Apr 22, 2015 the henderson brooks report would have told us why. Historical, cultural and security issues 01 in 2012 the fiftieth anniversary of the armed conflict between india and china was recollected in the media. In new interview, neville maxwell says india was aggressor in 1962, not china. Hendersonbrooks report holds bureaucracy for defeat in 1962 china war ians march 19, 2014 new delhi. So controversial have successive governments deemed the report that it. Click to download hendersonbrooks report as put out by neville maxwell in his blog it is 17 mb lowresolution file and will take time to download completely. These encounters highlighted how the 1962 war was a turning point in both the postwar history of. The report the henderson brooks and bhagat report was presented to the new defence minister mr y. The report was written by two officers in the indian army. The report is often imagined as the last word on the 1962 conflict, a kind of philosophers stone on how bluster and braggadocio lost us the war, even listing a. It is wellknown, and the brooksbhagat report vouches for it, that the real failure for the 1962 debacle against china was not military. The war with india was also a major brick in the wall mao constructed between moscow and beijing.
A veteran australian journalist has put online the still classified sections of a report on the henderson brooks report on 1962 indochina war. Sinoindian border dispute top secret cia report, 1964, declassified 2007 sinoindian war 1962 neville maxwell. Aug 30, 2007 the concluding part of his essay is relations between india and china have improved vastly. 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 vaguest, and largely misleading. Indias side is being represented by national security adviser m. Mar 20, 2014 indias top secret 1962 china war report leaked.
Last week, defence minister arun jaitleysaid that the declassification of the hendersonbrooks inquiry report into indias military debacle in 1962 will compromise national interest. On 17 march 2014, maxwell posted the first part of the henderson brooksbhagat report on his website. The hendersonbrooks bhagat report parts of the hendersonbrooksbhagat report about the 1962 sinoindian war have been posted by neville maxwell, the author of indias china war on his website. Navy and coast guard deck logs from 1956 to 1978 will be closed to researchers. The war that wasnt by shiv kunal verma is a courageous book thatwill become a benchmark for the genre of military writing in india. That nehru was naive with chou en lai, vacillating and a puppet in the hands of v. Furthermore, the enduring relationship between islamabad and beijing, indicative of a profound underlying pragmatism in 1962, continues to disturb indian security experts today. The war of 1962 herderson brooks bhagat report claude arpi claude arpi writes regularly on tibet, china, india and indofrench relations.
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. Classified 1962 indiachina war report posted online. More than half a century has elapsed since an army commission, headed by lieutenant general tb henderson brooks, enquired into indias crushing military defeat at the hands of china in 1962. The release of the hendersonbrooks report was in national interest when the. The report by lieutenant general henderson brooks and brigadier general premindra singh bhagat on the 1962 india china war remains a classified document. For over a halfcentury, the henderson brooksbhagat report has.
Henderson brooksbhagat report military wiki fandom. Earlier in april, in reply to a question in parliament, he affirmed that army headquarters had already instituted measures to implement the lessons to be learned based on the terms of reference of the report. India had requested for united states air support but did not receive it for 2 days. In new interview, neville maxwell says india was aggressor. 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. 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. Vermas book is one of the few comprehensive accounts pieced together to give the total picturenot only of the battlescape, but also the political space.
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. Embarrassing details of slipups during 1962 war in. Now what is needed is a readiness on both sides seriously to reflect on their mistakes, coupled with a determination to settle the boundary dispute by creative diplomacy. There is nothing new about the henderson brooks p s bhagat report, the only fact that is established by neville maxwell by uploading it on his website is that he indeed possessed a copy as was widely believed, for he has vastly quoted from the report in his book indias china war published eight years after the 1962. Also the 1962 border war against china, indias intervention in.
Hendersonbrooks report holds bureaucracy for defeat in. On august 25, 2009 india and china have resumed the long stewing talks for the border dispute. Hendersonbrooks report china 1962 declassification. 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. Within minutes of maxwells intransigence, the socalled hendersonbrooks report that our government didnt want anyone to see or read, was being pored over by. Watch the discussion on henderson brook s report on 1962 indochina war in wide angle with c udaybhaskar, lt. Articles on sinoindian border dispute chinaindia border. M2104 the 1928 baker roll and records of the eastern cherokee enrolling commission, 19241929 jerry clark prepared the descriptive material and introduction for this microfilm publication, and noah olson prepared the name index to the baker roll. Lieutenant general henderson brooks and brigadier general premindra singh bhagat. As divisive as this issue is along racial and national lines, it is always. This is a classified report prepared by two indian army officers, lieutenantgeneral henderson brooks and brigadier premindra singh bhagat on sino indian war of 1962.
National archives research rooms are closed on monday, february 17, for washingtons birthday. Henderson brooks report lists the guilty men of 1962 india news. Henderson brooks report lists the guilty men of 1962. Political scandal is routine in india during election season. Enlarge aircraft carrier uss saratoga cv60 view in national archives catalog please note. 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.
