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India’s Relations with Neighbours
India’s relations with it's neighbours were a central concern and fortunately, till 1962, apart from Pakistan, it was on good terms with all her neighbours.
With Nepal, India signed a Treaty of Peace and Friendship in 1950, which gave Nepal unrestricted access to commercial transit through India, and secured Nepal’s total sovereignty while making both countries responsible for each other’s security.
With Burma, too, the problem of Indian settlers and a long uncharted border were settled amicably. The issue of Tamil settlers in Sri Lanka was not as easy of a solution, and tensions remained, but these did not flare up in this period, and otherwise, amicable ties were maintained.
With Pakistan, however, and in later years with China, serious problems were faced, and the relations with them are discussed at length below