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	{{Infobox Bilateral relations\|Egypt-India\|Egypt\|India\|filetype=svg\|mission1=Embassy of Egypt, [[New Delhi]]\|mission2=Embassy of India, [[Cairo]]\|envoy2=Shri ~~Rahul Kulshreshth~~\|envoy1=~~Khaled Ali El Bakly~~}}		{{Infobox Bilateral relations\|Egypt-India\|Egypt\|India\|filetype=svg\|mission1=Embassy of Egypt, [[New Delhi]]\|mission2=[[Embassy of India, Cairo]]\|envoy2=Ambassador Shri Suresh K. Reddy\|envoy1=Ambassador Kamel Zayed Galal}}
	[[File:Nasser receiving the Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, February 1955 (07).jpg\|thumb\|President of Egypt [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]] receiving the Indian Prime Minister [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], c. February 1955]]		[[File:Nasser receiving the Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, February 1955 (07).jpg\|thumb\|President of Egypt [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]] receiving the Indian Prime Minister [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], c. February 1955]]
	'''Egypt–India relations''' are bilateral relations between [[Egypt]] and [[India]]. Modern Egypt–India relations go back to the contacts between [[Saad Zaghloul]] and [[Mahatma Gandhi]] on the common goals of their respective movements of independence.{{Citation needed\|date=April 2009}} In 1955, Egypt under [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]] and India under [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] became the founders of the [[Non-Aligned Movement]]. During the 1956 War, Nehru stood supporting Egypt to the point of threatening to withdraw his country from the [[British Commonwealth]]. In 1967, following the [[Six-Day War]], India supported Egypt and the Arabs. In 1977, New Delhi described the visit of President [[Anwar al-Sadat]] to Jerusalem as a "brave" move and considered the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel a primary step on the path of a just settlement of the Middle East problem. Major Egyptian exports to India include raw cotton, raw and manufactured fertilizers, oil and oil products, organic and non-organic chemicals, leather and iron products. Major imports into Egypt from India are cotton yarn, sesame, coffee, herbs, tobacco and lentils. The Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum is also currently negotiating the establishment of a natural gas-operated fertilizer plant with another Indian company. In 2004 the [[Gas Authority of India Limited]], bought 15% of Egypt Nat Gas distribution and marketing company.		[[File:Republic day parade 2023 Chief Guest Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi being welcomed by PM Narendra Modi and President Droupati Murmu.jpg\|thumb\|President of Egypt [[Abdel Fattah el-Sisi]] being welcomed by PM [[Narendra Modi]] and President [[Droupadi Murmu]]]]
			[[File:The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi visits the Great Pyramid of Giza at Cairo, in Egypt on June 25, 2023 (11).jpg\|thumb\|Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] visits the Great Pyramid of Giza during his visit to Egypt on June 25, 2023.]]
			'''Egypt–India relations''' are bilateral relations between [[Egypt]] and [[India]]. Modern Egypt–India relations go back to the contacts between [[Saad Zaghloul]] and [[Mahatma Gandhi]] on the common goals of their respective movements of independence.{{Citation needed\|date=April 2009}} In 1955, Egypt, under [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]] and India under [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], became the founders of the [[Non-Aligned Movement]]. During the 1956 War, Nehru stood supporting Egypt to the point of threatening to withdraw his country from the [[British Commonwealth]]. In 1967, following the [[Six-Day War]], India supported Egypt and the Arabs. In 1977, New Delhi described the visit of President [[Anwar al-Sadat]] to Jerusalem as a "brave" move and considered the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel a primary step on the path of a just settlement of the Middle East problem. Major Egyptian exports to India include raw cotton, raw and manufactured fertilizers, oil and oil products, organic and non-organic chemicals, leather and iron products. Major imports into Egypt from India are cotton yarn, sesame, coffee, herbs, tobacco and lentils. The Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum is also currently negotiating the establishment of a natural gas-operated fertilizer plant with another Indian company. In 2004 the [[Gas Authority of India Limited]], bought 15% of Egypt Nat Gas distribution and marketing company.

