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Bhilai Steel Plant (1955–59)

On the Indian independence map as “Bhilai — steel for the Plan”

1955–59 — Under the Second Five-Year Plan the Soviet Union built a steel plant here, West Germany one at Rourkela and Britain one at Durgapur: non-alignment let India draw aid from both blocs for the heavy industry its planners believed would end poverty.

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Turning point
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India under Nehru (chapter 15 of Indian independence)
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Indian Independence & Partition, 1857–1964
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Map showing Bhilai Steel Plant (1955–59), turning point in Indian Independence & Partition, 1857–1964
TURNING POINT · INDIAN INDEPENDENCE & PARTITION, 1857–1964

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