Georgia and India maintain diplomatic relations. The Embassy of India in Yerevan, Armenia is concurrently accredited to Georgia. Georgia maintains an embassy in New Delhi.
History
Relations between Georgia and India date back to ancient times. The Panchatantra influenced Georgian folk legends. During the medieval period, Georgian missionaries, travelers, and traders visited India. Some Georgians served in the courts of Mughal emperors, and a few rose to the rank of governor. Udaipuri Begum, one of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb's wives, was of Georgian descent. Georgian historians theorize that the remains of Georgian Queen Ketevan, who died in Shiraz, Iran in 1624, were transferred to St. Augustine Tower in Goa by the Portuguese. On 24 September 2017, the Government of India transferred the remains to the Georgian National Museum and the Holy Trinity Church (Sameba) in Tbilisi for a period of six months during which both religious and scientific events were staged. On 9 July 2021, the holy relics were gifted to the Georgian government and to Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II by Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar.
Jawaharlal Nehru visited Tbilisi in 1955, during his tour of the Soviet Union, and met with Georgian Indologist and Sanskrit scholar Giorgi Akhvlediani. Indira Gandhi visited the city during her tour of the Soviet Union in 1976. Foreign Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee visited Georgia in June 1978.
India was among the first countries to officially recognize Georgia, doing so on 26 December 1991. Diplomatic relations were established 28 September 1992. Georgian Foreign Minister Irakli Menagarishvili visited New Delhi in May 2000. This was the first diplomatic visit between the two countries since Georgia's independence. Menagarishvili held bilateral discussions with Foreign Minister Jaswant Singh on 11 May.
India, which is a close ally of Russia, remained neutral during the Russo-Georgian War in August 2008. Russia recognized the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia following the war. When asked to explain India's position on Abkhazia and South Ossetia, then-Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee told The Hindu on 22 September 2008, "We have not recognized Kosovo's independence. We have a standard practice of recognizing a country carved out of an existing geographical entity. Keeping that standard we determine our position. We are watching the development with respect to Georgia and the other two small countries [South Ossetia and Abkhazia] which have been recognized by Russia. We have not yet taken any final view in respect of these two countries." As of 2023, India does not recognize Abkhazia or South Ossetia.
Georgia opened an honorary consulate in New Delhi in 2005, and upgraded it to an embassy in 2010. The first resident Ambassador of Georgia to India assumed office on 25 February 2010. Secretary in the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs Parvez Dewan represented India at the first "Day of Diaspora" celebrations in Tbilisi in May 2012. Deputy Foreign Minister David Jalagania led a Georgian delegation to attend the first Inter-Governmental Commission (IGC) in Delhi April 2014. India's Central Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi participated in the International Conference of Election Commissioners in Batumi in February 2015. An Indian Foreign Ministry delegation attended the AIIB Founding Member countries Expert Meeting in Tbilisi in July 2015. Chairperson of the Election Commission of Georgia Tamar Zhvania visited New Delhi on 13 July 2015. During the visit, the two countries signed an MoU for cooperation in election management and administration.
Indian Election Commissioner O.P. Rawat and two other Election Commission officials visited Kakheti province, Georgia to participate in a multilateral event on electoral practices in February 2016. Deputy Economy Minister Ketevan Bochorishvili visited India in April 2016. She promoted a "Film in Georgia" project to Indian directors, producers and film studios. A delegation from India International Institute of Democracy and Election Management (IIIDEM) visited Tbilisi to conduct training for officials of the Election Commission of Georgia in June 2016. The Second Session of the India-Georgia Inter-Governmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific & Technological, Cultural and Educational Cooperation (IGC) was held in Tbilisi on 25 July 2016.