Abstract Foreign policy of a country generally means its relations with other countries regarding all issues of international relevance like peace, disarmament, climate change, human rights, development, justice, deconolisation etc. A state tries to control the behaviour of other states through its foreign policy. According to George Modelski, “Foreign policy is the system of activities evolved by communities for changing the behaviour of the states and for adjusting their own activities to the international environment.” For the study of foreign policy of India, at first we need to know the background conditions or the fundamental determinants which provide the foundations for objectives and principles of foreign policy of India. This paper is examines and analyse the major basic factors which affect the Indian Foreign Policy. Foreign policy making is a dynamic process. Normally, change of government does not change the fundaments of the foreign policy of a state. Why does it normally remain unchanged? It is because foreign policy of a state is determined by a number of factors, many of them are static.