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==History== | ==History== | ||
Relations between India and Sudan date back to ancient times. Evidence indicated that there were contacts and possibly trade between [[Nilotic peoples|Nilotic]] and [[Indus Valley Civilisation|Indus Valley Civilizations]] via [[Mesopotamia]].<ref name="MEA">{{cite web|title=India - Sudan Relations|url=https://www.mea.gov.in/Portal/ForeignRelation/Sudan_July_2014__2_.pdf|website=Ministry of External Affairs|access-date=13 December 2016}}</ref> Evidence suggests that trade between Indian and [[Nubia]]n kingdoms of Sudan via the [[Red Sea]] increased towards the end of the 12th century. [[Sennar]], the capital of the [[Sennar (sultanate)|Funj Sultanate]], had an extensive silk, silver ornaments, leather and gold trade with India through [[Suakin|Sawakin]] Port by 1699.<ref name="Embassy of India">{{cite web|title=Political relations|url=http://www.eoikhartoum.in/sudan.php?key_s=12|website=Embassy of India, Khartoum|access-date=13 December 2016}}</ref> | |||
Two steel suspension rail bridges in [[Khartoum]] and [[Atbara]] were imported from India in the 1900s. These bridges are still in use today. Since 1900, Indian experts have been involved in the development of Sudan's forestry sector.<ref name="Embassy of India"/> [[Mahatma Gandhi]] visited the [[Port Sudan]] in 1935, on his way to the England, and met with the members of the Indian diaspora in Sudan. [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] also stopped over in Port Sudan in 1938 on his way to the United Kingdom. Nehru visited the Chhotalal Samji Virani. The Graduates General Congress of Sudan, established in 1938, was greatly inspired by the [[Indian National Congress]]. The [[British Indian Army]] and Sudanese soldiers fought together in [[Eritrea]] in 1941. They secured victory in the decisive [[Battle of Keren]], for which the [[Bengal Engineer Group|Bengal Sappers]] were awarded the [[Victoria Cross]] for clearing mines in [[Metemma]].<ref name="MEA"/> | Two steel suspension rail bridges in [[Khartoum]] and [[Atbara]] were imported from India in the 1900s. These bridges are still in use today. Since 1900, Indian experts have been involved in the development of Sudan's forestry sector.<ref name="Embassy of India"/> [[Mahatma Gandhi]] visited the [[Port Sudan]] in 1935, on his way to the England, and met with the members of the Indian diaspora in Sudan. [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] also stopped over in Port Sudan in 1938 on his way to the United Kingdom. Nehru visited the Chhotalal Samji Virani. The Graduates General Congress of Sudan, established in 1938, was greatly inspired by the [[Indian National Congress]]. The [[British Indian Army]] and Sudanese soldiers fought together in [[Eritrea]] in 1941. They secured victory in the decisive [[Battle of Keren]], for which the [[Bengal Engineer Group|Bengal Sappers]] were awarded the [[Victoria Cross]] for clearing mines in [[Metemma]].<ref name="MEA"/> | ||