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The Indo–Soviet Treaty of Peace, Friendship and Cooperation was a treaty signed between India and the Soviet Union in August 1971 that specified mutual strategic cooperation. This was a significant deviation from India's previous position of non-alignment during the Cold War [1] and was a factor in the 1971 Indo-Pakistani war.
The Soviet Union's strong relations with India had a negative impact on both Soviet relations with China and Indian relations with China, during the Khrushchev period. The Soviet Union declared its neutrality during the 1959 border dispute and the Sino-Indian War of October 1962, although the Chinese strongly objected.
This has included increased cooperation on defense and security issues, as well as efforts to strengthen the Indo-Pacific region. [ 54 ] [ 55 ] Overall, the relationship between India and the US has been complex, shaped by various geopolitical and economic factors.
Soviet Union portal This category is for bilateral relations between India and the Soviet Union . The main article for this category is India–Soviet Union relations .
At a convention held in the Convocation Hall of Bombay University June 3–4, 1944 the organisation became the 'All India Friends of the Soviet Union'. [3] Some 2,000 people took part in the event, out of whom a hundred were delegates. [3] In 1944 the organization began publishing Indo-Soviet Journal from Bombay. [1]
In the beginning, India was not willing for Indo-Soviet treaty. But circumstances forced India to have a treaty with the Soviet Union in 1971. The circumstances were I. Pindi-Peking -Washington axis was formed by 1971, mainly against the USSR to curb its influence in South Asia and secondarily against India.
India's first Satellite Aryabhata was launched into space with the cooperation of the Soviet Union. There has been a long history of cooperation between the Soviet Union and India in space. Examples include Aryabhata, India's first satellite, [128] named after an Indian astronomer of the same name. [129]
Friends of the Soviet Union was an organisation in India. It was founded by members of the Indian National Congress and the All India Communist Party as an alternative to the CPI controlled Indo-Soviet Cultural Society (ISCUS), after the break between CPI and the Congress in the national political scene.