index 345
with Israeli offi cials and U.S. groups,
226– 28; and Davis Cup tennis tie,
230– 31; and domestic politics, 233– 34;
ideological worldview, 224;
impediments to normalization,
233– 35; improved relations under,
224– 35; and Kuwait crisis, 225;
leadership style, 225; loss of power,
235; preparation for leadership, 316nn
1,2; relaxation of visa restrictions, 231;
and security concerns over Pakistan,
229– 30; and Sri Lanka, 234
Gandhi, Rajmohan, 286n25
Gandhi, Sonia, 252
Garcia- Granados, Jorge, 95
Germany, 248
Ghaff ar Khan, Khan Abdul, 63
globalization, 255
Glucklich, Ariel, 55
Goldman, Nahum, 135
Gopal, S.: on Arab factor in Nehru’s
policies, 116; on Azad’s infl uence in
nonrelations policy, 145, 150; on
Bandung Afro- Asiatic Conference of
1955, 193; on infl uence of Muslim
population of India, 151; on Nehru’s
opposition to Israel’s UN
membership, 188; on Nehru’s
original intentions to establish
relations, 123; on technical
assistance from Israel, 113
Gorbachev, Mikhail, 225
Gordon, Peretz, 129– 30
Gowda, H. D. Deve, 254
Great Britain, 78; British rule in India,
51, 69, 77; decision to withdraw
from India, 86; diff erentiation of
bilateral interests from peace
pro cess, 248; dilemma over promises
to Sharif Hussein vs. pledges to
Zionists, 78, 86; Gandhi’s attitude
toward British war eff ort in WWII,
36– 37; Gandhi’s attitude toward
Zionist dependence on, 37, 39, 41;
and Muslim League, 76; Nehru’sPalestine, 1, 25, 29, 71, 265;
assassination of, 26; and Balfour
Declaration, 28– 29, 291n65;
Buber- Gandhi correspondence, 30;
consistency and contradictions in
position, 36– 43; criticism of Zionist
dependence on British, 37, 39, 41;
empathy for Jewish suff ering but
indiff erence toward Jewish desire
for a homeland, 26– 31; Harijan
article on Palestine issue (1938),
30– 31, 34– 36; and Islamic prism,
41– 42; and Jewish Agency
representatives, 27; on Jewish claims
to Palestine, 38, 42; Jewish contacts
and associates, 26– 27, 32– 35, 81;
Jewish nonviolence against Hitler
advocated, 1, 39– 40; Jewish
nonviolence in Palestine advocated,
38, 42; and Khilafat movement,
1, 28– 30, 37, 40, 42, 70– 71, 73,
279n69; knowledge of Judeo-
Christian heritage, 41– 42;
knowledge of the historic suff ering
of Jews, 27– 29; modifi cation of
position, 38– 39, 42; on need for
considering the wishes of India’s
Muslim population, 29; and
Pakistan, 26; Pakistani perceptions
of, 168– 69; private statement to
Kallenbach (1937), 33, 35, 36, 56,
278n44, 291n65; pro- Palestinian
position adopted at end of World
War I, 28– 30; selective
condemnation of violence, 1, 39– 40,
42, 73, 279n69; in South Africa, 27;
views on foreign policy not endorsed
by po liti cal successors, 26; Zionist
attempts to gain Gandhi’s
endorsement of Jewish homeland
in Palestine, 30– 36, 42
Gandhi, Rajiv, 154; assassination of, 232,
235; and bilateral trade relations,
231– 32; bribery scandal, 234; and
consular relations, 227– 29; contacts