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In which country is Bandung, where the conference of African and Asian nations was held which led to establishing Non- Aligned Movement (NAM) situated?
Explanation
The Afro-Asian (Bandung) Conference convened in the city of Bandung in Indonesia in April 1955, where twenty-nine Asian and African states met to condemn colonialism and to promote cooperation and neutrality in the Cold War; the conference is explicitly described as having been held āat Bandung in Indonesiaā [1]. This gatheringāoften called the Bandung Conference or AsianāAfrican Conferenceābecame the pivotal moment that later led to the formation of the NonāAligned Movement, with the Bandung meeting acknowledged as the precursor to NAM and the Belgrade summit of 1961 [2]. Contemporary records and government summaries also record the conference dates and locale as Bandung, Indonesia, confirming the country as Indonesia [3].
Sources
- [1] History , class XII (Tamilnadu state board 2024 ed.) > Chapter 15: The World after World War II > Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) > p. 250
- [2] 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
- [3] https://www.mfa.gov.cn/eng/zy/wjls/3604_665547/202405/t20240531_11367588.html