> Also, India was not born Socialist, although it may have socialist policies - much like any other country. First mention of socialism was in 1976 OK, I grant

> Also, India was not born Socialist, although it may have socialist policies - much like any other country. First mention of socialism was in 1976 OK, I grant you that the words Socialist made it into the constitution later, but Nehru (and the post independence polity in general) had socialist leanings since well before Independence[1] In the context of my assertion about Indo-US relationship, it is only semantics of whether India was born Socialist or not. > I think you could easily have add examples to support your claim rather than making statements https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annexation_of_Goa https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annexation_of_Goa https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annexation_of_Dadra_and_Nagar_Haveli https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annexation_of_Dadra_and_Naga... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Sikkim#Annexation_by_India https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Sikkim#Annexation_b... .. And this is not even a list of the princely states that were ^liberated^ soon after independence. Like I said earlier, this sort of aggression wasn't like colonial aggression but it was aggression nonetheless. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism_in_India https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism_in_India