Croatia andIndia officially established diplomatic relations on 9 July 1992 following Croatia's independence fromSFR Yugoslavia.[1]
Croatia is represented inIndia through its embassy inNew Delhi and consulates inMumbai andKolkata.[1] India is represented in Croatia through its embassy inZagreb.[2]
Agreement on Cooperation in the field of Culture, Science and Technology, Education and Sports (1999).
Agreement on cooperation between the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Croatia and the Foreign Service Institute (FSI), Ministry of External Affairs (2000).
Air Services Agreement (2000).
Bilateral Investment Protection Agreement (2001).
Agreement on cooperation in the Fight against International Illicit Trafficking of Narcotic Drugs, Terrorism etc. (2001). First meeting of the Joint Committee held in Zagreb (2004).
Agreement on Agricultural Cooperation (2002).
Agreement on exemption of visa requirement for holders of Diplomatic and Official/Service Passports (2007).
Agreement on Cooperation in Health and Medicine (June 2010).
Agreement on Avoidance of Double Taxation and for the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with respect to taxes on income (DTAA) (signed in February 2014).
MoU between the Croatian Bank for Reconstruction and Development (HBOR) and the EXIM Bank of India (2000).
MoU between Export Credit & Guarantee Corporation of India Ltd. (ECGC) and the Croatian Bank for Reconstruction and Development (HBOR (2002).
MoU on cooperation in Information Technology: signed between Electronics & Computer Software Export Promotion Council of India and the Croatian Information Technology Society (2004).
Exchange Programme in the field of Culture for 2005–07 (2005).
Programme of Cooperation in Science and Technology for 2005–08 (2005).
Educational Exchange Programme (2006).
Programme of Cooperation in the field of Culture for 2010–12 (June 2010).
MoU between ICCR and the University of Zagreb on the establishment of ICCR Chair of Hindi for 2012–2019 (signed on 17 October 2012).
Genetic findings in 2012 suggest theRomani people in Croatia originated in northwestern India and migrated to Europe as a group.[4][5][6] Romani people were mentioned for the first time in theRepublic of Ragusa in 1362 in some commercial records.[7] In February 2016, during the International Roma Conference, theIndian Minister of External Affairs stated that the people of the Roma community were children of India. The conference ended with a recommendation to theGovernment of India to recognize the Roma community spread across 30 countries as a part of theIndian diaspora.[8]
Croatian sailors and merchants from theRepublic of Ragusa may have established contact withGoa, India, in the 16th century.[9]
From 1943 onwards, theIndependent State of Croatia formally recognised theAzad Hind government as the government of India, until 1945, when both governments collapsed.[10]
