World After 1945 — Social Science STD 9 — Question
Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 9Social ScienceWorld After 19454 Marks
Question
Briefly discuss the relations between India and the USA.
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Answer
The Indo-US relations have seen many ups and downs during the last seven decades. There was warmth for India in the USA as it was a democratic country.
However, India decided to follow the policy of Non-Alignment. This caused the initial strain in the Indo-US relations.
Pakistan had joined the power bloc headed by the USA. Thereby Pakistan became an ally of the USA. Therefore the USA supported Pakistan.
India’s refusal to sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in 1967 was not approved by the USA.
The nuclear explosions at Pokhran in 1974 and 1998 by India was strongly resented by the USA. It had imposed a number of restrictions on trade with India.
The attack on ‘Twin Towers’ in New York by the terrorists on 11th September, 2001 started the process of reconciliation.
India is an ally of the USA in the war against terrorism.
The Indo-US relations received further boost after Shri Narendra Modi became the Prime Minister of India in 2014. He has established personal rapport with the US President Barak Obama who attended celebration of the $66^{th}$ Republic Day in 2015.
After so many down-swings, the Indo-US relations are on the up-swing at present.
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