As PM Modi embarks on Saudi visit, Congress recalls Nehru's 1956 trip
The Hindu
Jairam Ramesh shares historic video clips of Saudi King's 1955 visit and Nehru's 1956 visit to Saudi Arabia.
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi embarked on a visit to Saudi Arabia, the Congress on Tuesday (April 22, 2025) recalled the first visit of the Saudi King to India in November-December 1955, after which then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru went to the Middle Eastern country the following year.
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Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh shared two video clippings from the visit of the Saudi King in 1955 and Nehru's visit to Saudi Arabia in 1956.
"As the Prime Minister begins his visit to Saudi Arabia it is worthwhile recalling the first visit of the Saudi King to India that took place in Nov-Dec 1955," Mr. Ramesh said.
King Saud Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was in India for 17 days between November 26 and December 13, 1955, visiting New Delhi, Mumbai, Khadakwasla, Bengaluru, Mysuru, Hyderabad, Agra, Aligarh, and Varanasi, Mr. Ramesh said in his post on X.
"The Saudi King's extraordinary visit of 1955 overlapped with that of the two Soviet leaders Nikita Khrushchev and Nikolai Bulganin who spent a total of 19 days in India in two spells - November 18th 1955 to November 30th 1955, and again from December 7th 1955 to December 14 1955," he said.
Thereafter, then Prime Minister Nehru visited Saudi Arabia from September 24 to 28, 1956, Mr. Ramesh recalled.
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