Who among the following leaders visited China in 1979?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Atal Behari Vajpayee, then External Affairs Minister, was the first top-level leader to visit China in 1979, after full diplomatic relations were restored in 1976.
NCERT (2026-27): “Sino-Indian relations since 1962 … It took more than a decade for India and China to resume normal relations. It was in 1976 that full diplomatic relations were restored between the two countries. Atal Behari Vajpayee was the first top level leader (he was then External Affairs Minister) to visit China in 1979. Later, Rajiv Gandhi became the first Prime Minister after Nehru to visit China.…” |