The Treaty of Peace Between Japan and India (日本国とインドとの間の平和条約) was a

peace treaty A peace treaty is an agreement between two or more hostile parties, usually countries or governments, which formally ends a state of war between the parties. It is different from an armistice An armistice is a formal agreement of warring ...

signed on June 9, 1952 restoring relations between the two nations. The

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, of which India was a part, had full diplomatic relations with Japan became involved in

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

. After the war Japan was under American occupation and India gained its independence on August 15, 1947. In 1951, the San Francisco Peace Conference was held with

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Jawaharlal Nehru Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (; ; ; 14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964) was an Indian anti-colonial nationalist, secular humanist, social democrat— * * * * and author who was a central figure in India during the middle of the 20t ...

refusing to attend the conference, because he considered the provisions of the San Francisco Treaty to be limiting Japanese sovereignty, as seen to this day with the

San Francisco System The San Francisco System (also known as the "Hub and Spokes" architecture) is a network of alliances pursued by the United States in the Asia-Pacific region, after the end of World War IIVictor Cha, "Powerplay: The Origins of the U.S Alliance Sys ...

managed by the United States.

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Treaty of Peace Between Japan and India
George Washington University

Tokyo University

Ministry of External Affairs, India
Hiroshi Sato, "India-Japan Peace Treaty in Japan's Post-War Asian Diplomacy" ''Journal of the Japanese Association for South Asian Studies'', vol. 17(2005)
India–Japan relations 1952 in India 1952 in Japan Peace treaties of Japan Peace treaties of India Treaties concluded in 1952 Bilateral treaties of Japan Bilateral treaties of India 1952 in Japanese politics {{japan-hist-stub

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