This is a list of international prime ministerial trips made by Morarji Desai during his tenure as the Prime Minister of India from March 1977 and July 1979. The first overseas visit was to Iran in June 1977.
Summary of international trips[edit | edit source]
In his two-year long tenure as the Prime Minister, Morarji Desai made 9 international trips, visiting 15 countries, including visits to the United States to attend the United Nations General Assembly.
| Number of visits | Country |
|---|---|
| 1 visit (12) | Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, France, Kenya, Nepal, Poland, Sri Lanka, United States, West Germany, Yugoslavia |
| 2 visits (2) | Iran, Soviet Union, United Kingdom |
1977[edit | edit source]
| Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Purpose | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Iran
|
Tehran | 7 June | [1] | |
 United Kingdom
|
London | 8–15 June | 4th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting | [1] | |
 France
|
Paris | June | [1] | ||
| 2 | Template:Country data Soviet Union | Moscow | October | [1] | |
| 3 |  Nepal
|
Kathmandu | November–December | [1] | |
1978[edit | edit source]
| Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Purpose | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 |  Australia
|
Sydney | February | Regional Commonwealth Conference | [1] |
| 5 | Iran
|
Tehran | June | Stop-over | [2] |
 Belgium
|
Brussels | June | [2] | ||
| United Kingdom
|
London | June | [2] | ||
 United States
|
New York City, San Francisco, Omaha | 12–15 June | United Nations General Assembly | [3][4] | |
| 6 |  Kenya
|
Nairobi | August | State funeral of Jomo Kenyatta | [2] |
1979[edit | edit source]
| Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Purpose | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 |  Sri Lanka
|
Colombo | February 1979 | Chief guest on the Sri Lankan Independence Day celebration | [2] |
| 8 |  Bangladesh
|
Dhaka | 16–18 April 1979 | [5] | |
| 9 |  West Germany
|
Frankfurt | June 1979 | [6] | |
| Template:Country data Soviet Union | Moscow | 10–14 June 1979 | [6] | ||
 Poland
|
Warsaw | 14–16 June 1979 | [6] | ||
 Czechoslovakia
|
Prague | 16–18 June 1979 | [6] | ||
| Template:Country data Yugoslavia | Belgrade | 18–21 June 1979 | [6] | ||
See also[edit | edit source]
- Premiership of Morarji Desai
- List of international trips made by prime ministers of India
- History of Indian foreign relations
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Annual Reports Prior to 1999 : Annual Report 1977-78". Archived from the original on 2021-04-16. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Annual Reports Prior to 1999 : Annual Report 1978-79".
- ↑ "India - Visits by Foreign Leaders - Department History - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov. Archived from the original on 2016-03-08. Retrieved 2015-12-15.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-05-03. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ "Bilateral Visits". Archived from the original on 2017-04-08. Retrieved 2017-03-29.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 "Annual Reports Prior to 1999 : Annual Report 1979-80". Archived from the original on 2021-04-16. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
External links[edit | edit source]
- Outgoing Visits – by Ministry of External Affairs
- Nonresident Prime Ministers? Measuring India's Foreign Policy Orientation via Leadership Travel by Sumitha Narayanan Kutty and Walter C. Ladwig III
