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You can publish your book online for free in a few minutes. Speaking during the zero hour, gao said it has been 58 years since the 1962 indiachina war but it has not been made public so far. Chinese version of the 1962 war, based on the writings of neville maxwell. The henderson brooks p s bhagat report on the 1962 military debacle, kept firmly under lock and key by the indian government for the last 50 years, makes it clear the unsound forward policy. The operational aspects of the 1962 war have also been discussed threadbare in a host of memoirs and historical studies. It gives the true facts and after reading it one can truly understand the 1962 conflict with china. Why did the indian pm write a letter asking the us to. A classified indian army report that analyses the causes of indias military defeat in the 1962 border war with china was blocked hours after it was posted on the internet.

The report by lieutenant general henderson brooks and brigadier general premindra singh bhagat on the 1962 india china war remains a classified. The report analysed the causes of indias humiliating defeat in the 1962 border war against china and allegedly put the blame on the then government of prime minister jawaharlal nehru and the. Henderson brooks report lists the guilty men of 1962. Download the times now indias election hq app and get all the. An introduction neville maxwell april1420, 2001a defence ministry committee is reported to have recommended releasing intothe public domain, the official reports on indias wars against pakistan 1947,1965 and 1971. Senior congress leader captain amarinder singh on saturday said that the henderson brooks report on the 1962 indiachina war should be made public and that if any politician or general had messed up, it should be admitted. Henderson brooks and brigadier premindra singh bhagat, victoria cross recipient and then the commandant of the indian military academy. Most importantly, the official history of the war commissioned by the ministry of defence draws on the henderson brooks report and has been available on the internet for some years now. During swamys meeting with the minister, the indian strategic perspective and the necessary weapons acquisition to meet national security threats were also discussed, said a statement here. Shankar, the ghosts of henderson brooks and bhagat.

Speaking during the zero hour, gao said it has been 58 years since the 1962 indiachina war. An introduction to the henderson brooks report on indochina war 1962 1. Apr 20, 2015 henderson brooks report on india china 1962 war may be declassified by defence minister. Feb 21, 2016 maxwell apparently had access to the henderson brooks bhagat report, commissioned by the indian army after the war, to analyse the reasons for the border debacle. Arunachal mp demands govt to declassify henderson brooks and. The war that wasnt is an unrivalled attempt at unravelling the mystery that surrounds indias most shameful defeat at the hands of the peoples liberation army of china. Navy and coast guard deck logs so that they can be made available online. Nov 16, 2014 senior congress leader captain amarinder singh on saturday said that the henderson brooks report on the 1962 indiachina war should be made public and that if any politician or general had messed up, it should be admitted. Henderson brooks and brigadier premindra singh bhagat in parliament. Last week, defence minister arun jaitleysaid that the declassification of the henderson brooks inquiry report into indias military debacle in 1962 will compromise national interest. The document that was reproduced in this publication was originally a document prepared as a top secret report by the cia in may 1964, and was declassified only in may 2007. Bjp mp tapir gao on wednesday demanded that the henderson brooks bhagat report should be tabled in parliament and made public. Easily share your publications and get them in front of issuus.

The henderson brooks morality play the indian express. Table henderson brooks and bhagat report in parliament. Annexures to the classified henderson brooks report on 1962 indiachina war could contain much more embarrassing details of slipups at the highest levels and unprofessional approach of. The chief of the asy start on 14 december, 1962, inseitated a.

Online world war i indexes and records usaa genealogy guide online world war i indexes and records usa note. The report by lieutenant general henderson brooks and brigadier general premindra singh bhagat on the 1962 india china war remains a classified document. Henderson brooks and brigadier premindra singh bhagat, victoria cross recipient and then the. Navy and coast guard deck logs from 1956 to 1978 will be closed to researchers. Practically effective listen to lou dc animation commentaries prolly shoulda known better bohmans ledare mr stranger necromonicast. Arunachal pradesh mp tapir gao on march 18 demanded the government to place the 1962 war report of lieutenantgeneral t. Most importantly, the official history of the war commissioned by the ministry of defence draws on the henderson brooks report and has been available on. Mar 18, 2014 the report was authored by lieutenant general henderson brooks and brigadier p s bhagat, then commandant of the indian military academy, soon after the war.

And the tone and tenor thereof is an implied challenge to the conventional wisdom, and thesis, propounded in indias china war, written by british scribe neville maxwell in the 1970s. The hendersonbrooks report is out by neville maxwell. An introduction to the henderson brooks report on indochina. Indias top secret 1962 china war report leaked the diplomat. The report was authored by lieutenant general henderson brooks and brigadier p s bhagat, then commandant of the indian military academy, soon after the war. The report on the 1962 sinoindian war has been uploaded on the internet by an australian journalist neville maxwell. While the report may not contain significantly new revelations about the poor state of indias forces during the war, it discusses how the. The report was written by two officers in the indian army. A book can help us to understand the background of the herderson brooks report. Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. Along with the banglar rasogolla which one of the following was accorded a from science 0123 at georgia southern university.

Forty years ago, the indian nation was convulsed by fear and eventual humiliation as its army was vanquished by the chinese peoples liberation army in a bitter and cold battle in the northeast. Sunday guardian vermas meticulous detail of the battle lines is understandable for it honours the brave and the fallen. For over a halfcentury, the henderson brooks bhagat report has remained a state secret. Mar 18, 2020 the report by lieutenant general henderson brooks and brigadier general premindra singh bhagat on the 1962 india china war remains a classified document. As a matter of fact i think it is much better than the book himalayan blunder written by brig dalvi and also much better then untold story by written by.

