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When
India
became
independent
on
August
15,
1947,
Pandit
Jawaharlal
Nehru
became
her
first
Prime
Minister.
For
long
seventeen
years
(1947-1964),
he
remained
in
power
and
during
this
long
period
he
was
the
central
figure
of
India's
foreign
policy
making.
It
was
Nehruji
who
framed
and
guided
the
Foreign
Policy
of
India.
To
Pandit
Nehru
non-alignment
was
the
corner
stone
of
India's
foreign
policy.
He
adopted
this
policy
for
various
reasons,
which
may
be
divided
into
material
and
immaterial
or
spiritual
reasons.
The
geographical
and
economic
condition
of
India
just
after
independence
served
as
the
material
reasons
for
his
favoring
the
policy
of
non-alignment.
India's
next
door
neighbour
on
one
side
is
People's
Republic
of
China
and
on
the
other
is
Pakistan,
the
arch
enemy
of
India
since
her
very
emancipation
from
the
British
yoke.
Nehru
could
easily
realize
that
if
India
joins
any
of
these
two
blocks,
she
would
bring
the
rage
of
the
other
on
her.
It
was
indeed
a
crucial
problem
for
the
newly
independent
India
and
so
he
had
chosen
the
path
of
non-alignment.
Moreover,
in
order
to
guard
her
saturated
post-independent
economic
condition
India
seriously
needed
the
co-operation
of
both
the
big
powers,
U.S.A.
and
U.S.S.R.
and
their
satellites
the
developed
countries
of
Europe.
Her
entry
into
one
bloc
would
not
only
make
the
members
of
the
other
bloc
hostile
to
her
interest
but
also
might
jeopardize
her
very
independence.
For
this
economic
consideration
India
was
really
interested
to
extend
her
trade
relation
with
the
other
countries
of
the
world
irrespective
of
their
ideological
difference.
The
spiritual
cause
was
also
there.
Traditionally,
India
was
always
against
imperialism
as
because
she
had
the
bitter
experience
of
colonial
rule.
That
was
why
India
shook
off
all
pressure
from
within
and
without
and
remained
non-aligned.
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