COLD WAR ERA
IMPACT OF COLD WAR
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India has kept its defense spending at a low level.
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The Indian government has been successful in limiting population growth.
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The Indian government has worked to reduce religious conflicts.
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India has accepted aid from both the United States and the Soviet Union.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Nehru’s concept of non-alignment brought India considerable international prestige among newly independent states that shared its concerns about the military confrontation between the superpowers and the influence of the former colonial powers.
Detailed explanation-2: -Created in 1961, NAM has sought to “create an independent path in world politics that would not result in member States becoming pawns in the struggles between the major powers.”
Detailed explanation-3: -Nonalignment allowed India, Pakistan and other nations like Tito’s Yugoslavia and Nasser’s Egypt, to escape the imperialistic dynamics of the U.S. and the USSR. Despite internal instability, nonaligned countries cooperated with each other and were able to trade with both communist and Western countries.
Detailed explanation-4: -India makes a policy of non-alignment and an attempt to maintain sovereignty and to oppose imperialism. Since its inception, the organization has been trying to create a more global political system that will not lead to lesser states becoming activists in the struggle between the world’s major powers. .