On 1 August 2022, the Royal Thai Embassy in New Delhi organised a reception to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the Establishment of the Diplomatic Relations between Thailand and India under the theme “The 75th Anniversary: Celebrating Indo-Thai Friendship” at The Oberoi, New Delhi. H.E. Dr. Rajkumar Ranjan Singh, Minister of State for External Affairs, graced the reception as the Chief Guest along with participants such as foreign dignitaries, Indian high-level officials, members of Indian Private Sector, Thai community and media and bloggers.

At the reception, H.E. Miss Pattarat Hongtong, Ambassador of Thailand to India, and the Minister of State for External Affairs delivered their remarks reflecting the deep-rooted cultural ties between Thailand and India which have currently evolved into multifaceted dimensions i.e. political, security, trade, investment and tourism, and at all levels, bilateral, regional and multilateral. The reception has showcased vibrant images of Thailand such as cultural performances by the renowned Thai dance Sbun-nga troupe from Chiang Mai Province, Phad Thai cooking demonstration by Mr. Manosh Phuengprom, head chef from Market Café by Khao Restaurant, the Michelin starred restaurant in Bangkok, and his authentic Thai food served throughout the reception, and also the promotion of tourism, Thai food products, fresh vegetable and fruits imported from Thailand. This event is a great collaboration between the Royal Thai Embassy in New Delhi and key agencies namely, Tourism Authority of Thailand, Thai Trade Center in New Delhi, THAI Airways International, and Namdhari Thai fruit importer. In addition, the Oberoi hotel, in cooperation with the Royal Thai Embassy, also organised a Thai Food Week serving authentic Thai food by the same group of Thai chefs from 30 July – 7 August 2022.

Throughout 2022, the Royal Thai Embassy and Royal Thai Consulate-General in Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai, as well as Team Thailand in India has organized and initiated plenty activities in promoting Thailand in India in various fields such as culture and economic in celebrating this 75th year of Indo-Thai relations.

Thailand established her diplomatic ties with India on 1 August 1947 or 75 years ago. However, both countries have historical and cultural roots dating back more than thousand years. Several cultural components support that, in fact, Thailand and India are much closer, especially in cultural and religious aspects. The people-to-people connectivity since then has complemented the stronger ties between the two countries which have evolved to become a strategic partnership at all levels. Since the beginning of this year, exchanges of visits between both sides in all key areas have resumed after the recovery of COVID-19 pandemic, in particular the 6th Foreign Office Consultations (FOC) on 21 April 2022 in New Delhi which will be followed by the 9th Thailand-India Joint Commission for Bilateral Meeting (JC) to be held on 17 August 2022 in Bangkok.