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Bring out the role played by Indian armed forces in UN peace – keeping efforts in various parts of the world.

  • UPSC 2010, 2008
  • 20 marks
  • India and the UN System

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UN peacekeeping rests on three classical principles: consent, impartiality and minimum force. For a newly independent India, bound by Article 51 of its Constitution to promote international peace, they turned a large, professional army into an instrument of Nehruvian internationalism, earning standing without alliance. On India's own count its forces have served in more than…

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