General Knowledge about SAARC
At the Association’s 14th summit, Afghanistan became its eighth member
Headquarters Kathmandu, Nepal
Membership 8 member states
Establishment December 8, 1985
Membership
Afghanistan Bangladesh Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka
Secretaries General
Abul Ahsan January 16, 1987 to 15 October 1989
Kant Kishore Bhargava October 17, 1989 to December 31,1991
Ibrahim Hussain Zaki January 1, 1992 to December 31, 1993
Yadav Kant Silwal January 1, 1994 to December 31, 1995
Naeem U. Hasan January 1, 1996 to December 31, 1998
Nihal Rodrigo January 1, 1999 to January 10, 2002
Q.A.M.A. Rahim January 11, 2002 to February 28, 2005
Lyonpo Chenkyab Dorji March 1, 2005 to February 29, 2008
Sheel Kant Sharma March 1, 2008 to present
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List of SAARC summits
1st Dhaka December 7–8, 1985
2nd Bangalore November 16–17, 1986
3rd Kathmandu November 2–4, 1987
4th Islamabad December 29–31, 1988
5th Malé November 21–23, 1990
6th Colombo December 21, 1991
7th Dhaka April 10–11, 1993
8th New Delhi May 2–4, 1995
9th Malé May 12–14, 1997
10th Colombo July 29–31, 1998
11th Kathmandu January 4–6, 2002
12th Islamabad January 2–6, 2004
13th Dhaka November 12–13, 2005
14th New Delhi April 3–4, 2007
15th Colombo August 1–3, 2008
16th Thimphu April 28–29, 2010
17th Maldives – Malé 2011
18th Kathmandu November 26-27, 2014
19th Islamabad 15 to 16 November 2016