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PM M DI’S VISIT TO US

10 YEARS, TWO

TERMS AND 7 TRIPS

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has undertaken several visits to US

as India’s Prime Minister in his two terms in office so far. As he undertakes the first trip to
the US in his third term, we look back at his previous visits to the United States

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s many as nine Indian prime
ministers, including Naren-
Adra Modi and his predecessor
Manmohan Singh, have undertaken
official visits to the United States.
While Manmohan Singh went there
8 times, Jawaharlal Nehru, the coun-
try’s first PM, made as many as four
visits, the same number as Atal Bihari
Vajpayee, who preceded Manmohan
Singh in the office.
Others are Indira Gandhi and
Rajiv Gandhi (three visits each),
PV Narasimha Rao (two visits), and
Morarji Desai and IK Gujral (one
visit each).
Modi, however, has undertaken
several visits to US as India’s Prime
Minister. Here is a look back at his
previous visits to the United States.
To date, Narendra Modi has visited
the United States seven times in his
capacity as the Prime Minister of In-
dia.
However, his last visit -- from
June 21 to June 24 in 2023 -- holds PM Modi with then president Barack Obama
special importance due to its clas-
sification as a ‘state visit’, which, as maiden speech in the 69th session of yoga for a sustainable world. from the financial sector. As per nar-
per diplomatic protocol, is the high- the United Nations General Assem- He also met with the-then US endramodi.in, he also had “extensive
est-ranked visit.
bly on 27 September 2014. President Barack Obama and sought talks” with the-then PM of Bangla-
investment from prominent CEOs. desh Sheikh Hasina, PM of Saint
Modi UN speech 2014
We take a look at all the As per the UN website, in his September 24–30, 2015 Vincent and the Grenadines, Ralph
previous visits Modi to the US: speech, Prime Minister Narendra In 2015, Narendra Modi com- Gonsalves and Guyana resident Da-
Modi highlighted the global surge of menced his visit to the United States vid Arthur Granger.
Modi also met heads of various
democracy, expressed India’s willing- of America on September 24th. It
September 26–30, 2014 ness to engage in bilateral dialogue was part of a trans-Atlantic trip that business firms.
In 2014, Indian Prime Minister with Pakistan, emphasized the need included a visit to Ireland. March 31 - April 1, 2016
Narendra Modi visited the US, for for global partnership to combat ter- During the first leg of the visit, The following year, Modi was in
what was categorized as a working rorism and pursue inclusive develop- in New York, he had a roundtable the US for the Nuclear Security Sum-
visit. During the visit, delivered his ment, and promoted the practice of meeting with top American CEOs Continued on next page... >>

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