Late tn kaul ( architect of indias foreign policy) T.N.Kaul, or Tikki Bhai as he was universally known ,was the architect of India’s foreign policy under Nehru and Indira Gandhi. Born in Srinagar on 8th February 1913 to Gunvati and Tota Kaul Jalali, who was a Gazetted Officer during the rule of Maharaja Pratap Singh, he had a brilliant academic career. After doing B.A. (Hons.) from Jammu, he passed his LL.B. from Allahabad University and LL.M. from the University of London. He entered the ICS in 1936. After sundry district postings, Kaul became the Secretary General of the ICAR in 1946. Next year, Nehru picked him up for the IFS. He was posted in quick succession to Moscow, Washington and Beijing. He brokered the historic Panchshila agreement between Nehru and Chou en lai. In 1962, he was posted as Ambassador to the USSR. He was able to convince the Russians that China was an aggressive country which posed a threat to both India and the USSR. He was also present at the Tashkent agreement in 1966. The same year, Indira Gandhi picked him up as the Foreign Secretary . He was able to put in diplomatic efforts which ensured the emergence of Bangladesh as a separate country, much to the discomfiture of Pakistan. He played a key role in the signing of the Indo-Soviet Friendship Treaty in 1971 and the Shimla agreement with Pakistan in 1972. In 1972, he was appointed as India’s Ambassador to the US ,where he succeeded in building up cordial relations with Henry Kissinger . He had the Indo-US Joint Commission appointed for an ongoing consultative dialogue between the two countries. He drifted away from Indiraji at the time of the emergency. Rajiv Gandhi appointed him as Ambassador to USSR once again, but he found Gobachev more interested in improving is relations with USA than with India. Kaul was the Founder- President of the World Affairs Foundation and Editor-in-Chief of ‘ World Affairs ‘. He wrote many books, including Ambassadors Need Not Lie and Diplomat’s Diary. T.N.Kaul was happily married to Sati Raina, daughter of Pt. Sarvanand Raina. They had a son Pradeep and a daughter Preeti. Satiji passed away in 1993. Triloki Nath retained his active life till the last and breathed his last on 16th January 2002 after a brief illness, at the age of 87 years. Kaul was the author of several books on foreign policy. Some of his works include: Diplomacy in Peace & War Recollections and Reflections (1978) Life in a Himalayan Hamlet (1982) My Years through Raj and Swaraj (1993) A Diplomat’s Diary (1947-1999) (2000)
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