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Gandhi, Indira

1917- 1984

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Bhabha, Homi Jehangir

1909- 1966

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French Nuclear History

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Bhatnagar, Shanti Swarupa, Sir

1894- 1955

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Jawaharlal Nehru, 1949

Nehru, Jawaharlal

1889- 1964

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Pakistan

Mikhail Gorbachev, 1986

Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich

1931- 2022

Sino-Soviet Split, 1960-1984

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September 21, 1982	Soviet-Indian Talks (Conclusion) Brezhnev and Gandhi discuss India's relationship to Pakistan and Afghanistan, highlighting the Soviet Union's involvement with the two countries. Gandhi also speaks about India's domestic situation and asks Brezhnev to cooperate in increasing India's defense capabilities. Brezhnev tells Gandhi confidential information about recent developments in Soviet-China relations.
January 1989	Memo Regarding the Issue of the Lease of a Soviet Nuclear Submarine to India This document discusses potential political repercussions of the Soviet Union's lease of a nuclear submarine to India vis-a-vis Pakistan and the USSR's global status.
October 27, 1989	Letter from Rajiv Gandhi to M. S. Gorbachev (Edited) Letter from Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi to Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev asking him to personally intervene on behalf of a project to create an atomic submarine in India.
October 31, 1986	Information On the Question of Renting Soviet Atomic Submarines to India This document considers the political consequences of carrying through with the Soviet Union's promise to provide India with an Atomic submarine for scientific purposes.
May 14, 1964	Research Memorandum INR-16 from Thomas L. Hughes to the Secretary, 'Indian Nuclear Weapons Development' An intelligence report that the fuel core of the Canadian-Indian Reactor (CIR) at Trombay was being changed every six months raised questions about India’s nuclear objectives: a six-month period was quite short for “normal research reactor operations,” but it was the optimum time for using the CIR’s spent fuel for producing weapons grade plutonium. According to INR, India had taken the “first deliberate decision in the series leading to a nuclear weapon,” which was to have “available, on demand, unsafeguarded weapons-grade plutonium or, at the least, the capacity to produce it.”
December 22, 1976	UN and Conference Divisions, Ministry of External Affairs, 'Brief on India’s position on the question of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in South Asia' Considerations of Pakistan's proposal for a nuclear-weapon-free zone in South Asia
April 30, 1975	Telegram from L.L. Mehorta, Charge d’Affaires in Beijing China’s stance towards India and Pakistan, and a Pakistani proposal for a nuclear-free zone in South Asia
October 6, 1967	Telegram from the Indian Ambassador to Brazil, 'Nuclear Cooperation Between India and Brazil' Brazil has entered cooperative agreements with many countries and is would like to work with India as well.
August 2, 1966	Rajya Sabha Q&A on a Disarmament Conference for Non-Aligned Countires Transcript of questions and answers between members of the Rajya Sabha and the Minister of External Affairs, Sardar Swaran Singh, on the scheduling and progress of an International Disarmament Conference for Non-Aligned Countries.
August 18, 1972	Rajya Sabha Q&A on American Reports of the Indian Nuclear Program Transcript of questions and answers between members of the Rajya Sabha and the Deputy Minister in the Ministry of External Affairs, Shri Surenda Pal Singh, on accusations in the American media that the Indian nuclear program does not comply with IAEA regulations.