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| location = [[Belgium]]<br />
| address = 217, Chaussée de Vleurgat, 1050 [[Brussels]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indembassy.be/pages.php?id=8|title=Embassy Address|website=Indembassy.be|accessdate=15 December 2018|archive-date=16 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216031634/https://www.indembassy.be/pages.php?id=8|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
| ambassador = Santosh Jha<ref name="archive.org">{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200817140045/https://www.indianembassybrussels.gov.in/pages.php?id=376|archive-date=17 August 2020|title=Welcome to Embassy of India, Belgium, Luxembourg & European Union|date=17 August 2020|accessdate=17 August 2020}}</ref><br />
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| website = {{URL|http://www.indembassy.be/}}<br />
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The '''Embassy of India, Brussels''' is [[India]]'s [[embassy]] to [[Belgium]] and [[Luxembourg]], and also serves as its [[Diplomatic mission|Mission]] to the [[European Union]] (EU). Notably, [[Brussels]] is the capital of Belgium and the [[de facto]] capital of EU.<ref name=capital>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qb6NAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA64|title=Capital Cities around the World: An Encyclopedia of Geography, History, and Culture: An Encyclopedia of Geography, History, and Culture|year=2013|first=Roman Adrian|last=Cybriwsky|publisher=[[ABC-CLIO]]|quote=Brussels, the capital of Belgium, is considered to be the de facto capital of the EU|access-date=2016-04-11|archive-date=2016-04-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160418070658/https://books.google.com/books?id=qb6NAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA64|url-status=live}}</ref> India also has its [[Consul (representative)#Honorary consul|honorary consuls]] in [[Antwerp]] (Belgium) and [[Luxembourg City]] (Luxembourg).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indembassy.be/pages.php?id=119|title=Honorary Consuls General of India|website=Indembasy.com|accessdate=15 December 2018|archive-date=20 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620101945/http://www.indembassy.be/pages.php?id=119|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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==History of the Embassy==<br />
The Indian Embassy was set up in Brussels in 1948, thereby becoming one of its first<br />
Embassies in [[western Europe]].<ref name=history>{{cite web|url=http://www.indembassy.be/pdf/Seech%20at%20BICCI%20lunch%20event%20-%2011%20SEP%2014.pdf|title=Indian Embassy History -PDF|website=Indembasy.com|accessdate=15 December 2018|archive-date=18 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018074325/http://www.indembassy.be/pdf/Seech%20at%20BICCI%20lunch%20event%20-%2011%20SEP%2014.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> The setting up of the embassy was undertaken by Ambassador [[Badruddin Tayyabji, ICS|Badruddin Tayyabji]], an officer from the erstwhile [[Indian Civil Service]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Prince who was envoy in '47 |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1160331/jsp/nation/story_77464.jsp#.Vwufc5x95dg |work=The Telegraph |date=31 March 2016 |accessdate=11 April 2016 |archive-date=15 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415164601/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1160331/jsp/nation/story_77464.jsp#.Vwufc5x95dg |url-status=live }}</ref> From 1962 onwards, the Indian Embassy in Brussels also became India's Mission to [[European Economic Community]] (which later became the [[European Union]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indembassy.be/pdf/India_and_the_European_Union_Milestones.pdf|title=India and the European Union Milestones -PDF|website=Indembasy.com|accessdate=15 December 2018|archive-date=11 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200711112402/https://www.indembassy.be/pdf/India_and_the_European_Union_Milestones.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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==Leadership==<br />
The Embassy is headed by an [[Ambassador]], a post that is currently held by Santosh Jha.<ref name="archive.org"/> The Ambassador reports to the [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|Indian Ministry of External Affairs]] in [[New Delhi]]. The Indian embassy in Brussels has a small staff strength relative to its other European embassies and some Asian embassies.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Pascaline Winand|author2=Marika Vicziany|author3=Poonam Datar|title=The European Union and India: Rhetoric or Meaningful Partnership?|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aoIZBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA178|date=30 January 2015|publisher=Edward Elgar Publishing|isbn=978-1-78347-039-6|page=178}}</ref><br />
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==Notable events==<br />
In 2014, hundred years after the beginning of [[World War I]], the Indian Embassy organised a function at the [[Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History|War Museum]] in Brussels to remember India's contribution in the War. Over 130,000 soldiers from India had fought under the British flag during the First World War, mainly in the [[Battle of Ypres]] in Belgium and [[Battle of Neuve Chapelle]] in France.<ref>{{cite news |title=Indian army's contribution in WWI remembered in Brussels |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-in-school/indian-armys-contribution-in-wwi-remembered-in-brussels/article6531352.ece |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |date=25 October 2014 |accessdate=11 April 2016 |archive-date=29 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629040058/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-in-school/indian-armys-contribution-in-wwi-remembered-in-brussels/article6531352.ece |url-status=live }}</ref><br />
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Prime Minister, [[Narendra Modi|Hon. Narendra Modi]] had visited Brussels on 30 March 2016.<br />
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Vice-President, [[Venkaiah Naidu|Hon. Venkaiah Naidu]] had visited Brussels on 19 October 2018.<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[List of diplomatic missions of India]]<br />
*[[India–European Union relations]]<br />
*[[Belgium–India relations]]<br />
*[[Embassy of Belgium, New Delhi]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.indembassy.be Official website]<br />
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