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Post-independence consolidation to 1991

Foreign relations: non-alignment, China 1962, Pakistan wars, Goa and Pokhran

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Concepts to cover

  1. Nehru's non-alignment, Asian Relations Conference 1947, Bandung 1955, Belgrade 1961 founding of NAM
  2. Panchsheel agreement 1954, Tibet 1959, border dispute and the 1962 war, its political consequences
  3. Liberation of Goa, Daman and Diu by Operation Vijay December 1961; Goa becomes part of India
  4. 1965 war and Tashkent Declaration 1966; Bangladesh war 1971, Indo-Soviet treaty 1971, Simla Agreement 1972
  5. Peaceful nuclear explosion at Pokhran May 1974 and its diplomatic fallout
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