Political Science · Indian Political Thought
UGC NET 2023 Political Science
Which of the following Prime Ministers spoke about India's approach towards the US and the Soviet Union drifting towards a Cold War as 'They are our neighbours in Asia and inevitably we shall have to perform many common tasks and have much to do with each other'?
AJawaharlal Nehru ✓ Correct
BP.V. Narasimha Rao
CAtal Bihari Vajpayee
DManmohan Singh
Correct answer: (A) Jawaharlal Nehru — Jawaharlal Nehru spoke these words, reflecting his foreign-policy vision in the early years of independence.
Explanation
★Jawaharlal Nehru spoke these words, reflecting his foreign-policy vision in the early years of independence.
★His approach was shaped by non-alignment, keeping India neutral and independent amid the Cold War.
★Non-alignment aimed to avoid joining either the US-led or Soviet-led bloc while engaging with both.
★The quote signals engagement with all major powers based on mutual interest and regional cooperation.
★Nehru was the chief architect of India's foreign policy and a founder of the Non-Aligned Movement.
★Narasimha Rao, Vajpayee and Manmohan Singh were later prime ministers of the liberalisation and post-Cold-War era.
★Nehru's stance is encapsulated in the Panchsheel principles of peaceful coexistence of 1954.
★Nehru's prison writings, Glimpses of World History (1934) and The Discovery of India (1946), shaped his internationalist outlook.
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