India And The USA


 
 
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India And The USA

India And The USA: Prominent leaders of India's freedom movement had friendly relations with the United States which continued well after independence from the United Kingdom in 1947.

  • In 1954, the United States made Pakistan a Central Treaty Organization (CENTO) treaty-ally.
  • India cultivated strategic and military relations with the soviet unoin to counter Pakistan United -States.
  • In 1961, India became a founding member of the Non- aligned movement to avoid involvement in the Cold war power-play between the United States and the Soviet Union.
  • The Nixon administration's support for Pakistan during the Indo- Pakistani war of 1971affected relations until the dissolution of the soviet union in 1991.
  • In the 1990s, Indian foreign policy adapted to the unipolar worldand developed closer ties with the United States.
  • By the turn of the 20th century, USA had become one of the strongest powers of the world, and played a key role in international affairs.
  • When India was struggling for independence, it sympathized with and supported the struggle. However, since then Indo-US relations have fluctuated.
  • During the Sino-Indian conflict, the USA sided with and supplied arms to India. But the USA also gave military aid to Pakistan. Of late, the relationship has become warmer. A civilian nuclear deal was struck with the USA in 2008.
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