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Explain India’s role in global disarmament.

  • UPSC 2001
  • India and the Nuclear Question

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India's disarmament diplomacy is the other half of its nuclear argument. From Jawaharlal Nehru onwards it has demanded disarmament that is universal, verifiable and non-discriminatory, and its record of proposals is unusual among states that now hold nuclear weapons. It explains why India rejects the NPT as discriminatory without rejecting non-proliferation itself.

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  • The Nehruvian foundation (1947–64)
  • Activism under Indira and Rajiv Gandhi
  • Refusal as a disarmament argument
  • Beyond nuclear weapons
  • An assessment
  • Conclusion
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