Match List I with List II

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

A-II, B-III, C-IV, D-I

The correct answer is option 4 - A-II, B-III, C-IV, D-I

Correct Match:

Explanation:

The first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru played a crucial role in setting the national agenda. He was his own foreign minister. Thus both as the Prime Minister and the Foreign Minister, he exercised profound influence in the formulation and implementation of India’s foreign policy from 1946 to 1964. The three major objectives of Nehru’s foreign policy were to preserve the hard-earned sovereignty, protect territorial integrity, and promote rapid economic development. Nehru wished to achieve these objectives through the strategy of nonalignment. There were of course parties and groups in the country that believed that India should be more friendly with the bloc led by US because that bloc claimed to be pro-democracy

The Panchsheel Agreement, also known as the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, was signed between India and China in 1954. The signatories of the Panchsheel Agreement were Jawaharlal Nehru - Prime Minister of India and Zhou Enlai - Premier of the People's Republic of China.

Throughout the 1940s and 1950s, Nehru had been an ardent advocate of Asian unity. Under his leadership, India convened the Asian Relations Conference in March 1947, five months ahead of attaining its independence. India made earnest efforts for the early realisation of freedom of Indonesia from the Dutch colonial regime by convening an international conference in 1949 to support its freedom struggle. India was a staunch supporter of the decolonisation process and firmly opposed racism, especially apartheid in South Africa. The Afro-Asian conference held in the Indonesian city of Bandung in 1955, commonly known as the Bandung Conference, marked the zenith of India’s engagement with the newly independent Asian and African nations. The Bandung Conference later led to the establishment of the NAM. The First Summit of the NAM was held in Belgrade in September 1961. Nehru was a co-founder of the NAM.

In 1959, the Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, sought and received political asylum in India, causing China to accuse India of harboring anti-China activities.