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Essay on India’s relation with her neighbours.
India is a vast country. She occupies a very strategic position in the South East Asia. With a long history of cultural advancement, India has maintained good and friendly relations with all her neighbours. India has always believed in peace, freedom and mutual co-operation among the nations. Her foreign policy is based on the principles of Panchsheela, non-alignment a disarmament.
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India’s immediate neighbours are Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives, Burma, China and Afghanistan.
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With Sri Lanka India has a traditionally good relations. A large number of Tamil of Indian origin lived in Sri Lanka. This created ethnic problem in Sri Lanka. Although the problem of the people of Indian origin settled In Sri Lanka was solved by P.M. Lal Bahadur Shastri in an amicable manner, but the killings of the Tamil in large numbers in that country embittered the relations between the two countries. With the signing of Indo-Sri Lanka Accord in 1987 relations improved. The Indian Peace-keeping Forces have returned to India after having performed their job. Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi by LTTE activities put the relations between the two countries in doldrums.
Pakistan has been hostile to India all along. India has always tried to improve and stabilize relations with Pakistan. Pakistan has been acquiring arms and equipments from the USA. India feels that it would create tension in the region. Pakistan is assisting and training terrorists in Punjab and Kashmir. Pakistan has been raising the Kashmir issue on various international forums. India has conveyed her concern to Pakistan over all these issues. India has assured Pakistan that she would never attack Pakistan, but the activities of Pakistan are contrary to the principles of bilateralism enshrined in the Simla Agreement. Thus the relations between India and Pakistan are far from satisfactory.
Bangladesh and India share a common heritage. They are friendly and trying to solve the problem of waters of Ganga at Farakka and Tin Bigha corridor in a spirit of give and take. India has helped Bangladesh in the rehabilitation of cyclone victims in 1985. Broadly speaking the relations between the two countries continue to be cordial. The only issue to be settled is that of about 145,000 Chakma refugees who crossed over to India.
The relations between India and Nepal are based on centuries old cultural ties. India has helped Nepal in her development projects. The trade and transit treaty issue created some differences between the two neighbours. But the issue has since been sorted out. Fortunately there has always been good a understanding between the two countries.