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who have visited India or that will visit shortly. This list is still incomplete.

List of official dignitary visits

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Angela Merkel Angela Merkel Angela Dorothea Merkel is the current Chancellor of Germany . Merkel, elected to the Bundestag from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, has been the chairwoman of the Christian Democratic Union since 2000, and chairwoman of the CDU-CSU parliamentary coalition from 2002 to 2005.From 2005 to 2009 she led a...	Chancellor	31 May 2011	Received the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for international understanding
Islam Karimov	President	17 May 2011
Yousaf Raza Gillani Yousaf Raza Gillani Yousuf Raza Gilani is the current prime minister of Islamic Republic of Pakistan. He was nominated as Prime Minister by the PPP, with the support of its coalition partners, Pakistan Muslim League , Awami National Party, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam and Muttahida Qaumi Movement, on 22 March 2008...	Prime Minister	29 March 2011	Came to Mohali Mohali Mohali is a city adjacent to Chandigarh, 18th District in Punjab, India. It is officially named after the eldest son of Guru Gobind Singh, Sahibzada Ajit Singh . It, along with Chandigarh and Panchkula, form a part of the Chandigarh Tricity... to watch the India vs. Pakistan cricket world cup 2011 semi-finals match 2011 Cricket World Cup Semifinal: India v Pakistan The 2nd semifinal of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 was played between the arch-rivals India and Pakistan at Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali on 30 March 2011. India won the match by 29 runs and qualified for the 2011 Cricket World Cup Final. India won the Toss and elected to bat first...
Leonel Fernandez Reyna	President	30 Jan 2011
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono AC , is an Indonesian politician and retired Army general officer who has been President of Indonesia since 2004....	President	24 Jan 2011	Guest on Republic day
Dmitry Medvedev Dmitry Medvedev Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev is the third President of the Russian Federation.Born to a family of academics, Medvedev graduated from the Law Department of Leningrad State University in 1987. He defended his dissertation in 1990 and worked as a docent at his alma mater, now renamed to Saint...	President	21 Dec 2010	Supported India's bid for UNSC membership	http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/India-Russia-to-develop-missiles-having-speed-of-6000-kmph/articleshow/6496312.cms
Wen Jiabao Wen Jiabao Wen Jiabao is the sixth and current Premier and Party secretary of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, serving as China's head of government and leading its cabinet. In his capacity as Premier, Wen is regarded as the leading figure behind China's economic policy...	Premier	15 Dec 2010	Economic Issues,
Nicolas Sarkozy Nicolas Sarkozy Nicolas Sarkozy is the 23rd and current President of the French Republic and ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra. He assumed the office on 16 May 2007 after defeating the Socialist Party candidate Ségolène Royal 10 days earlier....	President	4 Dec 2010	Supported India's bid for UNSC membership, Civilian Nuclear Deal	http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/India-deserves-permanent-seat-in-UNSC-Sarkozy/articleshow/7041593.cms
Barack Obama Barack Obama Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...	President	6 Nov 2010	Supported India's bid for UNSC membership as Permanent member	http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/US/Obama-to-visit-India-in-November-/articleshow/6009741.cms http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/barack-obamas-india-trip-itinerary-62904
David Cameron David Cameron David William Donald Cameron is the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service and Leader of the Conservative Party. Cameron represents Witney as its Member of Parliament ....	Prime Minister	26 Jul 2010	The business and economic relationship, The G-20 future agenda, Supported for UNSC seat as Permanent member, The future of Britain's and India's role in Afghanistan	http://news.rediff.com/report/2010/jul/14/uk-pm-to-visit-india-in-july.htm
Than Shwe Than Shwe Senior General Than Shwe is a Burmese military leader and politician who was chairman of the State Peace and Development Council from 1992 to 2011. During the period, he held key positions of power including commander-in-chief of the Myanmar Armed Forces and head of Union Solidarity and...	Commander-in-Chief	25 Jul 2010	Economic issues	http://www.mizzima.com/news/election-2010/4136-india-to-keep-silent-on-2010-election-opposition-says.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-10773064
Mahinda Rajapaksa Mahinda Rajapaksa Percy Mahendra "Mahinda" Rajapaksa ; ; born November 18, 1945) is the 6th and current President of Sri Lanka and Commander in Chief of the Sri Lankan Armed Forces. A lawyer by profession, Rajapaksa was first elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka in 1970, and served as prime minister from April 6,...	President	9 Jun 2010		http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/10271526.stm
Hamid Karzai Hamid Karzai Hamid Karzai, GCMG is the 12th and current President of Afghanistan, taking office on 7 December 2004. He became a dominant political figure after the removal of the Taliban regime in late 2001...	President	26 Apr 2010	Cooperation between two countries, Joint fight against terrorism	http://www.president.gov.af/Contents/91/Documents/1646/india_visits_eng.html
Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow	President	24 May 2010	First official visit of Berdimuhamedow to India, Development of trade and economic cooperation	http://en.rian.ru/world/20100524/159129729.html
