India After Independence — Social Studies STD 8 — Question
CBSE BoardEnglish MediumSTD 8Social StudiesIndia After Independence4 Marks
Question
Briefly describe India’s foreign policy and Non$-$Aligned Movement.
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Answer
Foreign Policy:
$i.$ Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, who was also the foreign minister of newly independent India, developed free India’s foreign policy.
$ii.$ Non$-$alignment formed the bedrock of the new foreign policy.
$iii.$ Nehru wished to extend India’s support to those countries which were under the control of colonialism and imperialism. He wanted to promote peace and harmony in the world. Non$-$Alignment Movement:
$i.$ Non$-$Alignment Movement urged countries not to join $\text{USA}$ or $\text{USSR.}$ Yugoslavia, Egypt, Indonesia, Ghana and India were the part of nonaligned movement.
$ii.$ They remained neutral or isolated by staying away from the two alliances $(\text{USA}$ and $\text{USSR}).$
$iii.$ They tried to prevent war by often taking a humanitarian and moral stand against war.
$iv.$ By the $1970s,$ a large number of countries had joined the non$-$aligned movement.
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