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India’s External Relations

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Examine the different phases in India-China relations from 1947 to 1962.

Solution
The India-China relations were as examined below :

(i) Friendly relations : (a) After the Chinese revolution in 1949, India was one of first countries to recognise the communist government.

(b) Prime Minister Nehru and Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai adopted Panchsheel, the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence on 29 April, 1954.

(ii) The Chinese Invasion and strained relationship : (a)China annexed Tibet in 1950 and thus removed a historical buffer between the two countries.

(b) Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama had sought asylum in India in 1959. China alleged that India was allowing anti-China activities in India.

(c) Boundary disputes arose between the two countries over Aksai-chin area in the Ladakh region and NEFA in the eastern region.

(d) The boundary disputes led to massive Chinese invasion in October 1962. Finally, the China declared a unilateral ceasefire but relations between two countries remained strained.

Some More Questions From India’s External Relations Chapter

Identify any two aspects of India’s foreign policy that you would like to retain and two that you would like to change, if you were to become a decision maker. Give reasons to support your position.

Write short notes on the following :

(a) India’s Nuclear policy

(b) Consensus in foreign policy matters.

India’s foreign policy was built around the principles of peace and cooperation. But India fought three wars in a space of ten years between 1962 and 1972. Would you say that this was a failure of the foreign policy ? Or would you say that this was a result of international situation ? Give reasons to support your answer.

Does India’s foreign policy reflect her desire to be an important regional power ? Argue your case with the Bangladesh war of 1971 as an example.

How does political leadership of a nation affect its foreign policy ? Explain this with the help of examples from India’s foreign policy.

Read this passage and answer the questions below :

“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 ?

Which concerns were reflected in India’s foreign policy after independence ?

What were the aims of India’s foreign relations ?

Which Article of the  Indian Constitution lays down with foreign policy ?

What was Dr. Ambedkar's view on India’s foreign policy?

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