Question

“Where freedom is menaced or justice is threatened, or where aggression takes place, we cannot be and shall not be neutral, our policy is not neutralist but one of active endeavor to preserve and if possible, establish peace on firm foundations”, When and Where Nehru declared this?
A. American Congress in 1949
B. SAARC summit in 1964
C. African Union in 1956
D. European Union in 1955

Answer 1

Hint: It is the bicameral legislature of a country that was established on 4th March 1789. Jahawarlal Nehru was the first Indian person to address the lawmakers.

Complete Answer: Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru addressed a House Reception on October 13, 1949. Nehru was on a goodwill tour of the United Nations. President Harry S. Truman first greeted him and then Nehru met the Congress. America had close ties with India after the British left the country. In the address, Nehru declared that India is being neutral in the Cold War.
In the Ways and Means Committee room in the New House Office Building, the reception was held. The Prime Minister talked about the likenesses between the United States and India. Nehru expressed that he has come to the United States to discover the mind and heart of America and to place India's mind and heart before America. He gave his speech twice in the House Chamber and Senate as well.
While talking about the other options,
B. The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) was established on 8th Dec 1985. So, no SAARC summit was held in 1964.
C. The continental federation which consists of 55 member states, the African Union was founded on 9 July 2002.
D. A political and economic union of 27 member states, the European Union was founded on 1 Nov 1993.

Thus the correct option is A.

Note: Jawaharlal Nehru was the first person to initiate the agreement of the Non-alignment Movement. The attendees of the reception also included representative Frances Bolton of Ohio. Bolton joined Nehru on a tour of the house of the President George Washington, Mount Vernon.