When and why did India sign the twenty-year ‘Treaty of peace and friendship’ with the Soviet Union?
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India signed a 20-year treaty of peace and friendship with the Soviet Union in August 1971. This was done to counter the US–Pakistan–China axis. India signed this treaty assuming that it would receive Soviet support if the country forced any attack on it.
Concept: India'S Relations with Its Neighbours
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