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	Direct contact between India and Romania dates back a few centuries. [[Transylvania]]-born philologist [[Sándor Kőrösi Csoma]] visited India in 1820 and spent several years in [[Calcutta]]. Romanian national poet [[Mihai Eminescu]] was interested in Indian languages and literature. He translated a book on Sanskrit grammar into Romanian. Many Romanian poets and philosophers such as [[Bogdan Hasdeu]], [[George Cosbuc]] and [[Lucian Blaga]] were influenced by Indian philosophy.<ref name="IndiaRomania65a">{{cite news\|last1=Malhotra\|first1=K.L.\|title=Romania – A Friend Indeed\|url=http://epaper.financialexpress.com/268627/Indian-Express/07-May-2014\|access-date=9 October 2016\|work=epaper.financialexpress.com\|publisher=The Financial Express\|date=7 May 2014\|page=22}}</ref><ref name="IndiaRomania65b">{{cite news\|last1=Malhotra\|first1=K.L.\|title=Romania – A Friend Indeed\|url=http://epaper.indianexpress.com/272382/Indian-Express/14-May-2014\|access-date=9 October 2016\|publisher=The Indian Express\|date=14 May 2014\|page=28}}</ref> In 1897, George Coşbuc published an adaptation of Kalidasa's Sanskrit play ''[[Abhijñānaśākuntalam]].''		Direct contact between India and Romania dates back a few centuries. [[Transylvania]]-born philologist [[Sándor Kőrösi Csoma]] visited India in 1820 and spent several years in [[Calcutta]]. Romanian national poet [[Mihai Eminescu]] was interested in Indian languages and literature. He translated a book on Sanskrit grammar into Romanian. Many Romanian poets and philosophers such as [[Bogdan Hasdeu]], [[George Cosbuc]] and [[Lucian Blaga]] were influenced by Indian philosophy.<ref name="IndiaRomania65a">{{cite news\|last1=Malhotra\|first1=K.L.\|title=Romania – A Friend Indeed\|url=http://epaper.financialexpress.com/268627/Indian-Express/07-May-2014\|access-date=9 October 2016\|work=epaper.financialexpress.com\|publisher=The Financial Express\|date=7 May 2014\|page=22}}</ref><ref name="IndiaRomania65b">{{cite news\|last1=Malhotra\|first1=K.L.\|title=Romania – A Friend Indeed\|url=http://epaper.indianexpress.com/272382/Indian-Express/14-May-2014\|access-date=9 October 2016\|publisher=The Indian Express\|date=14 May 2014\|page=28}}</ref> In 1897, George Coşbuc published an adaptation of Kalidasa's Sanskrit play ''[[Abhijñānaśākuntalam]].''

	Prince [[Carol II]] spent five months touring India in 1920. Rabindranath Tagore visited Romania in 1926 to receive a Doctorate Honoris Causa from the University of Bucharest. ~~Micrea~~ Eliade studied philosophy and Sanskrit at the Calcutta University from 1928 to 32. Romanian sculptor ~~Constantion Brancusi~~ was inspired by Indian motifs after visiting India and incorporated it into his later work.<ref name="IndiaRomania65a"/><ref name="IndiaRomania65b"/>		Prince [[Carol II]] spent five months touring India in 1920. [[Rabindranath Tagore]] visited Romania in 1926 to receive a Doctorate Honoris Causa from the University of Bucharest. [[Mircea Eliade]] studied philosophy and Sanskrit at the Calcutta University from 1928 to 32. Romanian sculptor [[Constantin Brâncuși]] was inspired by Indian motifs after visiting India and incorporated it into his later work.<ref name="IndiaRomania65a"/><ref name="IndiaRomania65b"/>

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[[File:Indira Gandhi & Nicolae Ceaușescu.jpg|thumb|[[Indira Gandhi]] meeting [[Nicolae Ceauşescu]] in New Delhi; 1969.]]
'''India–Romania relations''' refers to the international relations that exist between [[India]] and [[Romania]].

== Early history ==

Romania and India were briefly connected by [[Alexander the Great]]'s empire in 326 BC.

