TY - BOOK AU - Akbaruddin, Syed TI - India vs UK: the story of an unprecedented diplomatic win SN - 9789354892035 U1 - 327.5404 AKB-S PY - 2021/// CY - India PB - Harper Collins Publishers KW - India -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain KW - Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- India KW - Akbaruddin, Syed N1 - From the revolt of 1857 and the freedom movement to duels on the cricket pitch, India and the United Kingdom have been on opposing sides on numerous occasions. A less known instance when this dynamic played out was the 2017 election for a seat on the International Court of Justice. Unwilling at first, India was prompted to enter the ring in the wake of the Kulbhushan Jadhav case. The contest that followed proved to be a 'second war of Independence in the words of then foreign minister Sushma Swaraj - and a David-and-Goliath fight against the permanent members of the Security Council, who all put their might behind the UK. Syed Akbaruddin, India's Permanent Representative to the UN at the time, presents a behind-the-scenes account of India's coming-of-age in world affairs through the prism of this momentous election ER -