index 341
Chaudhuri, Nirad C., 73
Chetty, Shanmukham, 64
China: abstention from UN partition
plan vote, 56; and Bandung
Afro- Asiatic Conference of 1955,
191; contrast between India’s China
and Israel policies in spite
of armed confl ict, 2, 4; ideological
and material support for radical
movements, 249; international
ac cep tance of communist China as
priority for Nehru, 5– 6; Israel’s
“loss” of, 190; recognition of Israel
(1992), 240, 296n63; Sino- Indian
confl ict of 1962, 4, 6, 199– 200;
Sino- Israeli military relations, 225;
UN membership and the need for
Arab allies, 195
Christianity: Judeo- Christian heritage
and the formation of the Jewish
state, 53– 54
Cold War, 164– 67, 247; convergence of
Israeli and Indian interests, 164– 67;
end of, 225, 239, 268; ideological
hangovers following end of, 243; and
India’s Middle East policies, 268– 69;
and Middle East and Arab states,
240; nonalignment policies of India
and Israel, 9, 164– 66; Pakistan used
to camoufl age domestic compulsions
from Muslim population, 157; and
role of Islam in non- aligned
movement, 170. See also Non- Aligned
Movement
communist parties, 203, 241, 243,
253– 54
Communist Party of India, 159– 60, 177,
253– 54, 277n5
Congress Party, 89, 264– 65;
anticolonialist/anti- imperialist
platform, 44, 78, 266; and al- Aqsa
mosque attack of 1969, 211; caution
toward Israel and low profi le of
improved relations, 252; criticized
for using secularism to maskwith Kaur, 126; and missed
opportunities to cultivate ties to
India, 66; and Sino- Indian confl ict
of 1962, 199
Ben- Hur, Oded, 130
Bentov, Mordechai, 135
Bergmann, Hugo, 81, 184– 87
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), 16;
anti- Muslim stance, 141, 160, 162;
and al- Aqsa intifada, 253– 54; and
diplomatic contacts, 250; and Moshe
Dayan’s visit to India (1977), 154;
pro- Israeli stance, 140– 41, 160, 161;
and Rajiv Gandhi government, 234;
and Rao government, 240– 41; and
secularism, 9, 141, 304n15; and U.S.
relations, 272. See also National
Demo cratic Alliance (NDA)
co ali tion government
Bhutan, 217
BJP. See Bharatiya Janata Party
Bose, Subhas Chandra, 37, 51, 282n41
Brecher, Michael, 53, 66, 123, 145,
147– 50, 193, 310n55
British Mandate, 46, 57, 99– 100, 106,
291n66
Brodetsky, Selig, 27, 32– 33, 81
Brussels Congress on Oppressed
Nationalities, 62
Buber, Martin, 30, 34
Bud getary considerations in
establishing relations, 123– 24
Burke, S. M., 80
Burma, 190, 192– 95
Bush, G. H. W., 239
Camp David accords (1978), 218– 19, 232
Caspi, Avahalom, 130
caste system, 269
Celler, Emanuel, 119, 151
Central Treaty Or ga ni za tion (CENTO),
202
Chagla, M. C., 205, 206, 207
Chakraborthy, Amiya, 134
Chatterjee, Somnath, 253