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B-1 Diplomatic
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PO Box 94387
Riyadh - 11693, Saudi Arabia
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India’s
diplomatic presence in Saudi Arabia goes back to pre-Independence period
when India had a Vice Consul in the British Embassy in Jeddah to look
after Indian pilgrims who came to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for ‘Haj’.
Independent India’s diplomatic mission was first set up in Jeddah in 1948,
initially as a Consulate, then as a Consulate General, a Legation, and
from 1957 as a full fledged Embassy. At that time, diplomatic missions
were in Jeddah where the Foreign Office was located, while the King and
the other Ministers were based in the capital city of Riyadh. In the
early 1980s, diplomatic missions shifted to Riyadh. Accordingly, in
October 1985, the Indian Embassy moved from Jeddah to Riyadh.
In 1996, the Embassy
shifted to a newly built building located at a prime location in the
Diplomatic Quarter area of Riyadh. The present Embassy building, covered
with pink Dholpur stones from Rajasthan in India, reminds one of the
beauty and elegance of Indian architecture.
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