India

History of Indo-Pak Relations When India was partitioned, the princely states were given the choice to join either India or Pakistan or remain independent. Contentious issues came with Junagarh, Hyderabad and Kashmir. Sardar Patel handled Junagarh and Hyderabad with an...

History Nepal is an important neighbour of India and occupies a special significance in its foreign policy because of the geographic, historical, cultural and economic linkages/ties that span centuries. India and Nepal share similar ties in terms of Hinduism and Buddhism with Buddha’s birthplace Lumbini located in present-day Nepal. The...

Bilateral Relation India- Japan Bilateral Relation PDF Within India: Japan has been a leading financial donor in the form of ODA (Official Development Assistance) to India. It continues to maintain a high degree of interest and support for India’s mega infrastructure projects like the Delhi-Mumbai Freight...

History India- Saudi Arabia Relation PDF The third millennium BC marks the beginning of trade and cultural ties between ancient India and Arabia. By the year 1000 AD, commercial ties between Arabia and southern India were thriving and served as the foundation...

India-Singapore History The relationship between India- Singapore extends back to the Cholas. The more recent association is attributed to Sir Stamford Raffles, who established a trading station in Singapore on the way of the Malacca Straits in 1819, which became a...

India – Indonesia External Affairs Minister of India Dr S Jaishankar and Indonesia’s foreign minister Retno Marsudi discussed issues including the Aceh and Andaman Nicobar Island connectivity recently. India- Indonesia Relation PDF Economic and Commercial Relations Indonesia has risen to become India’s second-largest...

History of India-Italy relations India-Italy relations PDF India and Italy are ancient civilizations but young states as the unification of Italy took place in 1861. These two ancient civilizations have known, interacted, and traded with each other for over 2000 years. During his travels to...

India- China Relationship Official PDF The present situation of the India-China relationship Troops in Ladakh: We have been on tenterhooks since the sanguinary Galwan clash of 2020, and have borne a heavy cost for the “mirror-deployment” of 50,000-60,000 additional troops in...

Historical Ties India’s relations with Africa date back several centuries. The presence of Indians in East Africa is documented in the 'Periplus of the Erythraean Sea' or Guidebook of the Red Sea by an ancient Greek author written in 60...

The two countries shared a border till 1947 and share several common features in their language, culture, and traditions. Both South Asia and the Persian Gulf have strong commercial, energy, cultural and people-to-people links. Independent India and Iran established...