KSEEB Class 10 SSLC Political Science Chapter 3 India’s Relationship With Other Countries Notes

Relationship between India and China; Relationship between India and Pakistan

India strives to have cordial relationships with other countries as per the directions of the Constitution.
The relationship between China and India goes back to Mesopotamia and Sindhu river civilization times.
Many of the Indian rulers had cordial business relationship with Chinese rulers.
The silk trade between China and India is discussed in Kautilya’s ‘Arthashasthra’.
After the emergence of India and China as two sovereign republics, their mutual relationships were guided by Panchsheel Principles.
A war broke between India and China in 1962 due to the escalation of Tibetan crisis.
The insistence of China that Arunachal Pradesh belongs to it is one of the main bone of contentions between the two countries.

KSEEB Class 10 SSLC Political Science Chapter 3 notes

Both the countries have the highest population and both are identified as the leading economies of the world.
India has established good trade relationship between China after 1980s and this has further cemented its relationship.
India and Pakistan are the neighbouring countries. Pakistan is not only a neighbouring country, but was an integral part of India during pre-independent period.
Soon after independence, foreign relationship between both the countries started.
Both the countries have fought three wars.
In order to improve the bilateral ties between both the countries, many agreements like Tashkent Agreement, Shimla Agreement, Lahore Bus Yatra and Agra Conference have been entered.
There are few similarities between the two countries. Both share common cultural and economic ties and the mutual exchanges in both the fields have continued.

KSEEB Class 10 SSLC Political Science Chapter 3 Indias Relationship With Other Countries Notes

India’s Relationship with Other Countries SSLC notes

Relationship between India and Russia; Relationship between India and USA

India has cordial relationship with Russia. It had similar relationship with United Socialist Soviet Russia also.
USSR had supported the Tashkent Agreement between India and Pakistan in 1966.
Even though, India followed Non-Aligned Policy, it had good relationship with Russia in the field of economics, politics and other areas.
In 1971, India and USSR signed an agreement of 20 years for peace and cooperation.
India has taken major support from Russia to improve its industries and technology. Russia has extended its support to India’s quest for permanent seat in the UN Security Council.
India and USA are democratic countries and are also big countries.
The relationship between both the countries have found a few major shifts ever since 1947.

Class 10 Political Science Chapter 3 India’s Foreign Relations summary

USA has supported a lot to India’s Five Year Plans, USA has extended its support during Indo-China war of 1965.

But, later the political leaders of USA extended their support to Pakistan during the war between Indian and Pakistan.
India enjoys better relationship with USA in the fields of foreign trade, science and technology, space science, education and other areas of mutual interest.
India keeps observing the policy shift in the two Parties of USA, Democratic and Republican parties, and adjusts its policies in accordance to it.