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Explain the role played by India in maintaining Afro-Asian unity.

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Role played by India in maintaining Afro-Asian unity:

(i) Under the leadership of Nehru, India convened the Asian Relation Conference in March 1947.

(ii) India was a staunch supporter of the decolonization process and firmly opposed racism especially apartheid in South Africa.

(iii) India made earnest efforts for the early realization of an international conference in 1949 to support its freedom struggle.

(iv) The Afro - Asian conference held in the Indonesian city of Bandung in 1955, commonly known as Bandung Conference, marked the zenith of India?s engagement with newly independent Asian and African nations.

(v) The Bandung Conference later led to the establishment of the NAM.