Question

The Panchsheel principle was adopted by JawaharLal Nehru in which year:

• A. 1956
• B. 1954
• C. 1952
• D. 1948

Answer 1

The correct option is B

1954

Panchsheel, or the Five Principles of Peaceful Co-existence, were first formally enunciated in the Agreement on Trade and Intercourse between the Tibet region of China and India signed on April 29, 1954, which stated, in its preamble, that the two Governments "have resolved to enter into the present Agreement based on the following principles: -

i.Mutual respect for each other's territorial integrity and sovereignty,

ii.Mutual non-aggression,

iii.Mutual non-interference,

iv.Equality and mutual benefit, and

v.Peaceful co-existence.”