India-Indonesia Relations

Recently, agreements were reached on digital collaboration, traditional medicine, health, maritime security, and culture. They have had tight cultural and business ties for two millennia. From the Indian coast, adherents of Buddhism, Hinduism, and eventually Islam made their way to Indonesia. Indonesian folk art and theater are derived from the stories found in the ancient epics of the Ramayana and Mahabharata. Bilateral ties are unified by shared culture, colonial past, and post-independence aspirations for political sovereignty, economic self-sufficiency, and independent foreign policy.
At India’s first Republic Day in 1950, President Sukarno of Indonesia was the honored guest. As the leading proponents of Asian and African nations’ independence, independent India and Indonesia paved the way for the historic Bandung Conference in 1955 and the subsequent establishment of the Non-Aligned Movement in 1961.
Samudra Shakti and other joint exercises improve interoperability. Geopolitical involvement is improved by the synergy between Indonesia’s Global Maritime Fulcrum concept and India’s Act East Policy and Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative.