Yes, in fact India was approached for the CENTO pact as well. Our leaders rejected it, as they were born socialists. Indian worked like a scoialist nation till 1990.
And we were dependent on Russia for the arms.
But, its because of Pakistan today India is not a socialist or a communist country. Pakistans played a major role in defeating the russians in Soviet war in Afghanistan.
If Pakistan was not involved and and the Soviets were not defeated, Russians would have spread their commi tenticles in the South Asia via Afghanistan and Pakistan. And Indians socialist politicians would have welcomed commis with their four arms. And today, many Indians would be still waiting for 8 years to get a phone connection or to get a bajaj scooter as they did in the 1980’s