Question

how was the panchsheel pact a precursor to the non-aligned movement ​

Answer 1

Answer:

→  India signed Panchsheel with China in 1954.

→ Panchsheel consisted of five principles. They are,

            1. Mutual respect for each others territorial integrity and sovereignty.

            2. Mutual non-aggression.

            3. Mutual non-interference in each others internal affairs.

            4. Equality and cooperation for mutual benefits .

            5. Peaceful co-existence.

→ Later, these five principles of Panchsheel became the basis of Non-alignment movement.

→ NAM adheres to these above mentioned principles.

→ The five principles of co-existence were incorporated in the list of basic guide lines for the NAM to deter from involvement of these newly independent countries into wars.