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Theme T21 · Modern India & Freedom Struggle

Early foreign policy & wars: Tashkent, Bangladesh 1971, Gujral doctrine

3PYQs

2GS1

1GS2

20131 distinct years

Roadmap · step 52 of 171 · Stage 2: Building blocks

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What UPSC asks

Questions ask about the Tashkent Agreement, India's role in creating Bangladesh, and the Gujral doctrine's relevance today.

Prepare these

1965 war and Tashkent highlights
1971: refugee crisis, security, Indo-Soviet treaty, outcome
Gujral doctrine principles and their echo in Neighbourhood First

Answer writing

Link historical choices to present neighbourhood policy

Directive words in these PYQs: Discuss (2), Analyse (1), Highlight (1), Examine (1), Critically (1).

Linked themes

Comes back later in

Later themes that take this one further.

Step 142: Neighbourhood: Sri Lanka, Maldives, Bangladesh, Project Mausam Step 148: Pakistan & Afghanistan: terror, distrust, soft power, surgical strikes, ISAF withdrawal

Syllabus lines covered

GS1-L4 — Post-independence consolidation and reorganization within the country.
GS2-L17 — India and its neighborhood- relations.

All 3 PYQs, newest first

GS12013GS1-HIS-08-M2013-S03
Analyze the circumstances that led to the Tashkent Agreement in 1966. Discuss the highlights of the Agreement.
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GS12013GS1-HIS-08-M2013-S04
Critically examine the compulsions which prompted India to play a decisive role in the emergence of Bangladesh.
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GS22013GS2-IR-02-M2013-S04
What is meant by Gujral doctrine? Does it have any relevance today? Discuss.
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