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2013.
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| Summary/Abstract |
This paper aims to understand the historical prospective of India and West Asia relations in the 21st century. From ancient to modern times, these regions had been in cultural, commercial and diplomatic contacts with each other. British colonialism had changed the nature of the relationship between these two regions. To protect their commercial and strategic interest in India, Britain colonized the West Asian region (Persian Gulf and Red Sea Region) and they established an Informal Empire in Gulf. Further these colonial policies were controlled through the British India Residency System which legitimized the ruler as the sheikh of the land and the people. The End of the nineteenth century and the beginning of twenty century witnessed the emergence of a new phase of interaction between the people and the leadership of India and West Asia. This new phase of relation between two regions had greater impact on shaping the future world politics. With the Arab Spring of recent times, India has a new role to play in this region.
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