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India’s Quest For Big Power Status In the last half-a-century, India’s unstated Big Power aspirations have manifested themselves on several occasions. They figured, at least as a remote objective, in the nuclear tests ordered by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1974 and Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 1998. Vajpayee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke at the United Nations in Hindi although both could handle English. This, too, can be seen as part of an attempt to raise India’s status. The oft-repeated demand for restructuring of the UN is also related to the goal of an enhanced status. The...
