The policy of non-alignment proved to be a milestone for India's foreign policy during the Cold War. Do you agree with this statement?
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For India, the concept of non-alignment began as a policy of non-participation in the military affairs of a bipolar world and in the context of colonialism, and aimed towards optimum involvement through multi-polar participation towards peace and security.[1] It meant a country should be able to preserve a certain amount of freedom of action internationally. There was no set definition of non-alignment, which meant the term was interpreted differently by different politicians and governments, and varied in different contexts.[2] The overall aims and principles found consensus among the movement members.[3] Non-aligned countries, however, rarely attained the freedom of judgement they desired and their actual behaviour towards the movement's objectives, such as social justice and human rights, were unfulfilled in many cases. India's actions often resembled those of aligned countries