State visit of Nepal’s President to India

State Visit of President of Nepal to India

Question- On 17-21 April, 2017, the President of Nepal was on a state visit to India. The President of Nepal is-
(a) Ram Baran Yadav
(b) Sita Devi Bhandari
(c) Dr. Prakash Sharan Mahat
(d) Vidya Devi Bhandari
Ans: (d)
Related facts:-

  • On the invitation of Indian President Pranab Mukherjee, Nepal’s first woman president, Vidya Devi Bhandari, was on a state visit to India during 17-21 April, 2017.
  • This is the first state visit of the President of Nepal after assuming office in October 2015.
  • On 18th April, 2017, President of Nepal Vidya Devi Bhandari was welcomed with a guard of honor in the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
  • After this she went to Rajghat and paid homage to the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi.
  • During this visit, she met President Pranab Mukherjee, Vice President Hamid Ansari, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj.
  • Apart from this, she traveled to Gujarat and Odisha state.
  • It is notable that being the closest neighbor, there is a friendly relationship between India and Nepal.
  • Its boundary of more than 1850 km meets the five provinces of India -Sikkim, West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand in the south-east and west.
  • India continues to be Nepal’s largest trading partner, the largest source of foreign investment and the largest source of tourist arrivals.
  • About 600,000 Indian origin nationals are living in Nepal as Nepali citizen.
  • It includes business people, doctors, engineers, business people and workers in the information technology sector, who have been living in Nepal for a long time.
  • Nepal is a South Asian landlocked Himalayan nation based in the Indian subcontinent.
  • Dr. Ram Baran Yadav was the first President of Nepal.

Related Links:-
http://www.mea.gov.in/incoming-visit-info.htm?1/958/State+Visit+of+President+of+Nepal+to+India+April+1721+2017
http://www.mea.gov.in/incoming-visit-detail.htm?28394/State+Visit+of+President+of+Nepal+to+India+April+1721+2017
http://www.mea.gov.in/Portal/ForeignRelation/India_Nepal_Relations_11_04_