	[[Hosni Mubarak\|President Mubarak]] of Egypt visited India in 2008. During the visit he met Prime Minister [[Manmohan Singh]].<ref>The Hindu [https://web.archive.org/web/20091222070617/http://www.hindu.com/2008/11/19/stories/2008111961221200.htm Manmohan: time ripe for transforming ties]</ref>		[[Hosni Mubarak\|President Mubarak]] of Egypt visited India in 2008. During the visit he met Prime Minister [[Manmohan Singh]].<ref>The Hindu [https://web.archive.org/web/20091222070617/http://www.hindu.com/2008/11/19/stories/2008111961221200.htm Manmohan: time ripe for transforming ties]</ref>

	Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi visited India from ~~the~~ 18 to 21 March 2013 as the head of a high-level delegation of ministers and business leaders, at a time when trade between the two sides has witnessed a record 30% jump.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/egypt-s-president-mohamed-morsi-to-visit-india-from-march-18-342650 \|title=Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi to visit India from March 18 \|publisher=~~Ndtv.com~~ \|date=2013-03-14 \|access-date=2016-10-01}}</ref>		Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi visited India from 18 to 21 March 2013 as the head of a high-level delegation of ministers and business leaders, at a time when trade between the two sides has witnessed a record 30% jump.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/egypt-s-president-mohamed-morsi-to-visit-india-from-march-18-342650 \|title=Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi to visit India from March 18 \|publisher=NDTV \|date=2013-03-14 \|access-date=2016-10-01}}</ref>

	== ~~Economic~~ relations ==		Egypt's President [[Abdel Fattah el-Sisi\|Abdel Fattah El-Sisi]] was honored as the Chief Guest for India's 2023 [[Delhi Republic Day parade\|Republic Day Parade]] celebrations.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2023-01-25 \|title=Egypt President El-Sisi in New Delhi for Republic Day: Significance of his visit, and India's ties with Egypt \|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-politics/el-sisi-republic-day-chief-guest-significance-8402505/ \|access-date=2023-01-26 \|website=The Indian Express \|language=en}}</ref> Representing the main branches of the Egyptian armed forces, 144 soldiers participated in India's 74th Republic Day parade.<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/republic-day-parade-2023-foreign-contingent-8405606/ \| title=Republic Day parade 2023 has an Egypt contingent: Which other foreign contingents have participated earlier? \| date=26 January 2023 }}</ref>
	India is the fourth largest trade partner of Egypt, after the US, Italy and Saudi Arabia.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.desiegypt.com/investment.htm \|title=~~Archived copy~~ \|access-date=2009-07-19 \|url-status=~~dead~~ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090218064804/http://desiegypt.com/investment.htm \|archive-date=18 February 2009 ~~\|df=dmy~~}}</ref>
			== History ==

			=== Ancient relations ===
			{{See\|Indo-Mediterranean}}[[File:Berenike Buddha (drawing).jpg\|thumb\|upright\|The ''[[Berenike Buddha]]'', discovered in Berenice Troglodytica in 2022.]]

			Indians had already been trading with Egypt for a long time even before the conquest of Egypt by the Romans. At the end of 1st century BCE Indian products reached the [[Ancient Rome\|Romans]] during the rule of [[Augustus]], and the Roman historian [[Strabo]] mentions an increase in [[Roman trade with India]] following the Roman annexation of [[Egypt]].<ref>Young, Gary Keith (2001), ''Rome's Eastern Trade: International Commerce and Imperial Policy, 31 BC-AD 305'', Routledge, {{ISBN\|0-415-24219-3}}, page 20</ref> Recent excavations at [[Berenice Troglodytica#Recent archaeology\|Berenike in Egypt]] have confirmed, there was a small community of Indian Buddhists at Alexandria, the greatest of all Roman ports.<ref>[https://theprint.in/opinion/manichaeism-worshipped-jesus-buddha-this-silk-road-religions-strength-became-its-weakness/1885324/ Manichaeism worshipped Jesus, Buddha. This Silk Road religion’s strength became its weakness], The Print, 14 dec 2023.</ref> A large number of significant finds have been made providing evidence of the cargo from the [[Malabar Coast]] and the presence of [[Tamil people]] from South India and [[Jaffna]] being at this last outpost of the Roman Empire.<ref>{{cite web \|title=South Indians in Roman Egypt? \|date=2010-04-23 \|website=www.frontline.in \|url=http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl2708/stories/20100423270806400.htm \|access-date=2018-02-26}}</ref>

