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Afro-Asian solidarity as a central element of India’s foreign policy was initiated by which of the following Prime Ministers?

Narendra Modi
I. K. Gujral
J. L. Nehru
Manmohan Singh
This question was previously asked in
UPSC CDS-1 – 2019
The correct answer is C) J. L. Nehru.
Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first Prime Minister, was the principal architect of India’s foreign policy in the post-independence era, strongly advocating for Afro-Asian solidarity and the Non-Aligned Movement.
Nehru played a pivotal role in organizing and attending key conferences promoting Afro-Asian unity, such as the Asian Relations Conference in 1947 and the Bandung Conference in 1955, laying the foundation for cooperation among newly independent nations in Asia and Africa.