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Q23 (CDS-I/2019) International Relations & Global Affairs › India's Bilateral & Regional Relations › Global political developments Answer Verified

Afro-Asian solidarity as a central element of India's foreign policy was initiated by which of the following Prime Ministers?

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Afro-Asian solidarity was a cornerstone of India's early foreign policy, initiated and championed by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. Nehru's vision for Asian independence and assertion on the world stage led him to organize the Asian Relations Conference in March 1947 [4]. This initiative evolved into a broader Afro-Asian engagement, culminating in the landmark Bandung Conference of 1955 in Indonesia [3]. Nehru played a pivotal role in this conference, which brought together 29 newly independent nations to condemn colonialism and apartheid while promoting world peace through principles like Panchsheel [5]. Nehru's efforts to create a distinctive Afro-Asian presence in world affairs were instrumental in bridging the two continents and eventually led to the formal establishment of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in 1961 [1]. His leadership projected Asia and Africa onto the global stage as a unified force against Cold War bloc politics [6].

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  1. [2] History , class XII (Tamilnadu state board 2024 ed.) > Chapter 8: Reconstruction of Post-colonial India > Nehru and Chou En-lai > p. 110
  2. [4] Indian Polity, M. Laxmikanth(7th ed.) > Chapter 88: Foreign Policy > rl i Afro-Asian as > p. 609
  3. [1] Politics in India since Independence, Textbook in political science for Class XII (NCERT 2025 ed.) > Chapter 4: Indi External Relations > Afro-Asian unity > p. 58
  4. [3] History , class XII (Tamilnadu state board 2024 ed.) > Chapter 15: The World after World War II > Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) > p. 250
  5. [5] History , class XII (Tamilnadu state board 2024 ed.) > Chapter 8: Reconstruction of Post-colonial India > IV. Answer the following in detail > p. 113
  6. [6] https://history.state.gov/milestones/1953-1960/bandung-conf
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