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Since my book #NehruTheInventionOfIndia is being cited by the BJP, let's have some context here:
1. China was an original Permanent Member of the Security Council from the signing of the @UN Charter in 1945.
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1. China was an original Permanent Member of the Security Council from the signing of the @UN Charter in 1945.
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2. After the Communist takeover of China in 1949, the seat continued to be held by the ousted Govt of Chiang Kai-Shek based in Taiwan, which called itself the Republic of China. Nehru rightly felt that this arrangement lacked credibility & that a tiny island state could not be...
...a Permanent Member with veto power on the Council.
3. Nehru therefore called on the other Permanent Members to admit Communist China (PRC) to the @UN & give it the Permanent seat held by Taiwan.
4. US understood the objection to RoC but was unwilling to admit the Communist PRC
3. Nehru therefore called on the other Permanent Members to admit Communist China (PRC) to the @UN & give it the Permanent seat held by Taiwan.
4. US understood the objection to RoC but was unwilling to admit the Communist PRC
