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{{Infobox bilateral relations|Indo-Mexican|India|Mexico|mission1=Embassy of India, [[Mexico City]]|mission2=Embassy of Mexico, [[New Delhi]]|envoytitle1=Indian Ambassador to Mexico|envoy1=[[Mridul Kumar]]|envoy2=[[Federico Salas (ambassador)|Federico Salas]]|envoytitle2=Mexican Ambassador to India}}
[[File:Visita Primer Ministro de la República de la India, Narendra Modi (27519470686).jpg|thumb|244px|President [[Enrique Peña Nieto]] with Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] in Mexico City; 2016.]]

'''Mexico–India relations''' ({{Lang-es|Relaciones India-México}}; {{Lang-hi|भारत-मेक्सिको संबंध}}), also called '''Mexican-Indian relations''' or '''Indo-Mexican relations''', refers to the [[diplomatic relations]] between [[India]] and [[Mexico]]. Both nations are members of the [[G-20 major economies]] and the [[United Nations]].

==History==
During colonialism in both India and Mexico, relations and trade were carried out by the Spanish who through the [[Manila Galleon|Manila-Acapulco Galleon]] traded with Indian traders and brought their products to [[New Spain]] (present day Mexico). In the 1500s, a few hundred Indians were taken as slaves and transported to Mexico.<ref>[https://historiamexicana.colmex.mx/index.php/RHM/article/viewFile/278/255 La Esclavitud Asiática en el Virreinato de la Nueva España, 1565-1673 (in Spanish)]</ref> In the 1600s, an Indian woman in Mexico known as [[Catarina de San Juan]] was kidnapped by Portuguese pirates and brought to the [[Philippines]]. From there, she was brought to Mexico and sold to a man in the Mexican State of [[Puebla]]. Her presence in Puebla inspired the creation of the [[China poblana]] dress, based on the traditional gowns that she wore.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.analesiie.unam.mx/pdf/71_37-73.pdf |title=A Mughal Princess in Baroque New Spain |access-date=2018-10-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921030327/http://www.analesiie.unam.mx/pdf/71_37-73.pdf |archive-date=2018-09-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 1947, Mexico became the first [[Latin America]]n nation to recognize the independence of India from the [[United Kingdom]].<ref name=Bosques>[https://centrogilbertobosques.senado.gob.mx/docs/F_India.pdf Bilateral relations between Mexico and India (in Spanish)]</ref> On first 1 August 1950, both nations established diplomatic relations and on the following year, Mexico opened an embassy in [[Delhi]]. To show the importance of the new relations between the two nations, the first Mexican ambassador to India was former Mexican President [[Emilio Portes Gil]]. In 1962, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate [[Octavio Paz]] was named ambassador to India.<ref>[http://www.sre.gob.mx/images/stories/docnormateca/manexte/embajadas/MOEMIndia.pdf Senate of Mexico: India (in Spanish)]</ref>

In 1961, Prime Minister [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] became the first Indian head-of-state to pay a visit to Mexico. In 1962, Mexican President [[Adolfo López Mateos]] paid an official visit to India. There would be many more high-level visits between leaders of both nations.<ref name=Senado>[http://www.senado.gob.mx/comisiones/relext_ap/docs/nombramiento_MPO.pdf Appointment of new Mexican Ambassador to India (in Spanish)]</ref>

During the [[Goa liberation movement]], when Indo-Portuguese tensions soared, Mexico offered the Indian government its influence in Latin America to bring pressure on the Portuguese to relieve tensions.<ref>US Department of State, Central Files, 753D.00/12 - 561. [https://2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/ho/frus/kennedyjf/46453.htm] Document 66,</ref>

Both nations work closely in several multilateral organizations. The Sonora variety of Mexican wheat was fundamental in the [[Green Revolution in India]].In 2010, India opened a cultural center in [[Mexico City]] in response to the broad interests manifested in Mexico by the different facets of Indian culture and lifestyle.<ref>[http://www.protocolo.com.mx/embajadas/abre-sus-puertas-el-centro-cultural-de-la-india/ Abre sus puertas el Centro Cultural de la India (in Spanish)]</ref>

