The report is said to be openly critical of the indian political and mil. For the first time in independent india, a national emergency was declared under article 352. Henderson brooks report lists the guilty men of 1962. 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. Mar 19, 2014 the henderson brooksp 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. At the time, henderson brooks was the commander of xi corps, based in jalandhar. Bjp mp the report by lieutenant general henderson brooks and brigadier general premindra singh bhagat on the 1962 india china war remains a classified document. Chinese version of the 1962 war, based on the writings of neville maxwell. 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. The report is an internal operational analysis of the. Some sections on the battle of walong as well as annexures and maps are still missinginaction. 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. Also the 1962 border war against china, indias intervention in sri lanka and others.
Henderson and stent in the war of the worlds shmoop. 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. Government rules out release of henderson report on 1962. Henderson brooks and brigadier premindra singh bhagat, victoria cross recipient and then the. Imtiaz omar looks at the impact of the 1962 war on indias constitution. Report on 1962 war released to rid indias induced delusion. 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. The henderson brooksp s bhagat report on the 1962 military debacle, kept firmly under lock and key by the indian government for the last 50 years. The report spoke of meddlesome politicians, a weak military leadership and emphasized the fact that the strategy of the war was out of touch with reality. In addition to ogilvy, henderson the journalist and stent the astronomer royal are the characters in this story whose main job is to be incinerated. A love story and the daughter of lt gen prem bhagat, vc who wrote the henderson brooksbhagat report from the inside flap a story that needed to be told.
Mar 31, 2014 in his first interview after a snowdenstyle disclosure of the contentious secret report on the 1962 chinaindia war, neville maxwell tells debasish roy chowdhury of the south china morning post. The report by lieutenant general henderson brooks and brigadier general premindra singh bhagat on the 1962 indiachina war remains a classified document. Indias military contribution to the great war 19141918, he also said that whether it was the upa. The report by lieutenant general henderson brooks and brigadier general premindra singh bhagat on the 1962 india china war remains a classified document. 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.
Mar 20, 2014 indias top secret 1962 china war report leaked. Jul 08, 2014 the report authored by the then lt general henderson brooks and brigadier ps bhagat was commissioned by the indian army following its humiliating defeat at the hands of the chinese. Still considered to be a classified report, more than a 100 pages of a section of the henderson brooks report has been made public. An introduction in which he elaborates on his theory. Annexures to the classified henderson brooks report on 1962 indiachina war could contain much more embarrassing details of slipups at.
Successive indian political leaderships and pointedly the present one from 20042014 have failed to learn the 1962 lessons. 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. Veteran australian journalist neville maxwell has said he decided to release a classified 1962 sinoindian war report to rid indian opinion of the induced delusion that india was the victim of an unprovoked surprise chinese aggression. Classified hendersonbrooks report on 1962 war released. 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. After the debacle in 1962, the government instituted an enquiry to be conducted by two generals, t. What china means when it says india needs to remember the. Parts of the stillclassified henderson brooks report hbr, accessed by maxwell, have found serious faults with jawaharlal nehrus forward policy. Mar 19, 2014 indias ostrichlike approach to archival material makes 1962 war an unresolved moment in history.
On august 22, 2019, the va began scanning more than 20 million images from the u. The henderson brooksbhagat report gives indian people an opportunity to. It was commissioned by lt general j n chaudhuri who had just taken over as chief of army staff in 1962. 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. For over a halfcentury, the henderson brooksbhagat report has remained a state secret. This research guide provides a general understanding of how to find information on us navy personnel within the naval history and heritage command and other government institutions. 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. 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.
Parts of the report were uploaded on australian scribe neville maxwell. For over a halfcentury, the henderson brooksbhagat report has. 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. Last week, defence minister arun jaitleysaid that the declassification of the hendersonbrooks inquiry report into indias military debacle in 1962 will compromise national interest. The hendersonbrooksbhagat report of the 1962 is out. Throughout this series of essays, the thread remains the tibetindia frontier in the northeast and the indochinese conflict. 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. Navy and coast guard deck logs so that they can be made available online. The chief of the asy start on 14 december, 1962, inseitated a.
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. Make henderson brooks report on 1962 indochina war public. Apr 01, 2014 to rid indian opinion of the induced delusion that in 1962 india was the victim of an unprovoked surprise chinese aggression, to make people in india see that the truth was that it was mistakes by the indian government, specifically prime minister jawaharlal nehru, that forced the war on china. Neville maxwell, the author of indias china war has posted the famous report on his website. Indias top secret 1962 china war report leaked the diplomat. Secret report on indiachina war in 1962 made public. Oct 16, 2012 the author also looks into why the government still keeps the henderson brooks report under wraps and discusses maos motivations for teaching india a lesson.
For over a halfcentury, the henderson brooks bhagat report has remained a state secret. This was a conflict between india and china across indias himalayan frontiers in the north and the east. Maxwell, the new delhi correspondent for the times, published his controversial 1970 book indias china war based on this report. The sinoindian border war 1962 berliner kolleg kalter krieg. Mar 31, 2014 implicit in the leaked henderson brooks report on indias military debacle in 1962 are indian political leadership failures which cry aloud for attention. Speaking at the launch of his book, honour and fidelity. Henderson brooks report lists the guilty men of 1962 india news.
