Historic U.S. Presidential Visits to India

Richard Nixon (July 31, 1969—August 1, 1969):

As part of his Asian tour President Nixon visited India within 6 months after he became the President of United States of America. This was one visit that disturbed India’s relation with the U.S. for a while in history. He barely spent 22 hours, the shortest by a U.S. President to India. A short visit that reflected the unease between him and the then prime minister, Indira Gandhi, worsened in the run-up to and the aftermath of the Bangladesh war of 1971. Many observed and discussed about the lack of warmth between President Nixon and the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in this 1969 visit.

Apart from that official visit President Nixon also visited India as a private citizen in 1963 and 1967. Here again it was widely said that the Indians received him with the minimum of appropriate protocol, while the Pakistanis lionized the former Vice-President.

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