1. Both India and the United States are democratic countries.
2. Inspite of having many similarities, there have been also a lot of ups and downs in the relationship.
3. The United States wanted India to join its power bloc but India did not. Rather, India adopted non-alignment policy and became a part of the Non-Alignment Movement. The US disliked it.
4. During India’s dispute with Pakistan on Jammu and Kashmir issue, US favoured Pakistan instead of India. India did not like this because Pakistan had joined power bloc of the US.
5. Treaties regarding nuclear weapons have been one of the most important reasons for disagreement between India and the US. United States has continuously pressurised India to sign the ‘Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty’ and ‘Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty’, but India always refused it.
6. The US highly disliked India’s nuclear test conducted at Pokhran in Rajasthan in 1998. It took strict actions to impose restrictions on financial and technical assistance that it used to give to the US.
7. The relation between India and the US strengthened after terrorist attack on New York’s World Trade Centre on September 11,2001.
8. The United States started accepting the fact that India is rapidly making economic progress.
9. Both the countries now wish to have a strong and a positive relation with each other.
10. In September 2014-15 India’s Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi visited America and even addressed the United Nations.
11. American President Barrack Obama is the first American President to be the Chief Guest in the 66th Celebration of India’s Republic Day Celebration.
12. Thus, now the relations between the two countries are quite cordial and strengthened.