Ram Baran Yadav Ram Baran Yadav Dr Ram Baran Yadav is the current President of Nepal. He was elected in July 2008 and is the country's first President. He previously served as Minister of Health and as General Secretary of the Nepali Congress party....	President	15 Feb 2010		http://www.zeenews.com/news604167.html
Abdullah Gul Abdullah Gül Dr. Abdullah Gül, GCB is the 11th and current President of the Republic of Turkey, serving in that office since 28 August 2007. He previously served for four months as Prime Minister from 2002-03, and as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2003-07....	President	7 Feb 2010	Cooperation on economic and commercial relations	http://www.turkishweekly.net/news/97379/president-abdullah-gul%E2%80%99s-official-visit-to-india-.html
Lee Myung bak	President	26 Jan 2010	Chief Guest at Republic Day	http://www.surfindia.com/festivals/republic-day.html
Mohamed Nasheed Mohamed Nasheed Mohamed Nasheed is a Maldivian politician. He is the current President of the Maldives. He is the founder of the Maldivian Democratic Party and was its presidential candidate in the October 2008 presidential election, defeating long-time President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom in a second round of voting...	President	21 Oct 2009	India-Maldives bilateral relations, Climate change issues	http://beta.thehindu.com/news/article36073.ece
Nursultan Nazarbayev Nursultan Nazarbayev Nursultan Abishuly Nazarbayev has served as the President of Kazakhstan since the nation received its independence in 1991, after the fall of the Soviet Union...	President	26 Jan 2009	State guest during the Republic Day Parade Republic Day (India) The Republic Day of India commemorates the date on which the Constitution of India came into force replacing the Government of India Act 1935 as the governing document of India on 26 January 1950....	Republic Day (India) Republic Day (India) The Republic Day of India commemorates the date on which the Constitution of India came into force replacing the Government of India Act 1935 as the governing document of India on 26 January 1950....
Nicolas Sarkozy Nicolas Sarkozy Nicolas Sarkozy is the 23rd and current President of the French Republic and ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra. He assumed the office on 16 May 2007 after defeating the Socialist Party candidate Ségolène Royal 10 days earlier....	President	25 Jan 2008	State guest during the Republic Day Parade Republic Day (India) The Republic Day of India commemorates the date on which the Constitution of India came into force replacing the Government of India Act 1935 as the governing document of India on 26 January 1950....	Republic Day (India) Republic Day (India) The Republic Day of India commemorates the date on which the Constitution of India came into force replacing the Government of India Act 1935 as the governing document of India on 26 January 1950....
Gordon Brown Gordon Brown James Gordon Brown is a British Labour Party politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 until 2010. He previously served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Labour Government from 1997 to 2007...	Prime Minister	21 Jan 2008	Reform of the United Nations Security Council Reform of the United Nations Security Council Reform of the United Nations Security Council encompasses five key issues: categories of membership, the question of the veto held by the five permanent members, regional representation, the size of an enlarged Council and its working methods, and the Security Council-General Assembly relationship...	http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article3221860.ece
Vladimir Putin Vladimir Putin Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin served as the second President of the Russian Federation and is the current Prime Minister of Russia, as well as chairman of United Russia and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Union of Russia and Belarus. He became acting President on 31 December 1999, when...	President	26 Jan 2007	State guest during the Republic Day Parade Republic Day (India) The Republic Day of India commemorates the date on which the Constitution of India came into force replacing the Government of India Act 1935 as the governing document of India on 26 January 1950....	Republic Day (India) Republic Day (India) The Republic Day of India commemorates the date on which the Constitution of India came into force replacing the Government of India Act 1935 as the governing document of India on 26 January 1950....
George W Bush	President	1 Mar 2006	Indo-U.S. civilian nuclear agreement	http://news.oneindia.in/2006/03/01/bush-in-india-for-a-possible-civilian-nuclear-deal-1141227366.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4759592.stm
Jacques Chirac Jacques Chirac Jacques René Chirac is a French politician who served as President of France from 1995 to 2007. He previously served as Prime Minister of France from 1974 to 1976 and from 1986 to 1988 , and as Mayor of Paris from 1977 to 1995.After completing his studies of the DEA's degree at the...	President	19 Feb 2006	Civilian nuclear cooperation and defence cooperation	http://specials.rediff.com/news/2006/feb/17sld1.htm
Tony Blair Tony Blair Anthony Charles Lynton Blair is a former British Labour Party politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007. He was the Member of Parliament for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007...	Prime Minister	6 Sep 2005		http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4214802.stm http://hcilondon.in/indiaukbilateral.php
Pervez Musharraf Pervez Musharraf Pervez Musharraf , is a retired four-star general who served as the 13th Chief of Army Staff and tenth President of Pakistan as well as tenth Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee. Musharraf headed and led an administrative military government from October 1999 till August 2007. He ruled...	President	16 Apr 2005		http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4451159.stm
