Question

Describe Non Aligned Movement in Indian Foreign Policy.

Answer 1

Ans:

• The world was divided into two power blocs after the end of the Second World War. The democratic countries were under the hegemony of the USA and the Communist countries were led by the USSR.
• In those days India followed the policy of being Non Aligned to either of these blocks.
• It was successful in commanding the faith from both the blocks. It secured financial assistance from the USA and military aid from the USSR.
• It also dealt with every international event independently and welcomed or criticized any issue independently. The credit of creating an independent policy of being Non Aligned and making it part of the foreign policy goes to India.
• After Nehru, the Prime Ministers like Lal Bahadur Shastri and Indira Gandhi followed the principle of eye for an eye in foreign policy. The wars held in 1965 and 1971 with Pakistan were guided by this policy.
• Later, the Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee tried to reform our foreign policy and strived to have a better relationship with Pakistan