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‘Non-alignment’ has been the basic principle of India’s foreign policy since independence. Discuss its relevance in the contemporary context.

  • UPSC 2015
  • 10 marks
  • India and the Non-Aligned Movement

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In his broadcast of 7 September 1946, Jawaharlal Nehru pledged to "keep away from the power politics of groups, aligned against one another". Non-alignment was meant to protect newly won independence in a polarised world and to buy a poor country time for development. Its relevance today depends on separating three things: a doctrine of…

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