Indian Perceptions of Marshall President Josip Broz Tito: Yesterday and Today
Indian Perceptions of Marshall President Josip Broz Tito: Yesterday and Today

Author(s): Surjit Mansingh
Subject(s): Diplomatic history, Political history, International relations/trade, Post-War period (1950 - 1989)
Published by: Institut za noviju istoriju Srbije
Keywords: Tito; Nehru; India; Yugoslavia; Nonalignment; United Nations;
Summary/Abstract: Indians familiar with President Josip Broz Tito’s nation building efforts held him in high esteem. His visits to India beginning in 1954 were stunningly successful. Tito was a close friend of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. They held similar views about international affairs and were stalwarts of the Nonaligned Movement India and Yugoslavia cooperated in the United Nations and elsewhere. Indians mourned the destruction of Yugoslavia, but the present generation is not familiar with the life and achievements of Tito.

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