India says economic cooperation with Russia has grown very significantly

https://www.nytimes.com/1985/07/22/us/nixon-says-he-considered-using-atomic-weapons-on-4-occasions.html

"The fourth time he considered the nuclear option, Mr. Nixon said, was during the 1971 India-Pakistan war, when the United States was concerned that China might intervene on the side of Pakistan, triggering a Soviet intervention for India"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Task_Force_74

"On 6 and 13 December 1971, the Soviet Navy dispatched two groups of cruisers and destroyers and a submarine armed with nuclear missiles from Vladivostok; they trailed US Task Force 74 into the Indian Ocean from 18 December 1971 until 7 January 1972. [32][33]"