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India’s External Relations
Describe India – China relations from 1947 to 1962.
Indo-China relations from 1947-1962:-
(i) After the Chinese revolution in 1949, India was one of the first countries to recognize the communist government of China.
(ii) When China annexed Tibet in 1950, both the countries developed some differences.
(iii) In 1954, joint enunciation of Panchsheel was made by Indian Prime Minister Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru and Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai.
(iv) In 1959, India gave political asylum to Dalai Lama. This annoyed China.
(v) In 1962, China invaded the territory of India and relations between both the countries got strained.
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“Broadly, non-alignment means not tying yourself off with military blocs... It means trying to view things, as far as possible, not from the military point of view, though that has to come in sometimes, but independently, and trying to maintain friendly relations with all countries. ” —Jawaharlal Nehru
(a) Why does Nehru want to keep off military blocs ?
(b) Do you think that the Indo-Soviet friendship treaty violated the principle of non-alignment ? Give reasons for your answer.
(c) If there were no military blocs, do you think non-alignment would have been unnecessary ?
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