Too much control there is no reason to hold back the. Superbly written and brutally honest by far the most definitive book on thesubject. Indias long delay pushed aussie scribe to release report. Indias long delay pushed aussie scribe to release report on war journalist who covered the war, publishes parts of the henderson brooks report on his website share via email. Mar 10, 2017 new delhi, mar 10 pti a bjd member today sought declassification of the henderson brooks report on 1962 indochina war, saying it would enable people to know about the defeat and learn from it. Classified 1962 war report posted online, blocked later india news. 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 circumstances attending the disastrous campaign that followed the chinese invasion of indias himalayan borders have never been clearly understood.
Indias long delay pushed aussie scribe to release report on war. Feb 21, 2016 maxwell apparently had access to the hendersonbrooks bhagat report, commissioned by the indian army after the war, to analyse the reasons for the border debacle. That we lost the 1962 war with china, and lost it soundly, is brought out best through the following question. Notwithstanding the fact that it apparently indicts late prime minister jawaharlal nehru for indias military defeat in. Apr 20, 2015 henderson brooks report on india china 1962 war may be declassified by defence minister. The operational aspects of the 1962 war have also been discussed threadbare in a host of memoirs and historical studies. He is best known for authoring the stillclassified henderson brooksbhagat report, along with brigadier p s bhagat later lieutenant general. The report is an internal operational analysis of the indian army after the indian defeat in the 1962 sinoindian war. Henderson brooks bhagat commission was created for the. Classified hendersonbrooks report on 1962 war released youtube.
According to the leaked henderson brooksbhagat report, indias intelligence bureau and not, as previously assumed, the army also. The war that wasnt by shiv kunal verma is a courageous book thatwill become a benchmark for the genre of military writing in india. Mar 18, 2014 the report is critical of the then nehru led governments handling of the situation with china and this report was uploaded by the journalist to his website. Implicit in the leaked henderson brooks report on indias military debacle in 1962 are indian political leadership failures which cry aloud for attention. New delhi, mar 10 pti a bjd member today sought declassification of the henderson brooks report on 1962 indochina war, saying it would enable. During swamys meeting with the minister, the indian strategic perspective and the necessary weapons acquisition to meet national security threats were also. Its authors are officers of the indian armed forces.
The hendersonbrooks report is out by neville maxwell. Henderson brooks report on india china 1962 war may be. Pradesh mp tapir gao on march 18 demanded the government to place the 1962 war report of lieutenantgeneral t. The henderson brooks bhagat report of the 1962 is out. The draconian defence of india act of december 1962 had 156 rules. The report, known as the henderson brooksbhagat report, remains the subject of much curiosity within indias strategic community and historians. Full text of 1962 the war that wasnt shiv kunal verma.
Substantial parts of what is said to be the henderson brooks report on military operations leading up to and during the 1962 indiachina war have been put online, causing a stir. Table henderson brooks and bhagat report in parliament. The report authored by the then lt general henderson brooks and brigadier ps bhagat was commissioned by the indian army following its humiliating defeat at the hands of the chinese. 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. The henderson brooks report on the 1962 indiachina war will be declassified soon by the government, bjp leader subramanian swamy said after meeting defence minister manohar parrikar here. The sinoindian border war 1962 chapters 912 turn to indias domestic scene. Interestingly, the bjp during the course of the lok sabha campaign seized upon the secret report about how the government bungled the 1962 war to slam the ruling. 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. Sunday guardian vermas meticulous detail of the battle lines is understandable for it honours the brave and the fallen. 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. The war of 1962 herderson brooksbhagat report claude arpi claude arpi writes regularly on tibet, china, india and indofrench relations. Some documents on the 1962 sinoindian conflict claude arpi.
Historical, cultural and security issues 01 in 2012 the fiftieth anniversary of the armed conflict between india and china was recollected in the media. Its one of those jobs that doesnt require a lot of previous experience everyones qualified. He said his putting the report online deprives the. The author also looks into why the government still keeps the henderson brooks report under wraps and discusses maos motivations for teaching india a lesson. It is generally easier to research officers who served in the navy than. Classified 1962 war report posted online, blocked later. Henderson brooks 11 january 1909 5 january 1997 was a general officer in the indian army. One of the institutes objectives include awarding people from india and diaspora from asia for their significant accomplishments in the fields of science, literature, economics, politics, diplomacy and human rights. The report by lieutenant general henderson brooks and brigadier general premindra singh bhagat on the 1962 india china war remains a classified. Revealing indias failures in 1962 war with china can help. The report is said to expose the litany of failures which led to defeat at the hands of the chinese in 1962. The upa govt is on a spot of bother over the leak of a top secret report on the 1962 war with china where india was defeated.
Navy deck logs available in the national archives catalog. Navy and coast guard deck logs from 1956 to 1978 will be closed to researchers. 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. In his first interview after a snowdenstyle disclosure of the contentious secret report on the 1962 chinaindia war, neville maxwell tells debasish roy. Krishna menon institute was established in 2006 to commemorate and facilitate the life, times and achievements of menon. Arunachal mp demands govt to declassify henderson brooks and. Indias ostrichlike approach to archival material makes 1962 war an unresolved moment in history. 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.
A veteran australian journalist has put online the still classified sections of a report on the henderson brooks report on 1962 indochina war. The report is critical of the then nehru led governments handling of the situation with china and this report was uploaded by the journalist to his website. Since the report shows the entire establishment to be responsible and puts the blame of initiating hostilities on the leadership, indias. Henderson brooks and brigadier premindra singh bhagat, victoria cross recipient and then the commandant of the indian military academy.
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