<\/span><\/h1>\n\n\n\nNehru\u2019s decision to sign the Indus Waters Treaty was a pragmatic choice given the geopolitical, economic, and diplomatic context of the time. It ensured stability, avoided immediate conflict, and aligned with India\u2019s broader foreign policy goals. However, from a modern perspective, the treaty\u2019s restrictions on India\u2019s use of the western rivers can seem overly concessionary, especially given India\u2019s growing needs and ongoing tensions with Pakistan. Whether this makes Nehru “wrong” depends on whether you prioritize short-term diplomatic gains and stability (where the treaty succeeded) or long-term strategic flexibility (where it has limitations).<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Whether Jawaharlal Nehru was “wrong” in signing the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) in 1960 depends on the perspective and criteria used to evaluate the decision. The treaty, brokered by the World Bank, allocated the waters of the Indus River system between India and Pakistan. It gave India control over the eastern rivers (Sutlej, Beas, Ravi) […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7081,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_wimj_wizard_id":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"jnews_post_split":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[468,848],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-history","category-geo-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/acbtimes.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/acbtimes.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/acbtimes.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acbtimes.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acbtimes.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7080"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/acbtimes.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7082,"href":"https:\/\/acbtimes.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7080\/revisions\/7082"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acbtimes.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/acbtimes.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acbtimes.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acbtimes.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}