UPSC History Optional · Paper II · 2001 · Q4 · 60 marks
Jawaharlal Nehru was the architect of India’s policy of non-alignment. In the light of this statement discuss India’s relations with the two ‘Power Blocks’ between 1947-1964.
- Chapter
- Consolidation as a Nation
- Topic
- Non-Alignment and Foreign Policy
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