Question

Match the following

(a)	The goal of India’s foreign policy in the period 1950-1964	i.	Tibetan spiritual leader who crossed over to India
(b)	Panchsheel	ii.	Preservation of territorial integrity, sovereignty and economic development
(c)	Bandung Conference	iii.	Five principles of peaceful Coexistence
(d)	Dalai Lama	iv.	Led to the establishment of NAM

Answer 1

(a)	The goal of India’s foreign policy in the period 1950-1964	ii.	Preservation of territorial integrity, sovereignty and economic development
(b)	Panchsheel	iii.	Five principles of peaceful Coexistence
(c)	Bandung Conference	iv.	Led to the establishment of NAM
(d)	Dalai Lama	i.	Tibetan spiritual leader who crossed over to India

a. The goal of India’s foreign policy in the period 1950-64 → i. Preservation of territorial integrity, sovereignty and economic development

India’s foreign policy, which reflects sum total of the principles, interests and objectives while conducting its relations with other countries, has always been guided by the values of peace and cooperation. In looking into the history of colonial rule in India and its subjugation, India’s foreign policy has always revolved around its national security interest that aims at guarding its territorial integrity and sovereignty.

b. Panchsheel → iii. Five principles of peaceful coexistence

India’s relations with China in the 1950s were based on mutual agreement between the two and on the five principles of Peaceful Coexistence that India and China had entered into in 1954, under the famous Panchsheel agreement. These principles were

a. mutual respect for each other’s territorial integrity and sovereignty
b. mutual non-aggression
c. mutual non-interference in each other’s internal affairs
d. equality and mutual benefit
e. peaceful coexistence

These principles have been reiterated time and again. They also regulate India’s relations with other countries.

c. Bandung Conference → iv. Led to the establishment of NAM

It was the first ever big conference of the newly independent Asian and African countries at the Indonesian city of Bandung in 1955. The conference aimed at bringing about social, cultural and economic interaction among the third world countries and brought about India’s engagement and interaction with the newly independent countries of Asia and Africa. It was an important step towards the establishment of NAM.

d. Dalai Lama → i. Tibetan spiritual leader who crossed over to India

China’s occupation of Tibet in 1950 was condemned by India and became one of the sore points between the two nations. Later, by the virtue of an agreement in 1954, India recognised China’s suzerainty over Tibet. However, in 1959, after the uprising in Tibet, India granted political asylum to Dalai Lama and his followers and also extended full sympathy towards them. Such a move has not been appreciated by China. Dalai Lama, till present, is settled in Dharamshala, in the headquarters of the Central Tibetan administration.