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Sir, our history books are probably different.India was never offered a seat in the UN. That was a pipe dream of some British Foreign Office who tried to load up the UNSC with their members. India had as much chance of having a seat as Mongolia. Truman and Churchill said no to Mongolia just as Stalin said no to Canada. Stalin was not even shown India.
The fact of the matter is that 3 egos determined the UNSC: Truman, Churchill, and Stalin. Once you understand that, then it would become obvious why no one else was ever offered a seat.
Jawaharlal Nehru, benevolently gave up the seat to China.
"The first step to be taken is for China to take her rightful place, and then the question of India might be discussed separately," India's then prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru wrote in a letter to the country's top political leaders – explaining why he supported Beijing.