Ariel Sharon Ariel Sharon Ariel Sharon is an Israeli statesman and retired general, who served as Israel’s 11th Prime Minister. He has been in a permanent vegetative state since suffering a stroke on 4 January 2006....	Prime Minister	9 Sep 2003	First Israeli prime minister to visit India, agreements and memorandums of understanding on defence, information technology and agriculture.	http://www.rediff.com/news/2003/aug/27isr.htm http://www.rediff.com/news/sharon.htm
Sellapan Ramanathan	President	Jan 2003		http://www.iseas.edu.sg/viewpoint/mhoct03.pdf
John Howard John Howard John Winston Howard AC, SSI, was the 25th Prime Minister of Australia, from 11 March 1996 to 3 December 2007. He was the second-longest serving Australian Prime Minister after Sir Robert Menzies....	Prime Minister	Jul 2000		http://www.dfat.gov.au/toos/archive/2001/toos2001.pdf
Bill Clinton Bill Clinton William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...	President	Mar 2000		http://www.indianembassy.org/inews/2000_inews/march_2000.pdf
Abdurrahman Wahid Abdurrahman Wahid Abdurrahman Wahid, born Abdurrahman Addakhil , colloquially known as , was an Indonesian Muslim religious and political leader who served as the President of Indonesia from 1999 to 2001...	President	8 Feb 2000		http://64.224.241.84/policy/Foreign_Policy/1999_00.pdf
Goh Chok Tong Goh Chok Tong Goh Chok Tong is the Senior Minister of Singapore and the chairman of the central bank of Singapore, the Monetary Authority of Singapore. He also served as the second Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore from 28 November 1990 to 12 August 2004, succeeding Lee Kuan Yew, the former Prime...	Prime Minister	17 Jan 2000		http://64.224.241.84/policy/Foreign_Policy/1999_00.pdf
Olusegun Obasanjo	President	Jan 1999	State guest during the Republic Day Parade Republic Day (India) The Republic Day of India commemorates the date on which the Constitution of India came into force replacing the Government of India Act 1935 as the governing document of India on 26 January 1950....	http://www.indianembassy.org/inews/2000_inews/march_2000.pdf
Jacques Chirac Jacques Chirac Jacques René Chirac is a French politician who served as President of France from 1995 to 2007. He previously served as Prime Minister of France from 1974 to 1976 and from 1986 to 1988 , and as Mayor of Paris from 1977 to 1995.After completing his studies of the DEA's degree at the...	President	25 Jan 1998	State guest during the Republic Day Parade Republic Day (India) The Republic Day of India commemorates the date on which the Constitution of India came into force replacing the Government of India Act 1935 as the governing document of India on 26 January 1950....	http://specials.rediff.com/news/2006/feb/17sld1.htm
Queen Elizabeth II	Queen	12–18 Oct 1997
Girija Prasad Koirala Girija Prasad Koirala Girija Prasad Koirala was a Nepalese politician and the President of the Nepali Congress, a major political party. He was Prime Minister of Nepal for four times, serving from 1991 to 1994, 1998 to 1999, 2000 to 2001, and from 2006 to 2008; he was also Acting Head of State from January 2007 to July...	Prime Minister	Dec 1990	New separate trade and transit treaties and other economic agreements	India-Nepal relations#1990s
Queen Elizabeth II	Queen	17–26 Nov 1983	7th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, , is a biennial summit meeting of the heads of government from all Commonwealth nations. Every two years the meeting is held in a different member state, and is chaired by that nation's respective Prime Minister or President, who becomes the...
Jimmy Carter Jimmy Carter James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. is an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, the only U.S. President to have received the Prize after leaving office...	President	1 Jan 1978		http://www.indianembassy.org/inews/2000_inews/march_2000.pdf
Jacques Chirac Jacques Chirac Jacques René Chirac is a French politician who served as President of France from 1995 to 2007. He previously served as Prime Minister of France from 1974 to 1976 and from 1986 to 1988 , and as Mayor of Paris from 1977 to 1995.After completing his studies of the DEA's degree at the...	Prime Minister	25 Jan 1976	State guest during the Republic Day Parade Republic Day (India) The Republic Day of India commemorates the date on which the Constitution of India came into force replacing the Government of India Act 1935 as the governing document of India on 26 January 1950....	http://specials.rediff.com/news/2006/feb/17sld1.htm
Richard Nixon Richard Nixon Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. The only president to resign the office, Nixon had previously served as a US representative and senator from California and as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961 under...	President	1 Aug 1969		http://www.indianembassy.org/inews/2000_inews/march_2000.pdf
Queen Elizabeth II	Queen	21 Jan–1 Feb, 16–26 Feb, 1–2 Mar 1961
Dwight Eisenhower	President	10 Dec 1959		http://www.indianembassy.org/inews/2000_inews/march_2000.pdf
King Saud Saud of Saudi Arabia Saud bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud was King of Saudi Arabia from 1953 to 1964. He was removed from power by Faisal because of Saud's mismanagement and waste. He was the eldest surviving son of Ibn Saud and became Crown Prince in 1933. He died in exile in Greece.-Early life:Saud was born in 1902 in Kuwait...	King	26 Nov 1955	First visit by head of state of any of the two countries to the other	http://www.indianembassy.org.sa/IndiaSaudiTies.html http://www.mofa.gov.sa/Detail.asp?InSectionID=2356&InNewsItemID=36684

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