The hendersonbrooksbhagat report of the 1962 is out. On august 22, 2019, the va began scanning more than 20 million images from the u. Last week, defence minister arun jaitleysaid that the declassification of the hendersonbrooks inquiry report into indias military debacle in 1962 will compromise national interest. Henderson brooks report on india china 1962 war may be. New delhi, mar 18 pti bjp mp tapir gao on wednesday demanded that the henderson brooks bhagat report should be tabled in parliament and made public. Mar 20, 2014 indias top secret 1962 china war report leaked. Embarrassing details of slipups during 1962 war in henderson brooks report new delhi. My article the red cross and the 1962 sinoindian conflict appeared in the usi journal here is the link. Apr 20, 2015 henderson brooks report on india china 1962 war may be declassified by defence minister. 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.
Henderson brooks report lists the guilty men of 1962. Table henderson brooks and bhagat report in parliament. 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. An introduction to the henderson brooks report on indochina war 1962 1. Embarrassing details of slipups during 1962 war in. 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 blunder. Successive indian political leaderships and pointedly the present one from 20042014 have failed to learn the 1962 lessons. Capt amarinder he said the report should have been made public long back. Pradesh mp tapir gao on march 18 demanded the government to place the 1962 war report of lieutenantgeneral t. 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.
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. Henderson brooks report on india china 1962 war may be declassified by defence minister. A tangled web of inability to understand security issues, prevarication, bureaucratic intrigue, political indecision, allpervasive corruption. Enlarge aircraft carrier uss saratoga cv60 view in national archives catalog please note.
Abstract for the indian nation, the 1962 conflict with china has been one of the most traumatic postindependence events. For over a halfcentury, the henderson brooksbhagat report has. Secret report on indiachina war in 1962 made public india. 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. 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. It is still classified india strengthened its army and weapons system wary of china pakistan not the only theat in future. Henderson brooks report on 1962 sinoindian war not being declassified to save political skin. Its authors are officers of the indian armed forces. The report was a result of the government inquiry into the humiliating defeat at the hands of china in the 1962 border war.
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. The hendersonbrooks report is out by neville maxwell. Henderson brooks and brigadier premindra singh bhagat in parliament. Few documents in the contemporary history of india are swathed in as much mystique as the hendersonbrooks report. Lnehrus prestige suffer a huge blow, especially his stature as a statesman and diplomat.
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 deck logs available in the national archives catalog. 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. Indias performance in highaltitude combat in 1962 led to an overhaul of the indian army in terms of doctrine, training, organisation and equipment. Henderson brooks and brigadier premindra singh bhagat, victoria cross recipient and then the. Hendersonbrooks report holds bureaucracy for defeat in. 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.
This remark in the henderson brooks bhagat report is any way a far cry from the claim by neville maxwell and others that the establishment of the dhola outpost triggered the 1962 war and that. For over a halfcentury, the henderson brooks bhagat report has remained a state secret. The report was written by two officers in the indian army. Government rules out release of henderson report on 1962. 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. There was a grave mismatch between the government and army headquarters in the days leading to the bruising. A section of the confidential henderson brooks bhagat report, which has been lying with the defence ministry for over 50 years now, has now been put online by australian journalist neville maxwell. Lieutenant general henderson brooks and brigadier general premindra singh bhagat. 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. Commissioned in the wake of the debacle, the report has never been officially declassified. As a result of the war, the indian government commissioned an investigation, resulting in the classified henderson brooksbhagat report on the causes of the war and the reasons for failure. Mar 31, 2014 commissioned in the aftermath of the war by the then army chief, general j.
Regarding the border being a live issue, if some portions of the report do not tally with the present position of the government of india, it could very well be sanitized or explained that the. Congress leader amarinder singh demands disclosure of. 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. Why didnt modi, as pm, release henderson brooks report on 62. Make henderson brooks report on 1962 indochina war public. Classified 1962 war report posted online, blocked later. I marked the new century by publishing as an introduction to the henderson brooks report a detailed description, and account of the circumstances in which it was written, explaining its political and military context and summarising its findings epw,april 14, 2001. Arunachal pradesh mp tapir gao on march 18 demanded the government to place the 1962 war report of lieutenantgeneral t. Arunachal mp demands govt to declassify henderson brooks. Mar 20, 2014 neville maxwells decision to make public parts of the hendersonbrooks report on the 1962 war is welcome and long overdue. 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.
