Jawaharlal Nehru’s Vision

Jawaharlal Nehru is known as the architect of modern India. He was also the first Prime Minister of India. He guided India through various challenges and put the base for the growth and development of the economy, industries infrastructural growth was also included and some other spheres. Jawaharlal Nehru: the architect of modern India was born on 14th November 1889 in Allahabad. His father was a lawyer named Motilal Nehru and his mother was a political leader named Swarup Rani Thussu. His sisters were Krishna and Vijaya Lakshmi. One of his sisters was a freedom fighter and her name was Vijaya Lakshmi, she was the first woman who was appointed as UN General Assembly’s president.  Krishna was a writer. 

Vision for a post-colonial world

Amidst the inevitable role of propaganda to become free, it was evident that Nehru was able to place the gesture on the world stage. His belief was truly pursued with the thought that India has an especially prominent role in international politics, keeping aside poverty and other fugitive facts. Thus, to maintain and establish the same, Nehru served as Foreign Minister. Primitively, Nehru considered the struggle against the political dominance of the European Union as the utmost concern, precisely in Asia. Britain, France, and the Netherlands vindicated the control over their colonial possessions after World War II. As a counteract, Nehru and Gandhi derived anti-colonial leaders. Henceforth, the Asian Relations Conference in New Delhi (1947) catered the way ahead for the continent. Nehru projected a different way to conduct international relations, which should be shown by newly liberated Asian states. Farther he dreamt of no need over each other’s territory, out of greed. Hopeless scarcity of resources overbuilding bombs and armies should be of no use, in Nehru’s view, for the sake of classifying a new peaceful world.

Drop by drop, Nehru versed the practice of the United Nations and the global media to reach out with this vision and mission to spread widely. His passionate speeches drew the attention of foreign journalists in interview conversations. To halt the test of excessive destructive bombs, in 1954, Nehru stood against the nuclear weapons, which helped to delay the response somehow until 1963. On the other side, Nehru shouted out against racial profiling in South Africa. And deployed India’s diplomats to mediate in so many disputes’ viz. Korean War and cling of France to its colonial possessions in Indochina.

Birth of non-alignment

In the 20th century, the birth of non-alignment was one of the greatest contributions of Jawaharlal Nehru. This movement was an international forum that included 120 countries that were then called developing countries. These 120 countries believed in the idea of non-alignment. The non-alignment movement conference was held in Belgrade in the year 1961 led by First Prime Minister of India Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru along with Gamal Abdel Nasser-the President of Egypt and Josip Broz Tito, the President of Yugoslavia. In the post World War II and the process of decolonization several countries in Africa and Asia felt the need to secure prosperity, peace and for all countries to establish security, a strong movement is required. After signing the Warsaw Pact and NATO, it was the time when in two power blocs the world was separated i.e. the Soviet Union and the USA. The Cold Warriors were annoyed by the non-alignment in both Washington and Moscow. Whereas, the birth of non-alignment was popular among the newly independent states. 

Non-Alignment Movement Members

The foundation of the Non-Alignment Movement was laid by India. 120 countries were members of the Non-Alignment Movement.

1. Every African country is Non-Alignment Movement’s members-only excluding South Sudan and West Sahara.
2.  Non-Alignment Movement also includes countries like Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Bhutan.
3. From the Americas, several Central and South American Nations are members of the Non-Alignment Movement. 
4.  Some countries and organizations like China, African Union, Commonwealth Secretariat, United Nations, Arab League, etc. were given the status of observer in the Non-Alignment Movement.
5.  In the non-alignment movement, European countries like Belarus and Azerbaijan are the members.

Conclusion

It is to be concluded that Jawaharlal Nehru is called the architect of modern India; he was also India’s first Prime Minister and was a founder of the non-alignment movement. He is called an architect of modern India because he played a critical role in the discrediting of European imperialism. He also raises his voice toward the people of Africa and Asia who were struggling for racial equality and self-determination.