India's foreign policy
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The Indian National Army was created by____
Netaji Subash Chandra Bose
Nehru was the first ____ minister and his own ____ minister
Prime minister and foreign minister
Nehru’s three main objectives for India’s foreign policy from 1946-1964 were:
1) preserve hard earned sovereignty 2) protect territorial integrity 3) rapid economic development
Why did some of the parties want India to join the pro-USA bloc ?
1) they were pro-democracy 2) those who were against communism wanted India to join the western bloc
Britain attacked Egypt in ____
1956
Under Nehru’s leadership, India held a _____ conference on _____.
Asian relations conference, March 1947
A conference was held on_____ in support of Indonesia’s decolonization from the Dutch regime.
1949
The Asian- Afro conference was held on _____ in ____.
1955 in Bandung, Indonesia
The Chinese revolution was in ____
1949
______ was one of the first countries to recognize China as a communist government.
India
______ warned Nehru of future Chinese aggression towards India.
Sardar Patel
India signed the _____ with China on ____. It was signed by Nehru and Premier Zhou Enlai.
Panchsheel, Five principles of peaceful coexistence on 29th April 1954
China annexed Tibet in ____.
1950
The ______, the Tibetan spiritual leader seeked asylum in India
Dalai Lama
China claimed that ______ territory and ______ was a part of China.
Aksai Chin in Ladakh and major part of Arunachal Pradesh ( North Eastern Frontier Agency )
China annexed Aksai chin in ____ and ____
1957 and 1949
China invaded Arunachal Pradesh for a week in _____
October 1962
How did the China war dent India’s image at home ?
1) India reached out to USA and Britain for help 2) Criticism of Nehru being naïve towards China 3) No confidence motion against Nehru’s government 4) army leaders resigned on retired 5) V.K Krishan Menon was removed from cabinet
In _____, full diplomatic relations between India and China was resolved
1976
________ was the first to visit China in _____. He was the External Affairs Minister. Later _____ visited China as the first PM after Nehru to visit China.
Atal Behari Vajpayee, 1979 Rajiv Gandhi
How did the Sino-India conflict affect the opposition ?
1) Faction within CPI that was pro-USSR stayed close to the Congress 2) Other faction remained close to China 3) CPI split in 1964 4) Faction that was close to China formed the CPI-M and were arrested for being pro-China
A proxy war broke out between India and Pakistan in Kashmir in____
1947
The ______ treaty was signed by Nehru and General Ayub Khan in 1960.
India- Pakistan Indus Waters Treaty.
In ______, Pakistan launched armed attacks in Rann of Kutch in Gujarat.
April 1965