January, 1975
UAE President Shaikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan visits India and held meeting with Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and signed a cultural agreement along with various other agreements.
November 1976
Indian President Dr Fakhruddin Ali Ahmad makes a historic visit to the UAE.
May 11, 1981
Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi paid a two-day visit to the UAE. She held meetings with UAE President Shaikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Shaikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai and His Highness Dr Shaikh Sultan Bin Mohammad Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah
May 27, 1982
His Highness Dr Shaikh Sultan Bin Mohammad Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, visited India, where he held a meeting with Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
April 28, 1992
Shaikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan paid a three-day state visit to India. He held meetings with Indian President R. Venkataraman and Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao. The two countries signed an agreement for the avoidance of double taxation and prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income and capital. It was decided during the meeting that the Indo-UAE ministerial-level joint commission would henceforth meet every six months instead of annually to accelerate economic interaction.
January 7, 1994
India and UAE signed agreements to combat trafficking in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances along with cooperation in the fields of economy, trade, health, water and electricity, planning, agriculture, consular affairs and judiciary.
October 25, 1999
India and UAE signed extradition treaty in New Delhi along with two agreements on providing assistance in criminal matters and mutual legal assistance in civil and commercial matters.
April 4, 2000
India and UAE signed agreements on information cooperation and mutual professional cooperation during the visit to India of Shaikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the UAE Minister for Information and Culture.
October 18, 2003
Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and Lieutenant General Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Chief of Staff of the UAE Armed Forces, receive Indian President Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam who arrived on a three-day official visit to the UAE. They discussed ways of bolstering relations in areas of mutual interest.
December 2006
India and UAE signed a MoU in the field of manpower sourcing.
March 25, 2007
His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, accompanied by senior cabinet colleagues and a high-level official and business delegation, paid a two-day state visit to India. This is his second official visit to India after a gap of 33 years. The landmark visit ended on a high note with the announcement of deals worth more than $20 billion signed by UAE and Indian firms, mostly in the real estate sector.
June 06, 2007
Shaikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs met in New Delhi, Indian Minister of External Affairs Pranab Mukherjee, at the end of the ninth meeting of UAE-India Joint Committee. Shaikh Abdullah and his Indian counterpart reviewed the bilateral relations and discussed ways of bolstering the relations especially in the fields of economy, trade, investment, culture and education.
May 13, 2008
Pranab Mukherjee, Indian Minister of Foreign Affairs, visited UAE. India urged UAE and Gulf investors to take part in an estimated $500 billion worth of infrastructure projects the country planned to launch.
March 11, 2010
Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum visited India and met the Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh. The two leaders discussed economic, political, regional and international issues and the ways to enhance peace and stability, especially in flashpoint areas around the globe.
November 21, 2010
Indian president Pratibha Patil arrived on a five-day official visit the UAE. The two countries agreed to work together in the fields of food security and developing cheaper methods for water desalination.
November 22, 2011
India and UAE signed two major bilateral agreements for exchange of prisoners and security cooperation in New Delhi. Lieutenant General Shaikh Saif Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister of the UAE and Minister of Interior signed the agreement on behalf of UAE.
September 13, 2011
The UAE and India signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the recruitment of Indian workers in the UAE in accordance with legal rules and practices.
June 27, 2011
Shaikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs visited India. Shaikh Abdullah said, India and the UAE would cooperate in combating terrorism. In the area of defence, cooperation between two countries reached a new high with the first joint air exercise and the second meeting of joint defence cooperation committee.
April 16, 2012
India and the UAE signed agreements to amend the double taxation avoidance treaty that paved way for sharing of tax-related information.
May 18, 2012
India’s External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna and Shaikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs agreed to set up a high-level joint task force to explore investment opportunities, especially in the energy sector. The two countries concurred on the need to play a greater role in the fight against the scourge of piracy that had been threatening the global trade passing through the Gulf of Aden off Somalia.
April 4, 2012
India and UAE signed an agreement to streamline entry of Indian contract workers by an electronic contract registration and validation system.
May 18, 2012
Shaikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs visited India and held a meeting with Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna. They discussed international, regional and bilateral issues and ways to boost trade ties.
November 14, 2012
A Memorandum of Understanding on labour issues was signed between India and the UAE during the visit of Indian Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi to the UAE.
February 18, 2013
Indian Minister of Commerce, Industry and Textiles Anand Sharma led a delegation to the first meeting of a high level task force on investment in Abu Dhabi.
May 26, 2013
P. Chidambaram, Indian Finance Minister, visited the UAE and held meetings with General Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces. They agreed in principle to start talks on Bilateral Investment Protection Agreement (BIPA) and conclude it at the earliest.
December 12, 2013
India and the UAE signed a crucial investment protection agreement in New Delhi, with the UAE expected to invest $2 billion (Dh7.34 billion) in Indian infrastructure projects. The BIPA was signed by UAE Foreign Minister Shaikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Indian External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid.
November 11, 2014
Sushma Swaraj, Indian External Affairs Minister, arrived a three-day visit to the UAE. She held talks with UAE Foreign Affairs Minster Shaikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
August 16, 2015
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived a two-day visit to the UAE. He held talks with Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum and Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
September 3, 2015
Reem Ibrahim Al Hashemi, UAE Minister of State, inaugurates the UAE-India Business forum, organised by the UAE embassy in New Delhi in collaboration with the Indian government and the Confederation of Indian Industry.
September 3, 2015
The UAE and India signed five Memorandums of Understanding (MoU)s to strengthen bilateral relations following the visit of Foreign Minister Shaikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan to India. Shaikh Abdullah attended the 11th session of the two-day meeting of India-UAE Joint Commission for Technical and Economic Cooperation in New Delhi. He also met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several Indian ministers.
September 28, 2015
The UAE delegation led by Dr Khalifa Al Rumaithi, chairman of the UAE Space Agency visited the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) to discuss opportunities for cooperation.
October 12, 2015
Nirmala Sitharaman, Indian Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, arrived on a two-day visit to the UAE. She attended a meeting of India-UAE High Level Task Force on Investment in Abu Dhabi.
November 15, 2015
Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley arrived a two-day visit to the UAE. He urged the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (Adia) to invest in India’s National Infrastructure and Investment Fund (NIIF).
February 10, 2016
A high-powered UAE delegation led by His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, arrived in New Delhi at the start of a three-day state visit.
April 07, 2016
The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation announced that UAE citizens, whose sole purpose to visit India is tourism can benefit from the E-Tourist Visa scheme (ETV) introduced by the Indian embassy.
May 23, 2016
Indian Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar held a meeting with Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and discussed bilateral relations and ways to bolster them. They discussed cooperation in the fields of defence and military.
October 19, 2016
The India-UAE relations were further strengthened with the opening of the Consulate General of the UAE in Thiruvananthapuram, capital of Indian state of Kerala.
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