Personal Political Generalco-existence. French voluntarily Conference; December:
June: Zhou Enlai visits relinquish their Bogor Conference;
Delhi. Nehru visits remaining colonial prime ministers of
China in October. possessions in India Pakistan, India, Burma,
Personal rapport Ceylon and Indonesia –
established preparatory conferences
to the Bandung
Conference1955 June 1955: Nehru visits 1955: Avadi resolution April–May: Bandung
USSR of Congress: ‘Socialistic Conference.
pattern’ of society. Had December: Bulganin
been adopted earlier by and Khrushchev visit
Parliament, in late 1954 India1956 Nehru denounces Naga tribal rebellion. 20th Party Congress of
imperialist aggression Troops built up in the the CPSU: Khrushchev’s
in Egypt during the North-East. ‘DeStalinisation’
Suez Crisis; late to 1956–61: Second speech.
condemn Soviet Five-Year Plan; Suez crisis.
actions in Hungary ‘Mahalanobis Model’ USSR’s invasion of
Hungary1957 Nehru once again Second general election.
main campaigner for First elected Communist
the Congress government in the state
of Kerala1958–60 1959: Nehru dismisses 1958–9: beginnings of 1959: Dalai Lama flees
Kerala government – ‘Panchayati Raj’ – Tibet. Political asylum
surrendering to autonomous local in India.
pressure from within self-government. Beginning of friction
the Congress, 1959: Nagpur Resolution: between India and
especially from the cooperative joint China on the border
new Congress Party farming declared a goal. question.
president, his Denounced by Beginning of CIA
daughter Indira opposition as ‘creeping activity among Tibetan
collectivisation’ political exiles in
Kalimpong1961 December: Goa ‘police Belgrade summit –
action’: Portuguese Goa ‘non-alignedxviiiCHRONOLOGY