonesian Muslim religious and political leader who served as the President of Indonesia from 1999 to 2001...

 
President 8 Feb 2000 http://64.224.241.84/policy/Foreign_Policy/1999_00.pdf
Goh Chok Tong
Goh Chok Tong
Goh Chok Tong is the Senior Minister of Singapore and the chairman of the central bank of Singapore, the Monetary Authority of Singapore. He also served as the second Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore from 28 November 1990 to 12 August 2004, succeeding Lee Kuan Yew, the former Prime...

 
Prime Minister 17 Jan 2000 http://64.224.241.84/policy/Foreign_Policy/1999_00.pdf
Olusegun Obasanjo  President Jan 1999 State guest during the Republic Day Parade
Republic Day (India)
The Republic Day of India commemorates the date on which the Constitution of India came into force replacing the Government of India Act 1935 as the governing document of India on 26 January 1950....

 
http://www.indianembassy.org/inews/2000_inews/march_2000.pdf
Jacques Chirac
Jacques Chirac
Jacques René Chirac is a French politician who served as President of France from 1995 to 2007. He previously served as Prime Minister of France from 1974 to 1976 and from 1986 to 1988 , and as Mayor of Paris from 1977 to 1995.After completing his studies of the DEA's degree at the...

 
President 25 Jan 1998 State guest during the Republic Day Parade
Republic Day (India)
The Republic Day of India commemorates the date on which the Constitution of India came into force replacing the Government of India Act 1935 as the governing document of India on 26 January 1950....

http://specials.rediff.com/news/2006/feb/17sld1.htm
Queen Elizabeth II  Queen 12–18 Oct 1997
Girija Prasad Koirala
Girija Prasad Koirala
Girija Prasad Koirala was a Nepalese politician and the President of the Nepali Congress, a major political party. He was Prime Minister of Nepal for four times, serving from 1991 to 1994, 1998 to 1999, 2000 to 2001, and from 2006 to 2008; he was also Acting Head of State from January 2007 to July...

 
Prime Minister Dec 1990 New separate trade and transit treaties and other economic agreements India-Nepal relations#1990s
Queen Elizabeth II  Queen 17–26 Nov 1983 7th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, , is a biennial summit meeting of the heads of government from all Commonwealth nations. Every two years the meeting is held in a different member state, and is chaired by that nation's respective Prime Minister or President, who becomes the...

 
Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter
James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. is an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, the only U.S. President to have received the Prize after leaving office...

 
President 1 Jan 1978 http://www.indianembassy.org/inews/2000_inews/march_2000.pdf
Jacques Chirac
Jacques Chirac
Jacques René Chirac is a French politician who served as President of France from 1995 to 2007. He previously served as Prime Minister of France from 1974 to 1976 and from 1986 to 1988 , and as Mayor of Paris from 1977 to 1995.After completing his studies of the DEA's degree at the...

 
Prime Minister 25 Jan 1976 State guest during the Republic Day Parade
Republic Day (India)
The Republic Day of India commemorates the date on which the Constitution of India came into force replacing the Government of India Act 1935 as the governing document of India on 26 January 1950....

http://specials.rediff.com/news/2006/feb/17sld1.htm
Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. The only president to resign the office, Nixon had previously served as a US representative and senator from California and as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961 under...

 
President 1 Aug 1969 http://www.indianembassy.org/inews/2000_inews/march_2000.pdf
Queen Elizabeth II  Queen 21 Jan–1 Feb, 16–26 Feb, 1–2 Mar 1961
Dwight Eisenhower  President 10 Dec 1959 http://www.indianembassy.org/inews/2000_inews/march_2000.pdf
King Saud
Saud of Saudi Arabia
Saud bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud was King of Saudi Arabia from 1953 to 1964. He was removed from power by Faisal because of Saud's mismanagement and waste. He was the eldest surviving son of Ibn Saud and became Crown Prince in 1933. He died in exile in Greece.-Early life:Saud was born in 1902 in Kuwait...

King 26 Nov 1955 First visit by head of state of any of the two countries to the other http://www.indianembassy.org.sa/IndiaSaudiTies.htmlhttp://www.mofa.gov.sa/Detail.asp?InSectionID=2356&InNewsItemID=36684
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