Foreign policy

Indian National army

Subhash Chandra bose during second world war

International context while creating india’s foreign policy

Political, military and economical confrontations between US and USSR, formation of UN, creation of nuclear weapons, emergence of communist china and decolonisation

Non alignment movement

Distance from two blocs

Nehru

First PM and Foreign minister of India

Objectives of Nehru’s FP

To preserve hard earned sovereignty

To protect territorial integrity

To promote rapid economic development

People siding with US bloc

Dr. Ambedkar, BJS and swatantra party

Examples of india’s being biased after nam

In 1956 Britain attacked Egypt over suez canal issue, india protested against it

But in the same year, USSR invaded Hungary and india did not join the public condemnation

Military alliance of US

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation

Military alliance of soviet union

Warsaw pact

USA’s resentment towards india

india’s independent initiative for nam

Growing relationship with soviet union

Asian relations conference

March 1947

Another name of afro asian conference

Bandung conference

year of bandung conference

1955

First summit of Nam

Belgrade sep 1961

Chinese revolution

1949

Panchsheel agreement

29 April 1954

Year of China’s annexation over tibet

1950

Tibetan spiritual leader

Dalai lama

Year when Dalai lama and Zhou enlai visited india

1956

Largest refuge settlement of tibetians in india

Dharmashala in Himachal Pradesh

Two areas claimed by China in India

Arunachal Pradesh (Nefa)

Aksai chin in Ladakh region

Chinese invasion in india

October 1962