foreign policy Flashcards
under which article has DPSP been laid down?
article 51
who created the indiann national army?
netaji shubhash chandra bose
which leader considered joining the US during the cold war?
dr ambedkar
which political parties wanted to follow a pro-US foreign policy>
Bharatiya Jan sangh and swatantra party
under nehru’s leadership, india convened which conference in march 1947?
asian relations conference
why did india hold a conference in 1949 to support a particular freedom struggle?
freedom of indonesia from dutch colonial regime.
which conference was held in bandung? what is it called?
afro-asian conference held in indonesian city bandung in 1955 is known as the bandung conference.
what was the result of the bandung conference?
formation of NAM
what was the first step in making a stronger relationship between india and china? when and by which leaders?
the joint enunciation of Panchsheel, the five principles of peaceful co-existence.
29 april 1954
indian PM nehru and chinese premier Zhou Enlai
which is the largest tibetan reguge settlement in india?
dharmashala in HP
when did dalai lama sought refuge in india?
1959
which 2 regions were claimed by china on the indo-china border?
aksai-chin in ladakh region of J&K and arunachal pradesh in what was then called NEFA (north eastern frontier agency)
when did the first chinese invasion occur?
october 1962
who had to leave the cabinet after the chinese invasion in 1962? wha was their position in the cabinet?
V. krishna menon
defence minister
what happened to nehru after the chinese invasion in 1962?
a no confidence motion was passed against his government
who visited china in 1979? what was his position?
sardar vallabhai patel
external affairs minister
who was the second PM of india to visit china?
rajiv gandhi
what did the CPI split into?
Communist party of india (marxist)
what led to the split in CPI?
growing tensions between china and USSR
which state was granted statehood after the chinese invasion?
nagaland
which two states were given rights to elect their own legislative assemblies?
manipur and tripura
when was the indus water treaty signed and by which leaders?
1960
nehru and general ayub khan
who mediated the dispute about sharing the river waters between india and pakistan?
world bank
who was the indian PM in 1965?
lal bahadur shastri
where did pakistan attack in 1965?
rann of kutch area of gujarat
which attack was followed by the attack on rann of kutch? when?
offense in J&K
august-september
where did lal bahadur shastri order a counter offensive?
punjab border
which agreement was signed by india and pakistan after the pakistan attack on rann and J&K? whoi were the leaders? when was it signed?
Tashkent agreement
indian Pm lal… and pakistan’s general ayub khan
january 1966
who brokered the tashkent agreement between india and pakistan?
soviet union
who emerged as winner in east pakistan?
awami league led by sheikh mujib-ur-rahman
who emerged as winnder in west pakistan?
zulfikar’s ali bhutto’s party
who made a secret visit to china through pakistan?
henry kissinger
how did india react to he US-china-pakistan axis?
india signed a treaty of peace and friendship with the soviet union in august 1971
when did india declare a unilateral ceasefire during the war of 1971?
when bangladesh became a free country
which agreement brough back peace after the war of 1971? when and who?
shimla agreement
indira gandhi and zulfikar ali bhutto
3 july 1972
which two defence departments were established?
department of defence production in nov 1962
department of defence supplies in nov 1965
under whose guidance was nuclear programme initiated in late 1940s?
homi J bhabha
