Question

External affairs minister to visit China in 1979 was ______.

Options

• Rajiv Gandhi

• Atal Bihari Vajpayee

• P.V. Narsimha Rao

• Manmohan Singh

Answer 1

External affairs minister to visit China in 1979 was Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

Explanation:

• Atal Bihari Vajpayee was India’s External Affairs Minister in the Janata Party government (1977–79).
• In 1979 he went to China, becoming the first Indian foreign minister to visit Beijing after the 1962 war.
  This visit was an important step in normalising India–China relations.