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Critically evaluate the important factors of India-Maldives relations on the eve of sixty years of diplomatic ties between the two countries.

  • UPSC 2026
  • 15 marks
  • India and South Asia

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India was among the first states to recognise the Maldives on its independence (26 July 1965) and to open diplomatic relations. At sixty, ties are structurally close and politically volatile: Narendra Modi was guest of honour at the 60th Independence Day in July 2025, under a president elected on "India Out". The binding factors are…

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  • Factors that bind
  • Factors that strain
  • Critical evaluation
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