Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c17.s1.56

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India Friendship Association was inaugurated in Beijing.
• June 25-28, Zhou Enlai, Premier and Foreign Minister of the PRC visited India and held meetings with Rajendra Prasad, President of India, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Vice President of India and Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India. India and China both sides issued a joint communiqué advocating “Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence.”
• June-July, the Chief Engineer and Secretary of Public Works of one of the Himalayan states of India, P R Nanga visited China.
• September- October, Food and Agriculture Minister of Assam, India, visited China on an inspection tour.
• October 19-30, Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime minister of India, along with her daughter, Indira Gandhi, visited China. Chairman Mao Zedong personally met Prime Minister Nehru and held a banquet in his honour.
• December-January 1955, a 67-member Chinese cultural delegation led by Zheng Zhenduo, Vice-minister, Ministry of Culture, PRC, and Zhou Erfu, secretary-general of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee, visited India. The delegation held song and dance performances and Beijing Opera. Beijing Opera artistes led by Li Shaochun performed shows in Delhi, Calcutta, Bombay and Madras, and also visited Tagore’s home in Santiniketan.