			=== Modern era ===
			The 1869 completion of the [[Suez Canal]] led to faster transport between the United Kingdom and India, and led into [[History of Egypt under the British\|British intervention in Egypt]].<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Parry \|first=Jonathan \|date=2021-03-31 \|title=Suez canal: what the 'ditch' meant to the British empire in the 19th century \|url=https://theconversation.com/suez-canal-what-the-ditch-meant-to-the-british-empire-in-the-19th-century-158169 \|access-date=2024-11-17 \|website=The Conversation \|language=en-US}}</ref>

			== Modern economic relations ==
			India is the fourth largest trade partner of Egypt, after the US, Italy and Saudi Arabia.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.desiegypt.com/investment.htm \|title=::ICAE - News :: \|access-date=2009-07-19 \|url-status=usurped \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090218064804/http://desiegypt.com/investment.htm \|archive-date=18 February 2009}}</ref>

	=== Oil ===		=== Oil ===
	In 2003, Indian giant [[Reliance Petroleum\|Reliance]] signed a contract with the [[Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation]] (EGPC) to import 8 shipments of crude oil in 2003. Two years preceding the contract, they had imported shipments from Egypt. In August 2004, the Indian company GAIL procured 15% of the Egyptian Company Nat Gas which deals with marketing and distributing natural gas in Egypt.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.mfa.gov.eg/MFA_Portal/en-GB/Foreign_Policy/International_Relations/egypt_asia/The+Egyptian-Indian+Relations.htm \|title=~~Archived copy~~ \|access-date=2009-07-19 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081126040019/http://www.mfa.gov.eg/MFA_Portal/en-GB/Foreign_Policy/International_Relations/egypt_asia/The+Egyptian-Indian+Relations.htm \|archive-date=26 November 2008 ~~\|df=dmy~~}}</ref>		In 2003, Indian giant [[Reliance Petroleum\|Reliance]] signed a contract with the [[Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation]] (EGPC) to import 8 shipments of crude oil in 2003. Two years preceding the contract, they had imported shipments from Egypt. In August 2004, the Indian company GAIL procured 15% of the Egyptian Company Nat Gas which deals with marketing and distributing natural gas in Egypt.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.mfa.gov.eg/MFA_Portal/en-GB/Foreign_Policy/International_Relations/egypt_asia/The+Egyptian-Indian+Relations.htm \|title=Egyptian Asian Relations \|access-date=2009-07-19 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081126040019/http://www.mfa.gov.eg/MFA_Portal/en-GB/Foreign_Policy/International_Relations/egypt_asia/The+Egyptian-Indian+Relations.htm \|archive-date=26 November 2008}}</ref>

	Egyptian and Indian ministers of petroleum met in 2004 in Egypt to discuss the prospect of investment and purchase of oil and gas from Egypt.		Egyptian and Indian ministers of petroleum met in 2004 in Egypt to discuss the prospect of investment and purchase of oil and gas from Egypt.

