Chapter 6
India-Bhutan Relationship
Bhutan, also called as Druk Yul (The land of the Thunder Dragon) is one of India’s closest neighbours. India and Bhutan share traditionally warm and friendly political and economic relationship which is relatively trouble free when compared with other South Asia neighbours. Their relationship is based on trust and mutual understanding. It has always supported India at SAARC, United Nations and various other international forums. Bhutan has evolved as a neighbour successful in taking advantage of large size of India for its overall development.
Before taking a look at the areas of cooperation, it would be worthwhile to take a look at the history of Bhutan. Buddhism came to Bhutan from Tibet but with it came ...
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