Examine the efforts taken by Jawaharlal Nehru for the promotion of Afro-Asian Unity.

OR

Evaluate the impact of the Chinese invasion of 1962 indenting India’s the image at home and abroad, both.

The efforts taken by Jawaharlal Nehru for the promotion of Afro-Asian Unity highlighted below:

1. India convened the Asian relations Conference in March 1947, under the leadership of Nehru.

2. India was a supporter of the decolonization process.

3. India opposed the system of apartheid which was a system of racial discrimination prevalent in South Africa.

4. India made efforts for the international conference in 1949 to support its freedom struggle.

5. India was deeply engaged with the newly independent Asian and African nations. This was shown in the Bandung Conference held in 1955 in Bandung, Indonesia.

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The impact of the Chinese invasion of 1962 is explained below:

1. India had to approach America and Britain for military support.

2. The Soviet Union chose to remain neutral.

3. This induced a sense of humiliation at an international level.

4. The Defence Minister had resigned from his post due to lack of military preparedness.

5. Many top army commanders resigned as well.

6. A no-confidence motion was moved against Congress.

7. Congress lost the Lok Sabha elections.