Question
Write about the Non-Aligned (Nations) Movement (NAM).

Answer

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was a statesman and visionary who believed in Non-Alignment as the solution to the problems created by the power struggle between the USA and the USSR.
→ Nehru advocated and practised the policy of Non-Alignment to protect India's national interests and further the cause of world peace.
→ Most newly independent countries of Asia and Africa endorsed Nehru's views at Bandung Conference in 1955.
→ The initiative taken by Nehru was responded by Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia, President Nasser of Egypt and President Sukarno of Indonesia. This led to the emergence of the Non-Aligned (Nations) Movement (NAM) at Belgrade in 1961.
→ More than 100 countries across the world joined NAM. The NAM played a meaningful role in International politics in the era of 'cold war'.

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