January 1975
UAE President His Highness Shaikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan visits India and holds meeting with Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and signs 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 makes a two-day visit to the UAE. She holds meetings with Shaikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, His Highness 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
Dr Shaikh Sultan Bin Mohammad Al Qasimi visits India, where he holds a meeting with Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
April 28, 1992
Shaikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan makes a three-day state visit to India. He holds meetings with Indian President R. Venkataraman and Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao. The two countries sign an agreement for the avoidance of double taxation and prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income and capital. The Indo-UAE ministerial-level joint commission will henceforth meet every six months instead of holding annual meetings to accelerate economic interaction.
January 7, 1994
India and UAE are signatories to agreements to Combat Trafficking in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances along with economics, trade, health, water and electricity, planning, agriculture, consular affairs and judicial.
October 25, 1999
India and UAE sign Extradition Treaty in New Delhi along with two agreements on assistance in criminal matters and mutual legal assistance in civil and commercial matters.
October 18, 2003
Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and Lt Gen Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Chief of Staff of the UAE Armed Forces, receives Indian President Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam who arrives on a three-day official visit to the UAE. They discuss ways of bolstering relations in areas of mutual interest.
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, pays a two-day state visit to India. This is his second official visit to India after a gap of 33 years. The landmark visit ends 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.
May 13, 2008
Pranab Mukherjee, Indian Minister of Foreign Affairs, visits UAE. India has urged UAE and Gulf investors to take part in an estimated $500 billion worth of infrastructure projects the country will be launching in the coming few years to support a rapidly growing economy.
March 11, 2010
Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum visits India. He meets Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh. The two leaders discuss economic, political, regional and international issues and the best ways to enhance peace and stability, especially in flashpoint areas around the globe.
November 21, 2010
Indian president Pratibha Patil makes a five-day official visit to the UAE. India and the UAE have agreed to work together in the fields of food security and developing cheaper methods of desalination of water.
November 22, 2011
India and UAE sign two major bilateral agreements for exchange of prisoners and security cooperation in New Delhi. Lt Gen Shaikh Saif Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister of the UAE and Minister of Interior, signs the agreement.
June 27, 2011
Shaikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs, visits India. Shaikh Abdullah says India and the UAE could cooperate in combating terrorism as terrorist organisations become more sophisticated in using technology and acquiring military equipment as well as in spreading their cells across porous borders. In the area of defence, UAE-India cooperation reach a new high with the first joint air exercise and the second India-UAE Joint Defence Cooperation Committee meeting.
April 4, 2012
India and UAE sign the protocol to streamline admission of Indian contract workers by way of an electronic contract registration and validation system.
May 26, 2013
P. Chidambaram, Indian Finance Minister, visits UAE and holds meetings with General Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces. They agree in principle to start negotiation on Bilateral Investment Protection Agreement (BIPA) and conclude it at the earliest.
November 11, 2014
Sushma Swaraj, Indian External Affairs Minister, makes a three-day visit to the UAE, holds talks with Shaikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
August 16, 2015
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi makes a two-day visit to the UAE. He holds talks with Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum and His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces. The UAE and India raise their partnership to a strategic level by setting up a UAE-India Infrastructure Investment Fund with a target of $75 billion (Dh275 billion) and establish a mechanism for regular meetings between their security agencies to improve operational cooperation.
September 3, 2015
Reem Al Hashemi, 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.
October 12, 2015
Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, makes a two-day visit to the UAE. She participates in the India-UAE High Level Task Force on Investment meet held in Abu Dhabi and both sides agree to explore ways to expand the participation of the UAE’s investment institutions in appropriate infrastructure projects in India, especially in railways, ports, roads and airports.
November 15, 2015
Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley makes a two-day visit to the UAE. He urges the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (Adia) to invest in the National Infrastructure and Investment Fund (NIIF).
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