Editing Indira Gandhi (section)

=== The Non-aligned Movement ===
[[File:Indira Gandhi & Nicolae Ceaușescu.jpg|thumb|Gandhi with [[Nicolae Ceaușescu]] in 1969 {{Center|}}]]

In the early 1980s under Gandhi, India attempted to reassert its prominent role in the [[Non-Aligned Movement]] by focusing on the relationship between disarmament and economic development. By appealing to the economic grievances of [[developing countries]], Gandhi and her successors exercised a moderating influence on the Non-aligned movement, diverting it from some of the [[Cold War]] issues that marred the controversial 1979 Havana meeting where Cuban leader [[Fidel Castro]] attempted to steer the movement towards the Soviet Union.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Gupte|first1=Pranay|title=Mother India : a political biography of Indira Gandhi|date=2011|publisher=[[Penguin Books]]|location=New York|isbn=978-0-14-306826-6|pages=499–500|edition=Rev.|url={{Google books|OOmK1lPWq80C|page=PR9|keywords=%22non%20aligned%20movement%22%20india%20indira|text=|plainurl=yes}}}}</ref> Although hosting the 1983 summit at Delhi boosted Indian prestige within the movement, its close relations with the Soviet Union and its pro-Soviet positions on [[Afghanistan]] and [[Cambodia]] limited its influence.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Mamata remembers Indira Gandhi on her death anniversary|work=[[United News of India]]|url=http://www.uniindia.com/~/mamata-remembers-indira-gandhi-on-her-death-anniversary/States/news/1393309.html|access-date=16 July 2021|archive-date=16 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210716081816/http://www.uniindia.com/~/mamata-remembers-indira-gandhi-on-her-death-anniversary/States/news/1393309.html|url-status=live}}</ref>