The Panchsheel principles were first set out in an agreement signed between India and China in which year?
- A.1950
- B.1952
- C.1954
- D.1956
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Explanation
The correct answer is C, 1954. The five principles of Panchsheel appear in the preamble to the Agreement on Trade and Intercourse between the Tibet region of China and India, signed on 29 April 1954 by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai. The five are mutual respect for territorial integrity and sovereignty, mutual non-aggression, mutual non-interference in internal affairs, equality and mutual benefit, and peaceful coexistence. Option A is wrong because 1950 is the year India and China established diplomatic relations and the year the Indian Constitution came into force, not the year of Panchsheel. Option B is wrong because no India-China agreement of this kind was signed in 1952. Option D is wrong because 1956 is the year of the Brioni meeting of Nehru, Nasser and Tito, a step towards non-alignment rather than the Panchsheel agreement. Remember the pair: Panchsheel, 1954, Tibet trade agreement.
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