index 343
population of Tamils and Bengalis,
14; India’s admissions about
Muslim infl uence, 150– 58; India’s
diff erentiation of bilateral interests
from diff erences over peace pro cess,
248– 49; indiff erence of most
Indians to foreign policy, 143; and
Iran’s nuclear program, 155– 56;
and Muslims and the Middle East,
142– 44 (see also Muslim population
of India); need for India to maintain
credentials as democracy, 139;
nonsecular considerations as
taboo subjects, 68, 140, 157, 266;
opposition to normalization
during Rao administration,
242– 45; Pakistan used to
camoufl age domestic compulsions
from Muslim population, 157;
post- 1992 national consensus
regarding Israel, 250; and prelude to
normalization, 233– 34; and secular
paradigm, 139– 41. See also Bharatiya
Janata Party; Communist Party of
India; Congress Party; Hindu
population of India; Janata Dal
party; Jan Sangh Party; Muslim
population of India; secularism
Doron, Gabriel, 129, 130East Germany, 204
Eban, Aubrey S. (Abba Eban), 113, 134,
164– 65, 299n152
economy of India, 269; dependence on
agriculture, 255; diamond trade, 232,
255– 56; economic crisis of the early
1990s, 239, 270, 319n2; economic
liberalization, 255, 259, 269, 270;
economic ties to Middle East, 21– 22,
172– 73, 267; foreign investment,
250, 251, 255; joint ventures, 255; and
provincial governments, 251; trade
relations, 173– 74, 231– 32, 254– 56
Eden, Anthony, 197
Edwards, Michael, 182253– 54; contacts in third countries,
133– 34; courtesies not extended to
President Shazar during 1966 visit,
203– 4; Dayan’s visit (1977), 135, 154,
219– 22; Eytan’s visit (1952), 132– 33,
148– 49, 165– 66, 265; Indian
diplomats as sources of information
for Israelis, 134; Olsvanger’s visit
(1936), 62– 63, 81; opposition party
contacts, 252– 53; Palestinian
contacts, 250; and Panikkar, 133,
287n152, 299n152; Peres’s visit
(1993), 243; post- 1992 contacts,
250– 54; protests over visits of Israeli
diplomats, 156; Rajiv Gandhi’s
meetings with Israeli offi cials and
U.S. groups, 226– 28; reluctance of
Indian ministers to visit Israel, 126,
250, 252; Sharett’s visit (1956), 135;
Sharon’s visit (2003), 156, 252, 253,
261– 63, 272. See also consular
relations; embassies; visas, denied to
Israeli passport holders
Dixit, J. N., 155, 213, 242, 243
domestic politics, 138– 62, 266– 67;
and anti- Muslim feeling among
Hindu and Sikh refugees from
Pakistan, 158– 59; conditions
favorable to Israel in the 1990s,
240– 41; controversy over India’s
position on June war of 1967,
204– 10; diffi culties of obtaining
information on, 17– 18, 138, 248,
266; divisive nature of Palestine
issue, 2– 3, 17; domestic criticism of
pro- Arab stance, 17, 172; domestic
support for recognition of Israel, 119,
158– 62 (see also Hindu population
of India); erosion of Congress Party
strength in 1967 and Indira
Gandhi’s subsequent dependence on
small parties, 203; ethnonational
linkage with neighboring countries,
143; foreign policy in Sri Lanka and
Bangladesh infl uenced by domestic