The fateful Indian recognition of West Germany, 1949
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12695641 |
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| Authors | Amit Gupta (0000-0003-3009-678X, Universität der Bundeswehr München, corresponding author), Amit R Das Gupta (Historisches Institut, Universität der Bundeswehr München , Neubiberg, Germany) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 101-117 |
| Publication date | 2018-06-10 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cold War History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1468-2745 • E-ISSN: 1743-7962 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14682745.2018.1454901 |
| OpenAlex | W2808444092 |
| Language | EN |
India’s recognition of West, but not East, Germany was the foundation of an inconsistent policy on Germany from India and many other non-aligned countries. It was the outcome of a lack of professionalism, indecisiveness, the pragmatic considerations of a junior Indian diplomat in Berlin, and the laconic approval of the anti-communist secretary-general of the Ministry of External Affairs, Girja Shankar Bajpai. Neither Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru nor his advisor V.K. Krishnan Menon were involved at all. Officials around Foreign Secretary K.P.S. Menon held that the GDR should also be recognised in due course, but did not exercise sufficient influence. India would stand by its decision for 23 years and thereby set an example for other non-aligned countries
Christian ministry · Communism · Foreign policy · Ministry of Foreign Affairs · Political science · Politics · Prime minister · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · Indian Economic and Social Development · Law · Public Administration
| Highly cited | No |
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