Bohemia (now a land that is part of the Czech Republic) traded extensively with India for unique and valuable goods such as spices.

During the next few centuries, India-Czech Republic relations strengthened further as many artists, businessmen, scholars and political leaders travelled between the two countries.

[3] Diplomatic relations between the two countries were first formally established on November 18, 1947, after which many former Indian presidents and prime ministers paid frequent visits to Czechoslovakia.

[7] In July 2018, Czech vehicle manufacturer Tatra was reported to be stepping into a partnership along with Reliance Defence in order to build military trucks for India.

The company's engagement in building goods for the Indian defence industry is another activity that highlights the strengthening of economic relations between India and Czech Republic.

[8] By far, one of the biggest successes of a Czech company in India is that of Bata as it possesses an extensive sales network across the entire country.

Czech companies work to establish themselves in the Indian market by offering high-quality products to local consumers.

Over the last decade, many of Prague's historical sites have served as shooting locations for a number of big-budget Bollywood films.

This has played a role in generating a great amount of interest in the Czech Republic among the people in India and, thus, led to an increase in the number of Indian tourists choosing to travel to Prague.

It was agreed that a strong partnership could be formed between India's growth and Czech technological and manufacturing expertise and skill.

Other important issues were also discussed in detail at the JCEC, such as the issuance of long-term student visas and the strengthening of the trade and investment relationship between the two countries.

[12] During this, the Czech government shared that it considers India among the top twelve priority countries when it comes to the improvement of mutual economic, business and investment relationships.