• Diplomatic relations | 10 November 1949.
  • Rabindranath Tagore to Austria | Vienna | 1921 | with his famous lecture ‘The religion of the forest’.
  • Rabindranath Tagore to Austria | Vienna | 1926.
  • PM Jawahar Lal Nehru to Austria | 1955 | the year of Austrian State Treaty.
  • Austrian State Treaty | May 15, 1955 | Soviet Union, Great Britain, the United States, and France | to grant Austria independence | all occupation forces withdrawn.
  • 1938 | whole Austria annexed by Germany.
  • Post WWII | the Allied jointly occupied the country | dividing the country and Vienna into 4 zones.
  • India | then was a key nation to convince the USSR | to give Austria independence.
  • Austria’s National Day | observed each year | on 26th October | since 1955.
  • PM Indira Gandhi to Austria | 1971.
  • Austrian Chancellor Bruno Kreisky to India | 1980.
  • PM Indira Gandhi to Austria | 1983.
  • Austrian Chancellor Fred Sinowatz to India | 1984.  
  • President K.R. Narayanan to Austria | First State Visit | November 1999.
  • Austrian President Dr. Heinz Fischer to India | February 2005.
  • President Pratibha Patil to Austria | State Visit | October 4-7, 2011.
  • Austrian Foreign Minister Dr. Karin Kneissl to India | 25-26 February 2019 | 70th anniversary of diplomatic relations.
  • Austrian Foreign Minister Mr. Alexander Schallenberg to India | 19-21 March 2022.  
  • EAM Dr. S. Jaishankar to Austria | 31 December 2022 to 03 January 2023.
  • 2024 | 75th year of bilateral relations | events/visits | November 2023 – November 2024 | MEA.
  • February 2024 | India-Austria Startup Bridge was launched.  
  • Indian diaspora in Austria | NRIs and PIOs | 31,000.
  • Indian students in Austria | 450+.

India Austria Bilateral Trade

  • 2023 – USD 2.93 billion – January-December | Statistik Austria.
  • India’s exports to Austria | USD 1.52 billion | Statistik Austria.
  • Import from India | USD 1.41 billion | Statistik Austria.
  • 2022 (USD 2.84 billion) | 2021 (USD 2.47 billion) | 2020 (USD 2.05 billion) | 2019 (USD 2.16 billion) | 2018 (USD 2.14 billion) | 2017 (USD 1.78 billion).

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