Indira Gandhi-PN Haksar Outplayed Nixon-Kissinger In 1971: Jairam Ramesh
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Henry Kissinger, who dominated foreign policy as the United States extricated itself from Vietnam, died today. He was 100.
As former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger died today, senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh recalled that in 1971 then US President Richard Nixon and Kissinger created huge headaches for India but then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and her close aide PN Haksar proved "more than a match for them".
Kissinger, who dominated foreign policy as the United States extricated itself from Vietnam, died today. He was 100.
In a post on X, Mr Ramesh said, "Henry Kissinger has passed away. He was as immensely consequential as he was hugely controversial." In his long and eventful life he has been both celebrated and condemned, Mr Ramesh noted.
