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vour of the resolution finding North Korea to be the aggressor and then the Americans
by refusing to side with the US on China crossing the Yalu river, was eventually vin-
dicated when India was requested to chair the Neutral Nations Repatriation Commis-
sion which enabled the armistice to come into being and hold over the next sixty years
and more. Earlier, the Indian representative had been Chairman of the United Nations
Commission on Korea since late 1947, yet recognition of India's special role in world
affairs. See India After Independence , Bipan Chandra et al., Penguin Viking, 1999, pp.
152-154

9 . Aiyar's lecture footnote: Jawaharlal Nehru to the Indonesian Prime Minister, Selected

Works of Jawaharlal Nehru , Vol. 25, p. 468, Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund, 1996

10 . Aiyar's lecture footnote: Chandra et al.
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2011, full video with Q&A: www.iicdelhi.in/webcasts/play_webcast/16th-prem-bhatia-
memorial-lecture-2011---india-and-the-global-scene/ ; full text ht-
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12 . 'Manmohan slams West for using force to change regimes', The Times of India , 25
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1 3 . India and West Asian Security conference, Delhi, 15 February 2015 http://www.idsa.in/
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14 . This report gives a concise 50-year review of the relationship. Dr Radha Kumar, 'The
EU and India: Common Interests, Divergent Policies', Delhi Policy Group, March
2013, http://www.delhipolicygroup.com/pdf/The-Eu-and-India-%20Common-
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pp. 245-247, Allen Lane India, 2012

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minister-cameron-pays-respect-but-over-plays-his-hand/

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