==High-level visits==
[[File:Heads of State Cancun Summit 1981.jpg|thumb|right|Prime Minister Indira Gandhi attending the [[North–South Summit]] in Cancun along with her Mexican counterpart President José López Portillo; 1981.]]
[[File:Vicente Fox Singh.jpg|thumb|right|Former Mexican President [[Vicente Fox]] and former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh; 2005.]]
'''High-level visits from India to Mexico'''<ref name=Bosques />
* Prime Minister [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] (1961)
* Prime Minister [[Indira Gandhi]] (1981)
* President [[Zail Singh]] (1984)
* Prime Minister [[Rajiv Gandhi]] (1986)
* President [[Pratibha Patil]] (2008)
* Prime Minister [[Manmohan Singh]] (2012)
* Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] (2016)

'''High-level visits from Mexico to India'''
* President [[Adolfo López Mateos]] (1962)
* President [[Luis Echeverría]] (1975)
* President [[José López Portillo]] (1981)
* President [[Miguel de la Madrid]] (1985)
* President [[Felipe Calderón]] (2007)

==Bilateral agreements==
Both nations have signed numerous bilateral agreements such as an Agreement on Cultural Cooperation (1975); Agreement on Scientific and Technical Cooperation (1975); Agreement on Economic and Financial Cooperation (1982); Agreement on Touristic Cooperation (1996); Memorandum of Understanding on Communication Cooperation (1996); Agreement on Cultural and Educational Exchanges (2005); Agreement on Visa Exemption for Official and Diplomatic Passports (2005); Extradition treaty (2006); Agreement on the Promotion and Reciprocal Protection of Investments (2007) and an Air service agreement (2008).<ref name=Bosques />

==Migration==
[[File:Modi_Nieto_Mexico_June_2016.jpg|thumb|right|Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India (left, background) in talks with President Enrique Peña Nieto of Mexico during a visit to Mexico, 2016]]
The Indian community in Mexico is relatively small and estimated to be around 5,500; comprising mostly software engineers of Indian IT companies. There are several executives in the Indian and international companies, academics/professors in the local universities and some private businessmen in textile and garment business. Mostly Indian academics and businessmen are permanent residents of Mexico, the rest are on short term work assignments of 2–3 years and get replaced after that.

==Trade==
In 2018, two-way trade between both nations amounted to US$10 billion.<ref>[http://www.economia-snci.gob.mx/sic_php/pages/estadisticas/ Mexican Ministry of the Economy: India (in Spanish)]</ref> India's main exports to Mexico include: textiles, gems, jewelry, leather and software. Mexico's main exports to India include: petroleum, machinery, fertilizers and chemicals.<ref name=Bosques /> Between 1999 and 2014, Indian companies invested US$68.9 million in Mexico. From 2009 to 2011, Mexican companies invested US$282 million in India.<ref name=Senado /> Several Mexican multinational companies operate in India such as [[Cinépolis]], [[Gruma]], [[Grupo Bimbo]], [[KidZania]], and [[Nemak]]. Approximately 174 Indian companies invest and operate in Mexico.

==Resident diplomatic missions==
[[File:Embajada de la India en Ciudad de México.jpg|thumb|right|Embassy of India in Mexico City]]
* India has an [[Embassy of India, Mexico City|embassy in Mexico City]].<ref>[https://www.indiainmexico.gov.in Embassy of India in Mexico City]</ref>
* Mexico has an embassy in [[New Delhi]].<ref>[https://embamex.sre.gob.mx/india/ Embassy of Mexico in New Delhi]</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Embassy of India, Mexico City]]
* [[Hinduism in Mexico]]
* [[Indian Mexicans]]
* [[M. N. Roy|Manabendra Nath Roy]]

==References==
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{{Foreign relations of India}}
{{Foreign relations of Mexico}}

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