List of international prime ministerial trips made by Jawaharlal Nehru
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The following is a list of international prime ministerial trips made by Jawaharlal Nehru during his tenure as the Prime Minister of India from August 1947 to May 1964. The first overseas visit was to the United States in October 1949.
Summary of international trips
In his sixteen-year long tenure as the Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru made 34 international trips, visiting 42 countries, including visits to the United States to attend the United Nations General Assembly.
| Number of visits | Country |
|---|---|
| 1 visit (25) | Austria, Bhutan, Cambodia, Canada, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Iran, Japan, Laos, Malaya, Mexico, Netherlands, North Vietnam, Norway, Poland, Sikkim, South Vietnam, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, West Germany |
| 2 visits (13) | Burma, China, France, Ireland, Italy, Lebanon, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Soviet Union, Syria, United Kingdom, Yugoslavia |
| 3 visits (2) | Ceylon, Indonesia |
| 4 visits (1) | United States |
| 7 visits (1) | Egypt |
1949
| Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Purpose | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States |
Washington, D.C., New York City, Chicago, Knoxville, San Francisco, Madison | 11–15 October | State visit | [1] |
| 2 |  Canada |
Vancouver | 22–26 October | State visit, addressed the Parliament of Canada | [1][2] |
| 3 |  Ireland |
Curragh Racecourse | [3] | ||
1950
1951
1952
Prime Minister Nehru did not make any international trips in 1952.
1953
| Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Purpose | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 |  United Kingdom |
London | May | Coronation of Elizabeth II | [4] |
| 7 |  Egypt |
23–25 June | |||
| 8 |  Pakistan |
Karachi | 25–27 July | [5] | |
| 9 |  Italy |
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 Switzerland |
Bürgenstock | ||||
1954
| Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Purpose | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 |  Ceylon |
Colombo | 28 April | Colombo Powers' Conference | |
| 11 |  North Vietnam |
Hanoi | October | [6] | |
 South Vietnam |
Saigon | October | [6] | ||
 Laos |
Vientiane | October | [6] | ||
 Cambodia |
Phnom Penh, Angkor Wat | October | [6] | ||
 China |
Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing, Guangzhou, Anshan, Hankow, Mukden, Dairen[7] | 19−31 October | [4][8][7] | ||
| United Kingdom |
British Hong Kong | October | |||
| 12 |  Burma |
December | [4] | ||
 Thailand |
December | [4] | |||
 Malaya |
December | [4] | |||
 Indonesia |
Bogor | 29 December | Bogor Conference | [9] | |
1955
| Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Purpose | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Egypt |
Cairo | February | ||
 France |
Paris | February | [10] | ||
| 14 | Indonesia |
Bandung | 18−24 April | Bandung Conference | |
| 15 |  Soviet Union |
Moscow, Yekaterinburg, Almaty, Ukrainian SSR, Turkmen SSR | 7–23 June | State visit | [11] |
 Poland |
Warsaw | 25–28 June | [4][12] | ||
 Yugoslavia |
Zenica, Jablanica, Belgrade, Sarajevo, Dubrovnik | June–July | [4] | ||
 Czechoslovakia |
July | [4] | |||
 Austria |
July | [4] | |||
| Italy |
Rome | July | [4] | ||
| Egypt |
July | [4] | |||
 Saudi Arabia |
July | State visit | [13] | ||
1956
| Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Purpose | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | Ireland |
June–July | [4] | ||
| France |
June–July | [4] | |||
| Yugoslavia |
June–July | [4] | |||
 Greece |
June–July | [4] | |||
| Egypt |
June–July | [4] | |||
 Lebanon |
June–July | [4] | |||
 Syria |
July | ||||
 West Germany |
Bonn | 14 July | [14] | ||
| 17 | United States |
Washington, D.C., Gettysburg | 16–20 December | State visit | [1] |
1957
| Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Purpose | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | Ceylon |
May | |||
| 19 | Syria |
June | [4] | ||
 Denmark |
June | [4] | |||
 Finland |
Helsinki, Mänttä | June | [4] | ||
 Norway |
June | [4] | |||
 Sweden |
June | [4] | |||
| Egypt |
July | [4] | |||
 Netherlands |
July | [4] | |||
 Sudan |
Khartoum | July | [4] | ||
| 20 |  Japan |
Tokyo, Hiroshima, Osaka | October | [4] | |
| 21 | Burma |
Rangoon | 16−17 October | [15] | |
| 22 |  Nigeria |
1957 | [16] | ||
1958
1959
1960
| Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Purpose | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 |  Turkey |
Istanbul | 20–24 May | [20] | |
| Lebanon |
Beirut | 24 May | [20] | ||
| 28 |  Egypt |
Cairo | 17 June | [21] | |
| 29 | Pakistan |
Karachi, Murree, Rawalpindi, Lahore | 19–23 September | [5] | |
| 30 |  United Nations United States |
New York City | 26 September | United Nations General Assembly | [1] |
1961
| Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Purpose | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | Soviet Union |
[4] | |||
| 32 | United States |
Newport, New York City, Los Angeles | 6–10 November | State visit | [1] |
 Mexico |
14–17 November | State visit | [1] | ||
| United States |
Los Angeles | 17 November | State visit | ||
| Egypt |
Cairo | 18 November | Meeting with Gamal Abdel Nasser and Josip Broz Tito | [22] | |
1962
| Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Purpose | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 | Ceylon |
State visit | [23] | ||
| 34 | Nigeria |
23–26 September | |||