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{{Infobox building
| name = Embassy of India, Beijing
| native_name = भारतीय दूतावास, बीजिंग
| native_name_lang = hi
| image = Indian Embassy, Beijing Exterior View.jpg
| location = Liangmaqiao, [[Chaoyang District, Beijing|Chaoyang District]], [[Beijing]], China
| inauguration_date = {{start date|2012|2|8|df=yes}}
| cost = [[USD|$]]10 million
| public_transit = [[Liangmaqiao station|Liangmaqiao]] [[beijing subway|subway]] station
| size = {{convert|13500|m2|ft2}}
| website = {{URL|https://www.eoibeijing.gov.in}}
}}
[[File:Indian Embassy Beijing.jpg|thumb|View of the atrium ceiling]]
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
The '''Embassy of [[India]]''' ({{lang-hi|भारतीय दूतावास, बीजिंग}}; {{zh|first=s|s=印度驻华大使馆|t=印度駐華大使館|p=Yìndù Zhùhuá Dàshǐguǎn}}) is located in the [[Liangmaqiao]] area of [[Chaoyang District, Beijing|Chaoyang District]], [[Beijing]]. The embassy is located within a $10 million [[U.S. dollar]], {{convert|13500|sqm|sqft|adj=on}} facility in proximity to various office buildings, the [[Embassy of the United States, Beijing|Embassy of the United States]], and the [[Embassy of Israel, Beijing|Embassy of Israel]].<ref name=Krishnan>Krishnan, Ananth. "[http://www.thehindu.com/news/article2790718.ece After 42 years, Indian Embassy gets a new hope in Beijing]." ''[[The Hindu]]''. 11 January 2012. Retrieved on 12 October 2012.</ref>

==History==
The Indian mission originally occupied the [[Beijing Legation Quarter]]. The facility received damage during the [[Cultural Revolution]]. Around that period many diplomatic missions began moving to specified diplomatic enclaves. In 1969 the embassy moved to a location near [[Ritan Park]] in Chaoyang. The Ritan embassy, which the mission had moved into in 1969, was a wooden two-story structure. Ananth Krishnan of ''[[The Hindu]]'' said the old embassy was "old-fashioned and increasingly cramped".<ref name=Krishnan/> While the Ritan embassy operated, 29 diplomats, 28 Chinese employees, and 33 non-diplomat Indian employees worked in the embassy. The Indian government purchased a land site, which houses the current embassy, in 1989 for a 90-year lease for around $1 million USD.<ref name=Krishnan/>

=== Current building ===
The current embassy opened in 2012.<ref name="Krishnan" /> The inauguration ceremony occurred on Wednesday 8 February 2012. [[S.M. Krishna]], the [[External Affairs Minister]], attended the ceremony.<ref>Krishnan, Ananth. "[http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2868861.ece Rare line-up for Krishna in China]." ''[[The Hindu]]''. 7 February 2012. Retrieved on 12 October 2012.</ref>

==References==
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==External links==

* [https://www.eoibeijing.gov.in/index.php Embassy of India, Beijing]

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