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'''Friends of the Soviet Union''' was an organisation in [[India]]. It was founded by members of the [[Indian National Congress]] and the [[All India Communist Party]] as an alternative to the [[Communist Party of India|CPI]] controlled [[Indo-Soviet Cultural Society]] (ISCUS), after the break between CPI and the Congress in the national political scene.<ref name="bhattacharya">Bhattacharya, Mrimoy in Banerjee, Gopal (ed.), S.A. Dange – A Fruitful Life. Kolkata: Progressive Publishers, 2002. p. 141</ref><br />
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The May 1981 inaugural conference of FSU was addressed by Indian Prime Minister [[Indira Gandhi]].<ref name="Roy1987">{{cite book|author=Arundhati Roy|title=The Soviet Intervention in Afghanistan: Causes, Consequences, and India's Response|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7UoKAQAAIAAJ|year=1987|publisher=Associated Publishing House|isbn=978-81-7045-006-1|page=104}}</ref><ref name=and/> In her speech Gandhi scolded the CPI/ISCUS, calling them 'self-appointed custodians' of Indo-Soviet friendship.<ref name=and>Andersen, Walter K.. ''India in 1981: Stronger Political Authority and Social Tension'', published in Asian Survey, Vol. 22, No. 2, A Survey of Asia in 1981: Part II (Feb., 1982), pp. 119-135</ref><br />
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