	=== Power ===		=== Power ===
	In 2008, India's [[KEC International]] Limited, received its largest order worth {{INRConvert\|636\|c}} from Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company. The order was funded through the [[European Investment Bank]] and the Egyptian National Bank. The order included design, supply and construction of [[Transmission tower\|power transmission towers]] and laying of 196 kilometres of transmission lines in Egypt.<ref>{{cite web\|title=KEC International Bags Order Worth Rs. 636 Crore From Egypt\|url=http://www.topnews.in/kec-international-bags-order-worth-rs-636-crore-egypt-2101882\|access-date=4 July 2011}}</ref> It was completed on a turnkey basis within a period 24 months. This, however, was not the first time. [[KEC International]] has been laying power transmission lines in Egypt for more than 40 years. Recently, [[KEC International]] was engaged in a {{INRConvert\|60\|c}} contract for supply of overhead transmission towers for the Egypt–Jordan Transmission Line.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Arab Republic of Egypt Ministry of Foreign Affairs\|url=http://www.mfa.gov.eg/English/EgyptianForeignPolicy/EgyptianAsianRelation/BilateralRelations/India/Pages/EconomicRelations.aspx\|work=Bilateral Relations > India > Economic Relations\|access-date=4 July 2011}}</ref>		In 2008, India's [[KEC International]] Limited, received its largest order worth {{INRConvert\|636\|c}} from Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company. The order was funded through the [[European Investment Bank]] and the Egyptian National Bank. The order included design, supply and construction of [[Transmission tower\|power transmission towers]] and laying of 196 kilometres of transmission lines in Egypt.<ref>{{cite web\|title=KEC International Bags Order Worth Rs. 636 Crore From Egypt\|url=http://www.topnews.in/kec-international-bags-order-worth-rs-636-crore-egypt-2101882\|access-date=4 July 2011}}</ref> It was completed on a turnkey basis within a period 24 months. This, however, was not the first time. [[KEC International]] has been laying power transmission lines in Egypt for more than 40 years. Recently, [[KEC International]] was engaged in a {{INRConvert\|60\|c}} contract for supply of overhead transmission towers for the Egypt–Jordan Transmission Line.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Arab Republic of Egypt Ministry of Foreign Affairs\|url=http://www.mfa.gov.eg/English/EgyptianForeignPolicy/EgyptianAsianRelation/BilateralRelations/India/Pages/EconomicRelations.aspx\|work=Bilateral Relations > India > Economic Relations\|access-date=4 July 2011\|archive-date=15 March 2012\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315122305/http://www.mfa.gov.eg/English/EgyptianForeignPolicy/EgyptianAsianRelation/BilateralRelations/India/Pages/EconomicRelations.aspx\|url-status=dead}}</ref>

	=== Investments ===		=== Investments ===
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	== See also ==		== See also ==
	* [[Sakthi (2011 film)\|''Sakthi'' (2011 film)]]		* [[Foreign relations of Egypt]]
	*[[Foreign relations of Egypt]]		* [[Foreign relations of India]]
	*[[Foreign relations of India]]		* [[Egypt and the Non-Aligned Movement]]
	*[[Egypt and the Non-Aligned Movement]]		* [[India and the Non-Aligned Movement]]
	*[[India and the Non-Aligned Movement]]		* [[Brioni Meeting]]
			* [[Indians in Egypt]]
	== References ==		== References ==
	{{reflist}}		{{reflist}}
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	== Further reading ==		== Further reading ==
	* Kazanas, N. ''Vedic and Egyptian Affinities''. (2002, 2006 in Puratattva. Also incorporated in the study Vedic, Mesopotamian and Egyptian Religiophilosophical Thought (in print by PHISPC in the volume Chain of Golden Civilizations))		* Kazanas, N. ''Vedic and Egyptian Affinities''. (2002, 2006 in Puratattva. Also incorporated in the study Vedic, Mesopotamian and Egyptian Religiophilosophical Thought (in print by PHISPC in the volume Chain of Golden Civilizations))
			* {{Cite journal \|last=Hala \|first=Halim \|year=2022 \|title=“A Theatre—or, More Aptly, a Laboratory”: India in the 1940s Egyptian Left as an Antecedent of Bandung Internationalism \|url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/850675 \|journal=Comparative Literature Studies \|volume=59 \|issue=1}}
			* {{cite book \|last1=Khan \|first1=Noor-Aiman \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7c7GAAAAQBAJ \|title=Egyptian-Indian Nationalist Collaboration and the British Empire \|publisher=Springer \|year=2011 \|isbn=9780230339514 \|access-date=2025-08-31}}

	== External links ==		== External links ==
	{{Commons category\|Relations of Egypt and India}}		{{Commons category\|Relations of Egypt and India}}
	*[https://www.~~eoicairo~~.in/ Official website of Embassy of India, Cairo]		*[https://www.gstore11.com/ Official website of Embassy of India, Cairo]
	*[http://www.mfa.gov.eg/missions/india/delhi/embassy/en-gb Official website of Embassy of Egypt, New Delhi]		*[http://www.mfa.gov.eg/missions/india/delhi/embassy/en-gb Official website of Embassy of Egypt, New Delhi] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101205130416/http://www.mfa.gov.eg/Missions/india/delhi/embassy/en-GB \|date=5 December 2010 }}
	*[http://www.mfa.gov.eg/english/egyptianforeignpolicy/egyptianasianrelation/bilateralrelations/india/Pages/default.aspx Egyptian Foreign Ministry on Ties]		*[http://www.mfa.gov.eg/english/egyptianforeignpolicy/egyptianasianrelation/bilateralrelations/india/Pages/default.aspx Egyptian Foreign Ministry on Ties] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810020238/http://www.mfa.gov.eg/English/EgyptianForeignPolicy/EgyptianAsianRelation/BilateralRelations/India/Pages/default.aspx \|date=10 August 2017 }}

