INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Bandung Conference, a meeting of Asian and African states-organized by Indonesia, Myanmar (Burma), Ceylon (Sri Lanka), India, and Pakistan-which took place April 18–24, 1955, in Bandung, Indonesia.

Detailed explanation-2: -The conference’s stated aims were to promote Afro Asian economic and cultural cooperation and to oppose colonialism or neocolonialism by any nation. The conference was an important step toward the creation of the Non-Aligned Movement.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Bandung Conference and its final resolution laid the foundation for the nonaligned movement during the Cold War. Leaders of developing countries banded together to avoid being forced to take sides in the Cold War contest. The initial motivation for the movement was the promotion of peace.

Detailed explanation-4: -Bandung formulated the concept of non-alignment based on the Third World desire not to become involved in the East-West ideological confrontation of the Cold War, and to focus instead on national independence struggles, the alleviation of poverty, and economic development.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Conference enhanced the unity and cooperation among the Asian and African countries, inspired the people in the colonies to struggle for national liberation and played a significant role in promoting the anti-imperialist and anti-colonialist struggle of the Asian and African people and in consolidating their unity.