Post-independence consolidation to 1991
Foreign relations: non-alignment, China 1962, Pakistan wars, Goa and Pokhran
Practise 1 PYQConcepts to cover
- Nehru's non-alignment, Asian Relations Conference 1947, Bandung 1955, Belgrade 1961 founding of NAM
- Panchsheel agreement 1954, Tibet 1959, border dispute and the 1962 war, its political consequences
- Liberation of Goa, Daman and Diu by Operation Vijay December 1961; Goa becomes part of India
- 1965 war and Tashkent Declaration 1966; Bangladesh war 1971, Indo-Soviet treaty 1971, Simla Agreement 1972
- Peaceful nuclear explosion at Pokhran May 1974 and its diplomatic fallout