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{{Infobox Bilateral relations|Egypt-India|Egypt|India|filetype=svg|mission1=Embassy of Egypt, [[New Delhi]]|mission2=Embassy of India, [[Cairo]]|envoy2=Shri Rahul Kulshreshth|envoy1=Khaled Ali El Bakly}}
[[File:Nasser receiving the Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, February 1955 (07).jpg|thumb|President of Egypt [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]] receiving the Indian Prime Minister [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], c. February 1955]]
'''Egypt–India relations''' are bilateral relations between [[Egypt]] and [[India]]. Modern Egypt–India relations go back to the contacts between [[Saad Zaghloul]] and [[Mahatma Gandhi]] on the common goals of their respective movements of independence.{{Citation needed|date=April 2009}} In 1955, Egypt under [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]] and India under [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] became the founders of the [[Non-Aligned Movement]]. During the 1956 War, Nehru stood supporting Egypt to the point of threatening to withdraw his country from the [[British Commonwealth]]. In 1967, following the [[Six-Day War]], India supported Egypt and the Arabs. In 1977, New Delhi described the visit of President [[Anwar al-Sadat]] to Jerusalem as a "brave" move and considered the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel a primary step on the path of a just settlement of the Middle East problem. Major Egyptian exports to India include raw cotton, raw and manufactured fertilizers, oil and oil products, organic and non-organic chemicals, leather and iron products. Major imports into Egypt from India are cotton yarn, sesame, coffee, herbs, tobacco and lentils. The Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum is also currently negotiating the establishment of a natural gas-operated fertilizer plant with another Indian company. In 2004 the [[Gas Authority of India Limited]], bought 15% of Egypt Nat Gas distribution and marketing company.

[[Hosni Mubarak|President Mubarak]] of Egypt visited India in 2008. During the visit he met Prime Minister [[Manmohan Singh]].<ref>The Hindu [https://web.archive.org/web/20091222070617/http://www.hindu.com/2008/11/19/stories/2008111961221200.htm Manmohan: time ripe for transforming ties]</ref>

Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi visited India from the 18 to 21 March 2013 as the head of a high-level delegation of ministers and business leaders, at a time when trade between the two sides has witnessed a record 30% jump.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/egypt-s-president-mohamed-morsi-to-visit-india-from-march-18-342650 |title=Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi to visit India from March 18 |publisher=Ndtv.com |date=2013-03-14 |access-date=2016-10-01}}</ref>

== Economic relations ==
India is the fourth largest trade partner of Egypt, after the US, Italy and Saudi Arabia.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.desiegypt.com/investment.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=2009-07-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090218064804/http://desiegypt.com/investment.htm |archive-date=18 February 2009 |df=dmy}}</ref>

=== Oil ===
In 2003, Indian giant [[Reliance Petroleum|Reliance]] signed a contract with the [[Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation]] (EGPC) to import 8 shipments of crude oil in 2003. Two years preceding the contract, they had imported shipments from Egypt. In August 2004, the Indian company GAIL procured 15% of the Egyptian Company Nat Gas which deals with marketing and distributing natural gas in Egypt.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gov.eg/MFA_Portal/en-GB/Foreign_Policy/International_Relations/egypt_asia/The+Egyptian-Indian+Relations.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=2009-07-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081126040019/http://www.mfa.gov.eg/MFA_Portal/en-GB/Foreign_Policy/International_Relations/egypt_asia/The+Egyptian-Indian+Relations.htm |archive-date=26 November 2008 |df=dmy}}</ref>

Egyptian and Indian ministers of petroleum met in 2004 in Egypt to discuss the prospect of investment and purchase of oil and gas from Egypt.