Hendersonbrooks report holds bureaucracy for defeat in 1962. That we lost the 1962 war with china, and lost it soundly, is brought out. May 03, 2020 the report by lieutenant general henderson brooks and brigadier general premindra singh bhagat on the 1962 india china war remains a classified document. Still considered to be a classified report, more than a 100 pages of a section of the henderson brooks report has been made public. The list will expand continuously henderson brooks report as released by neville maxwell on his website an excellent new resource addi. Navy deck logs available in the national archives catalog. There were a number of places where the indian army did bring credit to itself and walong was one such. Also the 1962 border war against china, indias intervention in sri lanka and others. Neville maxwell 1926 23 september 2019 was a british journalist and scholar who authored the 1970 book indias china war, which is considered an authoritative analysis of the 1962 sinoindian war. Henderson brooks and brigadier premindra singh bhagat, victoria cross recipient and then the commandant of the indian military academy. Some sections on the battle of walong as well as annexures and maps are still missinginaction. Povod mu je bio teritorijalni spor koji je datirao od 19. Its authors are officers of the indian armed forces.
Henderson brooks and brigadier premindra singh bhagat, victoria cross recipient and then the. The war of 1962 herderson brooksbhagat report claude arpi claude arpi writes regularly on tibet, china, india and indofrench relations. The chief of the asy start on 14 december, 1962, inseitated a. The report was written by two indian army officers in 1963 to examine indias defeat in the sinoindian war.
The men responsible for the 1962 disaster, in which 2000 of our finest soldiers died, survive till today as heroes. There was a grave mismatch between the government and army headquarters in the days leading to the bruising 1962 sinoindian war that saw a crushing defeat of the indian forces, a topsecret document on the conflict that has been posted. Classified 1962 indiachina war report posted online, blocked australian journalist neville maxwell has uploaded a section of the henderson brooks report on his website. India, news india today in new interview, neville maxwell says india was aggressor in 1962, not china new delhi, march 31, 2014 updated 12.
Embarrassing details of slipups during 1962 war in henderson brooks report discussion in indian defence forum started by favabeans, mar 20, 2014. Gk, general studies, optional notes for upsc, ias, banking, civil services. Their passing away only added to the aura we as indians built around them. Reproduced here is british author neville maxwells summary of what he. Indias top secret 1962 china war report leaked the diplomat all sections search. The london school of economics and political science. Mar 19, 2014 hendersonbrooks report holds bureaucracy for defeat in 1962 china war ians march 19, 2014 new delhi. Museums in washington, dc, and at the presidential libraries will be open. The 1928 baker roll and records of the eastern cherokee.
The circumstances attending the disastrous campaign that followed the chinese invasion of indias himalayan borders have never been clearly understood. Some documents on the 1962 sinoindian conflict claude arpi. Neville maxwell, the author of indias china war has posted the famous report on his website. I first came to rewrite the story of the sinoindian dispute as a section of a book i had planned on india in the 1960s, hingeing on the death of nehru in 1964. Lintner is discerning too about the stillclassified henderson brooksbhagat report which was made public by maxwell in 2014. The hendersonbrooksbhagat report of the 1962 is out. Possibly for fear of compounding our difficulties with the chinese. Mar 19, 2014 more than half a century has elapsed since an army commission, headed by lieutenant general tb henderson brooks, enquired into indias crushing military defeat at the hands of china in 1962. On august 22, 2019, the va began scanning more than 20 million images from the u. The hendersonbrooks report is out by neville maxwell. The concluding part of his essay is relations between india and china have improved vastly. The henderson brooks report an introduction by neville maxwell 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 vaguest, and largely misleading, indications of its contents. On february 7, 2014, the 87 yearold author and war historian neville maxwell uploaded a document that sent shivers down the indian governments spine.
The battle of walong, oct 21st nov 17th, 1962 posted on november 18, 2010. They are lieutenantgeneral henderson brooks and brigadier p s bhagat, commandant of the indian military academy at the time. Sadly even some 48 years after the event, the henderson brooks inquiry report into the debacle has not seen the light of day. Normally, wherever these are relatively petty disputes, well, it does. Indias top secret 1962 china war report leaked the diplomat. We have, unfortunately, not seen too many dedicated scholars of military history on our shores. Indias china war 2 3 neville maxwell indias china war now, it is a question of fact whether this village or that village or this little strip of territory is on their side or on our side. The report has been classified top secret for over 50 years and is the subject of much speculation. Classified 1962 war report posted online, blocked later. For over a halfcentury, the henderson brooksbhagat report has remained a state secret. A book can help us to understand the background of the herderson brooks report. The report is often imagined as the last word on the 1962 conflict, a kind of philosophers stone on how bluster and braggadocio lost us the war, even listing a national rogues gallery in this regard. The report continues to be classified by the indian. The war that wasnt shiv kunal verma aleph pp 512 r995.
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