Henderson brooks report lists the guilty men of 1962 india news. For more than 3,000 prisoners of war pows, the experience was particularly harrowing. Henderson brooks bhagat report on the failure in war. Notwithstanding the fact that it apparently indicts late prime minister jawaharlal nehru for indias military defeat in. If you want to know about 1962 war, this book is a must.
Henderson brooks bhagat report 34wmrdky3yl7 idocpub. Navy and coast guard deck logs so that they can be made available online. The report is said to be openly critical of the indian political and mil. 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. A classified report released by australian journalist neville maxwell blames jawaharlal nehru and other top officials for the 1962 war. 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. Maxwell, the new delhi correspondent for the times, published his controversial 1970 book indias china war based on this report. 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 henderson brooks morality play the indian express. Neville maxwells decision to make public parts of the henderson brooks report on the 1962 war is welcome and long overdue. 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. Hendersonbrooks report holds bureaucracy for defeat in 1962 china war ians march 19, 2014 new delhi.
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. Congress leader amarinder singh has demanded disclosure of the henderson brooks report into indias military debacle against china in the 1962 war saying there is no reason for the document to be kept under wraps. 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. Some documents on the 1962 sinoindian conflict claude arpi. Henderson brooks report on 1962 sinoindian war not being. It was unexpected that the chinese would attack in. 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. 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. Chaudhuri, and submitted by lieutenant general henderson brooks and brigadier p. Revealing indias failures in 1962 war with china can help.
Indias long delay pushed aussie scribe to release report on war. 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. Chinese version of the 1962 war, based on the writings of neville maxwell. 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. Neville maxwell, the author of indias china war has posted the famous report on his website. Henderson brooks and brigadier premindra singh bhagat, victoria cross recipient and then the commandant of the indian military academy. Still considered to be a classified report, more than a 100 pages of a section of the henderson brooks report has been made public. It was commissioned by lt general j n chaudhuri who had just taken over as chief of army staff in 1962. So in late march, the incumbent government and the opposition began playing tugof war over a dead horse the henderson brooks bhagat report, a classified report examining indias defeat in. The report by lieutenant general henderson brooks and brigadier general premindra singh bhagat on the 1962 india china war remains a. Classified hendersonbrooks report on 1962 war released. Indias top secret 1962 china war report leaked the diplomat.
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. The report by lieutenant general henderson brooks and brigadier general premindra singh bhagat on the 1962 india china war remains a classified. Some sections on the battle of walong as well as annexures and maps are still missinginaction. 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. Too much control there is no reason to hold back the. Arunachal mp demands govt to declassify henderson brooks and. Mp 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. Dhola post, which triggered 1962 war, was on chinas side of mcmahon line. In 1962, india and us were that close to becoming allies. The operational aspects of the 1962 war have also been discussed threadbare in a host of memoirs and historical studies. 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 some key players during the humiliating war.
Neville maxwell,an australian reporter who published one of the two volumes of this report on his website stated and i quote reasons for long term withholding of the report must be political,indeed probably partisan,perhaps even familial. An introduction to the henderson brooks report on indo. 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. The war of 1962 herderson brooksbhagat report claude arpi reprinted by special permission of claude arpi. Political scandal is routine in india during election season. Live encounters claude arpiherderson brooksbhagat report. The hbr blogpost says that, in august 1962, xxxiii corps admitted to eastern command that its post was wrongly sited, but not that it was on chinese. Part of the henderson brooksbhagat report on the india. Classified hendersonbrooks report on 1962 war released youtube. My henderson brooks albatross published 7th february, 2014. Few documents in the contemporary history of india are swathed in as much mystique as the henderson brooks report.
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. After the debacle in 1962, the government instituted an enquiry to be conducted by two generals, t. Why didnt modi, as pm, release henderson brooks report on. Even if the founder of the postindependence dynasty, jawaharlal nehru may have emerged in bad light in the henderson brooks report, why put a blanket on the entire archives. Jaitley said that the government is also aware of reports purporting to disclose part of the report on the 1962 war. A large section of the still classified henderson brooks report which indicts former indian prime minister jawaharlal nehru and top government officials for indias failure in the 1962 sino indian war has been made public. The war of 1962 herderson brooks bhagat report claude arpi claude arpi writes regularly on tibet, china, india and indofrench relations. A veteran australian journalist has put online the still classified sections of a report on the henderson brooks report on 1962 indochina war. 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. Recommendations emerging from this war game were forwarded to. Why has the henderson brooksbhagat report on the sino.
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