Evaluate the foreign policy of Jawaharlal Nehru between 1947 and 1964.

Candidates are required to make an appraisal by weighing up the strengths and limitations of Nehru’s foreign policy from 1947 to 1964. Candidates may consider the motives, philosophy and impact of the non-alignment policy. The strengths and limitations of India’s participation in the Bandung Conference, the Asian relations conference, membership of the Commonwealth along with the annexation of Goa may be appraised. India’s relationship with both the US and the USSR along with the first Indo-Pakistan war, the issue of Kashmir, the relationship with China, the Pancha Shila treaty, the offer of protection to the Dalai Lama and the War with China in 1962 may also be evaluated. Although candidates are required to refer to both strengths and limitations of Nehru’s foreign policy, there may be an imbalance between the two.