Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c4.s2.148

v1.c4.s2.148

After the establishment of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) on October 1, 1949, India and PRC established diplomatic relations on April 1, 1950. India became the first country outside the socialist group of countries to establish an embassy in the PRC. When the Indian embassy held its first official reception on the occasion of India’s Republic Day in Beijing, on January 26, 1951, Chairman Mao Zedong personally attended the function and spoke warm words about India-China friendship. Since then, the relations between the Republic of India and PRC have had some ups and downs but currently they are on a path of rapidly growing interaction in many spheres.