Indo-American Political Relations

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    Harry Truman is the President of the US

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    Jawaharlal Nehru is the Prime Minister of India

  • PM Jawaharlal Nehru visits the US

    The first prime minister of independent India went to the U.S. in 1949 and then in 1956 at which time he visited Washington D.C. and Pennsylvania.
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    Dwight Eisenhower is the President of the US

  • PM Jawaharlal Nehru visits the US again

    The first prime minister of independent India went to the U.S. in 1949 and then in 1956 at which time he visited Washington D.C. and Pennsylvania.
  • A US President visits India for the first time

    Dwight D Eisenhower became the first US President to visit India, in 1959, to take bilateral ties forward. He, among other things, assured India that the US would stand by the South Asian nation against Chinese Communist aggression. Part of the US strategy to protect India against China was to counter the rise of China as a third superpower.
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    John Kennedy is the President of the US

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    Lyndon Johnson is the President of the US

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    Lal Bahadur Shastri s the Prime Minister of India

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    Gulzarilal Nanda

    He was an acting prime minister.
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    Gulzarilal Nanda is the Prime Minister of India

    He was an acting prime minister.
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    Indira Gandhi is the Prime Minister of India

  • PM Indira Gandhi visits the US

    Indira Gandhi visited the U.S. three times during her years in office. Her first visit was in 1966 when Lyndon B. Johnson was the president. Her second visit came in 1971 and her final visit was in 1982.
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    Richard Nixon is the President of the US

  • President Richard Nixon visits India

    Richard Nixon became the 2nd Head of the State of US to visit India.
    He said 'The first principle of the relationship between India and the United States is that our two countries share fully the basic objective of peace in Asia and peace in the world...We stand ready to help because of our friendship and human concern for the people of Asia and because we have our own interest in helping ... India will be a leader in that Asian future.'
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  • PM Indira Gandhi visits the US again

    Indira Gandhi visited the U.S. three times during her years in office. Her first visit was in 1966 when Lyndon B. Johnson was the president. Her second visit came in 1971 and her final visit was in 1982.
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    Gerald Ford is the President of the US

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    Jimmy Carter is the President of the US

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    Morarji Desai is the Prime Minister of India

  • PM Morarji Desai visits the US

    Mr Desai went to the U.S. in 1978 visiting New York, San Francisco and Omaha.
  • President Jimmy Carter visits India

    His visit was the first when a non-Congress government, the Morarji Desai-led Janata Party government, was in power in New Delhi. The Janata government was anti-Soviet Union. However, Carter later banned the export of nuclear material to India due to the latter's nonproliferation record.
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    Charan Singh is the Prime Minister of India

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    Indira Gandhi is the Prime Minister of India

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    Ronald Reagan is the President of the US

  • PM Indira Gandhi visits the US again

    Indira Gandhi visited the U.S. three times during her years in office. Her first visit was in 1966 when Lyndon B. Johnson was the president. Her second visit came in 1971 and her final visit was in 1982.
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    Rajiv Gandhi is the Prime Minister of India

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    George H. W. Bush is the President of the US

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    V. P. Singh is the Prime Minister of India

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    Chandra Shekhar is the Prime Minister of India

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    P.V. Narasimha Rao is the Prime Minister of India

  • PM P.V. Narasimha Rao visits the US

    PM Rao–who is credited for starting to open India’s economy– visited the U.S. twice during his four years in office. He met President George H.W. Bush during a U.N. Security Council Summit in New York in 1992. He visited again two years later to address a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress.
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    Bill Clinton is the President of the US

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    Atal Bihari Vajpayee is the Prime Minister of India

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    H. D. Deve Gowda is the Prime Minister of India

  • PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee visits the US

    PM Vajpayee visited the U.S. four times during his five years in office, twice in 2001 and once each in 2002 and 2003.
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    Inder Kumar Gujral is the Prime Minister of India

  • PM Inder Kumar Gujral visits the US

    Though PM Gujral served as India’s prime minister for less than a year, he found time to visit New York where he met President Bill Clinton at the U.N. General Assembly in 1997.9
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    Atal Bihari Vajpayee is the Prime Minister of India

  • President Bill Clinton visits India

    He was the 4th US Head of the State to visit India. His visit showed that the bilateral relations between the two countries were improving. The visit saw many agreements being signed, including on the establishment of an Indo-US Science & Technology Forum.
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    George W. Bush is the President of the US

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    Manmoham Singh is the Prime Minister of India

  • President George W. Bush visits India

    George W Bush was the fifth US president to visit India. Bush was here at a time when America was being condemned worldwide for its 2003 invasion of Iraq. He and PM Manmohan Singh were the key movers leading to the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal ending India's isolation from the nuclear equipment suppliers market.
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    Barack Obama is the President of the US

  • President Barack Obama visits India

    President Obama visited India, he supported India's bid for a seat on the UN Security Council and signed trade deals worth US $15 billion.
    He was the second US president to address a joint Parliament session in India.
  • PM Manmohan Singh visits the US

    He visited the U.S. on no less than seven occasions. The ties failed to get the much-needed boost under Obama's regime, unlike President Bush's tenure.
  • Narendra Modi is the Prime Minister of India

  • PM Modi visits the US for the first time

    Narendra Modi makes his first visit as prime minister to the United States, aiming to attract investment and firm up the U.S.-India strategic partnership. In Washington, Modi and President Obama reach agreement on a memorandum of understanding between the Export-Import Bank and an Indian energy agency, which provides up to $1 billion to help India develop low-carbon energy alternatives and aid U.S. renewable energy exports to India.
  • President Obama visits India the 2nd time

    U.S. President Barack Obama makes his second visit to India as head of state for India's Republic Day celebrations. Obama and PM Modi announce a breakthrough on nuclear-related issues that could help implement the U.S.-India civil nuclear deal. Six months later, U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter and India’s defence minister, Manohar Parrikar, sign documents to renew the ten-year U.S.-India Defense Framework Agreement.
  • PM Modi visits the US again

  • Donald Trump is the President of the US

  • PM Modi visits the US to meet President Trump for the first time

    The Indo-US joint statement was blunt and harsh on Pakistan, showing solidarity with Indian concerns on Pakistan-sponsored terrorism in India. President Trump said he wants to create a trading relationship that is fair and reciprocal with India. The US cleared the sale of 22 predator Guardian drones to India, reinforcing India's position as a major defence partner of the United States. Indian travelers will now get a speedy entry into the US as India joined the Global Entry program.