Brazil joined the United Nations in the same year as India, six days before it
Background
Brazil is a Member State of the United Nations. The United Nations gives its date of admission as 24-10-1945. Argentina and Paraguay were admitted on the same day, 24-10-1945. India was admitted a few days later, on 30-10-1945. Portugal, which had ruled Brazil as a colony, became a Member State only on 14-12-1955. Uruguay was admitted on 18-12-1945 and Peru on 31-10-1945.
Date of admission of Brazil to the United Nations:
24-10-1945
Date of admission of India:
30-10-1945
Date of admission of Portugal:
14-12-1955
Why it matters for exams: Questions on which countries were in the United Nations from its first year, and on the groupings such as BRICS, the G20, IBSA and the G-4 that pair Brazil with India, come up in both preliminary and interview stages.
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