[[File:George Coşbuc - Sacontala ILR 585.jpg|thumb|150px|[[George Coşbuc]]'s adaptation of ''[[Abhijñānaśākuntalam]]'', published in 1897]]
Direct contact between India and Romania dates back a few centuries. [[Transylvania]]-born philologist [[Sándor Kőrösi Csoma]] visited India in 1820 and spent several years in [[Calcutta]]. Romanian national poet [[Mihai Eminescu]] was interested in Indian languages and literature. He translated a book on Sanskrit grammar into Romanian. Many Romanian poets and philosophers such as [[Bogdan Hasdeu]], [[George Cosbuc]] and [[Lucian Blaga]] were influenced by Indian philosophy.<ref name="IndiaRomania65a">{{cite news|last1=Malhotra|first1=K.L.|title=Romania – A Friend Indeed|url=http://epaper.financialexpress.com/268627/Indian-Express/07-May-2014|access-date=9 October 2016|work=epaper.financialexpress.com|publisher=The Financial Express|date=7 May 2014|page=22}}</ref><ref name="IndiaRomania65b">{{cite news|last1=Malhotra|first1=K.L.|title=Romania – A Friend Indeed|url=http://epaper.indianexpress.com/272382/Indian-Express/14-May-2014|access-date=9 October 2016|publisher=The Indian Express|date=14 May 2014|page=28}}</ref> In 1897, George Coşbuc published an adaptation of Kalidasa's Sanskrit play ''[[Abhijñānaśākuntalam]].''

Prince [[Carol II]] spent five months touring India in 1920. Rabindranath Tagore visited Romania in 1926 to receive a Doctorate Honoris Causa from the University of Bucharest. Micrea Eliade studied philosophy and Sanskrit at the Calcutta University from 1928 to 32. Romanian sculptor Constantion Brancusi was inspired by Indian motifs after visiting India and incorporated it into his later work.<ref name="IndiaRomania65a"/><ref name="IndiaRomania65b"/>

== Modern history ==
Diplomatic relations between India and Romania were established on 14 December 1948 at the legacy level, and were upgraded to embassy level in 1957. Romania opened an embassy in New Delhi in 1955, and India opened an embassy in Bucharest in 1957. The Romanian Prime Minister visited India in March 1958.<ref>https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/1599/1/lsd_02_06_19-11-1958.pdf page 49</ref>
Today, Romania also has honorary consulates in Chennai and Kolkata, and India has an honorary consulate in Timișoara.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://newdelhi.mae.ro/en/node/393|title=Brief history {{!}} EMBASSY OF ROMANIA in the Republic of India|website=newdelhi.mae.ro|access-date=2016-10-09}}</ref>

Since the establishment of diplomatic relations, there have been 11 Presidential-level visits between India and Romania. In addition, two Prime Ministers of India and one Vice-President of India have visited Romania. Between 1984 and 2014, six visits at the Foreign Minister-level between the two countries.<ref name="IndiaRomania65a" /><ref name="IndiaRomania65b" />

== Economic relations ==
The Indian and Romaniam governments discussed the terms of a proposed a refinery project in Assam in mid-1958.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/1599/1/lsd_02_06_19-11-1958.pdf | page=50 | title=Lok Sabha Debates | date=19 November 1958 | accessdate=21 June 2021 }}</ref>

Bilateral trade between the two countries was US$727.27 million in 2011–12. India exported $269.54 million to, and imported $457.73 million, worth of goods from Romania.<ref name="MEA">{{cite web|title=India -Romania Relations|url=https://mea.gov.in/Portal/ForeignRelation/India-Romania_Relations.pdf|website=mea.gov.in|publisher=Ministry of External Affairs|access-date=9 October 2016}}</ref> Bilateral trade totaled $713 million in 2013.<ref name="IndiaRomania65a" /><ref name="IndiaRomania65b" />

The major commodities exported from India to Romania are electric machines, devices and equipment, common metals, chemicals and allied industries products, plastic and rubber materials, textiles, food products, beverages and tobacco, vegetable products, paper and cardboard and its scrap, articles made of stone, cement, ceramics, glass and optical photographic, cinematographic, medical instruments and devices. The main commodities India imported from Romania were common metals, sound and image displayers and recorders, chemicals and connected industrial products, plastic, rubber materials, textiles, vegetable products, transport vehicles and mineral products.<ref name="MEA"/>

Several Indian firms such as Ranbaxy, Gujarat Heavy Chemicals (GHCL), WIPRO, Genpact and Raymonds have a presence in Romania.<ref name="MEA"/>

==Indians in Romania==
{{see also|Hinduism in Romania}}
As of July 2013, around 950 Indian citizens resided in Romania. Most of them are students studying in Timișoara, Oradea and Constanta.<ref name="MEA" />

==See also==
* [[Ambassador of India to Romania]]

==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://newdelhi.mae.ro/en Embassy of Romania in New Delhi]

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