Talk:India and the United Nations
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India independent starting 1947
editThe article should clear the fact that India was not independent until 1947, and how it was a full member of the UN since 1945 despite that. I personally know very little about that period of India's history, and will not be taking up the task myself.--... there's more than what can be linked. 15:38, 25 September 2011 (UTC)
In principle, only sovereign states can become UN members. However, although today all UN members are fully sovereign states, four of the original members (Belarus, India, The Philippines, and Ukraine) were not independent at the time of their admission.[1] India signed the Declaration by United Nations on 1 January 1942 and was represented by Girija Shankar Bajpai who was the Indian Agent-General at the time. Afterwards the Indian delegation led by Sir Arcot Ramasamy Mudaliar signed the United Nations Charter on behalf of India during the historic United Nations Conference on International Organization held in San Francisco, United States on 26 June 1945.[2] Technically, India was a founding member in October 1945, despite it being a British colony. India, Canada, Union of South Africa, New Zealand and Australia were all British colonies but were given independent seats in the UN General Assembly. India gained full independence in 1947 and I personally believe that the UN had a special provision to allow the membership of the colonies of the British Empire. There isn't much talk on the matter but the UN admits that India was among its founding members in 1945.jthomas91 03:06, 8 February 2014 (UTC)
Reader feedback: about the confrence and objectives
edit120.60.135.214 posted this comment on 26 December 2011 (view all feedback).
about the confrence and objectives
Kindly refer United Nations Conference on International Organization for details. This page is India and UN only. For UN objectives go to the UN article
Any thoughts?
jthomas91 04:51, 9 February 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aze0098 (talk • contribs)
Langauge in a section
editThe phrase "supreme sacrifice" I believe is a typically Indian euphemism for military killed-in-action. Is it proper in Wikipedia? Pokedora (talk)