Classified 1962 indiachina war report posted online. Full text of 1962 the war that wasnt shiv kunal verma. Enlarge aircraft carrier uss saratoga cv60 view in national archives catalog please note. The only two copies of the 1963 report that clinically analysed independent indias worst military defeat, at the hands of the pla in 1962, lay buried in the vaults of the defence ministry and army headquarters. Even today, some three decades after the ceasefire of november 1962, very little official information has been made available to the public or the press about that brief but traumatic episode. Still considered to be a classified report, more than a 100 pages of a section of the henderson brooks report has been made public.

Neville maxwells decision to make public parts of the henderson brooks report on the 1962 war is welcome and long overdue. This was a conflict between india and china across indias himalayan frontiers in the north and the east. Jun 06, 2012 an introduction to the henderson brooks report on indochina war 1962 1. Navy deck logs available in the national archives catalog. Report blaming nehru for indias defeat in 1962 war made. For over a halfcentury, the henderson brooksbhagat report has. Why did the indian pm write a letter asking the us to provide. When the armys report into its debacle in the border war was completed in 1963, the indian government had good reason to keep it top secret and give only the. Henderson brooks report on india china 1962 war may be. Between 1962 and 1965, rd pradhan was the private secretary of yb chavan9 who took over as defence minister from the disgraced krishna menon after the debacle of october 1962. On august 22, 2019, the va began scanning more than 20 million images from the u. Maxwell apparently had access to the henderson brooks bhagat report, commissioned by the indian army after the war, to analyse the reasons for the border debacle. Krishna menon was the defence minister and general v. Classified 1962 indiachina war report posted online, blocked.

The circumstances attending the disastrous campaign that followed the chinese invasion of indias himalayan borders have never been clearly understood. It relied on the intelligence reports of ib officers who had never been to the indo china border. Shankar, the ghosts of henderson brooks and bhagat pages 1. Neville maxwell, the author of indias china war has posted the famous report on his website. During swamys meeting with the minister, the indian strategic perspective and the necessary weapons acquisition to meet national security threats were also. Along with the banglar rasogolla which one of the following. Henderson brooks report made public indian defence forum. The ministry of defence has come across news reports which state that an australian journalist, neville maxwell, has put out sections allegedly from the henderson brooks report on the india china conflict of 1962. It was commissioned by lt general j n chaudhuri who had just taken over as chief of army staff in 1962. Secret report on indiachin a war in 1962 made public. Mar 18, 2014 still considered to be a classified report, more than a 100 pages of a section of the henderson brooks report has been made public. Speaking at the launch of his book, honour and fidelity. Henderson brooks report on the 1962 border war with.

Mar 19, 2014 the henderson brooks p s bhagat report on the 1962 military debacle, kept firmly under lock and key by the indian government for the last 50 years, makes it clear the unsound forward policy. Release of this report, fully or partially would not be in national interest will topsecret report on indochina war of 1962 be released. Henderson brooks report lists the guilty men of 1962 india news. On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the indochina war, this document, the only known official report that exists other than the still classified henderson brooks. Subramanian swamy parrikar told swamy that the henderson brooks report on the 1962 indochina conflict will, with a little editing, be declassified soon, it said.

For instance, the ib director, bn mullick, having never left his desk and chair in delhi, told the nehru g. Indias military contribution to the great war 19141918, he also said that whether it was the upa. Nehrus misjudgement of china led to indias 1962 war defeat. Civilmilitary relations in india, hendersonbrooks and bhagat report, the soldier and the state, societal values and military imperatives download full article here. The henderson brooks p s bhagat report on the 1962 military debacle, kept firmly under lock and key by the indian government for the last 50 years. Nehrus misjudgement of china led to indias 1962 war. Few documents in the contemporary history of india are swathed in as much mystique as the henderson brooks report. A very comprehensive and extremely good book on 1962 conflict. Too much control there is no reason to hold back the.

Also the 1962 border war against china, indias intervention in sri lanka and others. Lieutenant general henderson brooks and brigadier general premindra singh bhagat. Annexures to the classified henderson brooks report on 1962 indiachina war could contain much more embarrassing details of slipups at. Civilmilitary relations in india, hendersonbrooks and bhagat report, the soldier and the state, societal values and military imperatives. Click to download henderson brooks report as put out by neville maxwell in his blog it is 17 mb lowresolution file and will take time to download completely my. Arunachal mp demands govt to declassify henderson brooks. Report blaming nehru for indias defeat in 1962 war made public. Commissioned in the wake of the debacle, the report has never been officially declassified. An introduction in which he elaborates on his theory. Mar 20, 2014 indias top secret 1962 china war report leaked. The henderson brooks bhagat report of the 1962 is out. Between april 1904 and august 1905, an intriguing incident occurred in the governance of the raj, the tremors of which are felt to this day. The war that wasnt by shiv kunal verma is a courageous book thatwill become a benchmark for the genre of military writing in india.

An introduction neville maxwell april1420, 2001 a defence ministry committee is reported to have recommended releasing into the public domain, the official reports on indias wars against pakistan 1947, 1965 and 1971. Hendersonbrooks and bhagat report strategic dialogues. Will topsecret report on indochina war of 1962 be released. An introduction to the henderson brooks report on indo. The report by lieutenant general henderson brooks and brigadier general premindra singh bhagat on the 1962 indiachina war remains a classified document. Its authors are officers of the indian armed forces.