=== Power ===
In 2008, India's [[KEC International]] Limited, received its largest order worth {{INRConvert|636|c}} from Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company. The order was funded through the [[European Investment Bank]] and the Egyptian National Bank. The order included design, supply and construction of [[Transmission tower|power transmission towers]] and laying of 196 kilometres of transmission lines in Egypt.<ref>{{cite web|title=KEC International Bags Order Worth Rs. 636 Crore From Egypt|url=http://www.topnews.in/kec-international-bags-order-worth-rs-636-crore-egypt-2101882|access-date=4 July 2011}}</ref> It was completed on a turnkey basis within a period 24 months. This, however, was not the first time. [[KEC International]] has been laying power transmission lines in Egypt for more than 40 years. Recently, [[KEC International]] was engaged in a {{INRConvert|60|c}} contract for supply of overhead transmission towers for the Egypt–Jordan Transmission Line.<ref>{{cite web|title=Arab Republic of Egypt Ministry of Foreign Affairs|url=http://www.mfa.gov.eg/English/EgyptianForeignPolicy/EgyptianAsianRelation/BilateralRelations/India/Pages/EconomicRelations.aspx|work=Bilateral Relations > India > Economic Relations|access-date=4 July 2011}}</ref>

=== Investments ===
In 2011, Egyptian investment in India was at about US$30 million. [[El Sewedy Group]], an Egyptian company, manufactures electric metres in India. Another Egyptian company, [[Orascom Telecom]], used to have 10% stake in the then Hutchinson-Essar which has since been bought by Vodafone<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|url=http://www.mea.gov.in/mystart.php?id=50042457 |title=Sorry for the inconvenience |publisher=Mea.gov.in |access-date=2016-10-01}}</ref>

The current Indian investment in Egypt stands at US$2.5 billion in about 45 projects. Alexandria Carbon Black, the Alexandria Fibre Co, [[Dabur]] India's production facility for its cosmetics line, Niletex, Auto Tech Engineering, Marico's acquisition of two hair care brands and the Sanmar Group's acquisition of a unit of Trust Chemicals of Egypt represent some of the main Indian investments in Egypt. GAIL has equity and management stake in two gas distribution ventures in Fayoum and Cairo as well as in Natgas. In April 2007, OVL and its partner IPR Red Sea Inc announced a significant oil field discovery in the North Ramadan Concession in the Gulf of Suez and reported a second discovery in November 2008, though these deposits were later found to be commercially unviable. In March 2008, Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation Ltd (GSPC) signed a Concession Agreement for two oil and gas exploration blocks in Egypt. (The two exploration blocks are North Hap'y and South Diyur. N Hap'y is an offshore block located in the Mediterranean Sea and S Diyur is an onshore block located in the Western Desert). GSPC subsequently acquired three more exploration blocks in the Red Sea region in 2010. Satyam Computers and Wipro have set up global delivery centres in Cairo. The [[Oberoi Group]] has been managing a hotel and Nile cruises; Kirloskar Brothers assemble diesel engines and irrigation pump sets in Egypt; Ranbaxy has an Egyptian subsidiary for manufacturing pharmaceutical formulations; Ashok Leyland, Tata Motors, Maruti Suzuki and Mahindra & Mahindra are marketing their vehicles in Egypt, and Bajaj Auto dominated the three-wheelers market.<ref name="autogenerated1" />

== See also ==
* [[Sakthi (2011 film)|''Sakthi'' (2011 film)]]
*[[Foreign relations of Egypt]]
*[[Foreign relations of India]]
*[[Egypt and the Non-Aligned Movement]]
*[[India and the Non-Aligned Movement]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== Further reading ==
* Kazanas, N. ''Vedic and Egyptian Affinities''. (2002, 2006 in Puratattva. Also incorporated in the study Vedic, Mesopotamian and Egyptian Religiophilosophical Thought (in print by PHISPC in the volume Chain of Golden Civilizations))

== External links ==
{{Commons category|Relations of Egypt and India}}
*[https://www.eoicairo.in/ Official website of Embassy of India, Cairo]
*[http://www.mfa.gov.eg/missions/india/delhi/embassy/en-gb Official website of Embassy of Egypt, New Delhi]
*[http://www.mfa.gov.eg/english/egyptianforeignpolicy/egyptianasianrelation/bilateralrelations/india/Pages/default.aspx Egyptian Foreign Ministry on Ties]

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