358 i n d e x
Rabin, Yitzhak, 250
Radhakrishnan, S., 62
Radian, Amos, 130, 228
Rafael, Gideon, 3, 125– 26, 135, 136, 157
Rahim, Abdur, 281n14
Rahman, Abdur, 92– 97, 103– 4, 145,
290n40, 290nn 52,53, 291n59
Ram, Jagjivan, 154, 221
Rao, B. Shiva, 51, 113, 119, 127, 133
Rao, Kitty Shiva, 134
Rao, P. V. Narasimha, 2– 3, 141, 155, 268,
269; ability to ignore compulsions
aff ecting Nehru, 19; and Arafat, 237;
desire for closer ties to U.S., 258,
270– 71; election of, 236; internal
opposition to normalization,
242– 45; and Kashmiri militants
kidnapping incident, 236; meeting
with ADL delegation (1989), 228;
and Moshe Dayan’s visit to India,
219; normalization of relations with
Israel, 224, 238, 269; and rationale
for normalization, 239– 42, 268; and
repeal of UN Resolution 3379, 236;
and security concerns, 241– 42
Rao, Shiva, 134, 188– 89
Rasul, Begum Aizaz, 151
Rau, B. N., 105– 6, 112– 13, 119, 132, 133,
164– 65
recognition of Israel (September 1950),
108, 265; date of Israeli request for
recognition, 109; de facto vs. de jure
recognition, 115; domestic support
for, 119; and Indian missions
abroad, 110– 11; Israeli lobbying
for, 119; missed opportunities
for normalization shortly after
recognition, 3; reasons for delayed
recognition, 116– 17; reasons for
eventual recognition, 117– 22; slow
movement toward recognition,
111– 15
recognition of the state of Palestine
(1988), 121, 233
refugees, Hindu, 158– 59partition of the Indian subcontinent:
anti- Muslim feeling among Hindu
and Sikh refugees from Pakistan,
158– 59; Congress Party’s eventual
ac cep tance of, 7, 13, 79– 80; and
demographics, 142; expectations that
partition of the subcontinent would
permit India to adopt a pro- Jewish
homeland stance, 81– 84, 159, 168, 182,
186– 87; India’s rejection of partition
plan for Palestine while accepting
partition for Indian subcontinent,
102; India’s reservations about, 13,
264– 65; mainstream ac cep tance of
religious partition of subcontinent, 7;
and Muslim League, 13, 78; and
negotiations in UN Special Session,
88; and Nehru’s views on India’s
Muslims, 151; post- partition Muslim
population remaining in India, 114,
265; and Rahman’s views on
Palestine issue, 93, 95– 96; and split
in Khilafat struggle leadership, 73
Pasha, Ahmad Hilmi, 120
Pasha, Azzam, 134, 290n53
Patel, Sardar, 62
Pawar, Sharad, 156
Peres, Shimon, 227, 228, 243
PLO. See Palestine Liberation
Or ga ni za tion
PNA. See Palestinian National Authority
Polak, Henry S. L., 27, 32– 33
Pollack, F. W., 127– 30
Pollard, Jonathan Jay, 229
Prague, Indian embassy in, 110
Praja Socialist Party (PSP), 158, 218, 251
Prasad, Rajendra, 132
PSP. See Praja Socialist Party
Rabat Islamic summit (1969), 14, 16,
134, 170; criteria for participation not
met by India, 212; events described,
210– 14; India’s secular façade
exposed by, 153; reasons for India’s
interest in, 212