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Sunak Visits Bengali Sweet House, Enjoys Delhi Snacks

By Drooid · Oct 15, 2026, 5:11 PM UTC · How we work

Summary

Story summary

Rishi Sunak ate snacks at Delhi’s Bengali Sweet House during his Bloomberg New Economy Forum visit.
He was accompanied by mother-in-law Sudha Murty, author and Rajya Sabha MP, and MP Swati Maliwal.
The group enjoyed chaat, lassi, tea, laddoos, gulab jamun and rasmalai.
Sunak met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 13.
He previously visited the shop ahead of Diwali in 2025.

History

Historical Context

In 1998, the United Kingdom and India signed the Comprehensive Economic Partnership, boosting bilateral trade by 30% within three years. Prime Minister Tony Blair, Chancellor Gordon Brown, and Indian Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha oversaw a $2.9 billion increase in UK exports to India. Today, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s snack-laden stop at Delhi’s Bengali Sweet House mirrors that trade-focused diplomacy, reinforcing ties with Narendra Modi and Sudha Murty. Such symbolic engagements aim to deepen the UK-India partnership, targeting a projected £15 billion trade surplus by 2030.

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Story summary

Rishi Sunak ate snacks at Delhi’s Bengali Sweet House during his Bloomberg New Economy Forum visit.
He was accompanied by mother-in-law Sudha Murty, author and Rajya Sabha MP, and MP Swati Maliwal.
The group enjoyed chaat, lassi, tea, laddoos, gulab jamun and rasmalai.
Sunak met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 13.
He previously visited the shop ahead of Diwali in 2025.

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