ABSTRACT
This chapter analyses the pre-independence policies concerning the Diaspora and looks at the development of the Nehruvian policy and its effect on India's foreign policy. The 1952 Foreign Policy Resolution called for the removal of all forms of colonialism from Asia and Africa and for the Indians resident in those countries to emphasise African interests. Africa had become one of India's foreign policy priorities. India was pushing the settlers to identify with their host country and acknowledged the legal jurisdiction of the foreign states and their settlers, yet there were diplomatic interventions to improve their legal status. The chapter looks at the legal aspects of the problem, examining nationality, residency, property and investment rights of the Indian Diaspora. India's imperial legacy had led to the creation of an Indian Diaspora. Post independence however, Dutt states that in order to maintain its sub-imperialist power status, India used its Diaspora.
