Very few know the real story of what happened in 1962 forty five years letter., what went wrong. Successive governments have refused to release the Henderson-Brooks report that investigated the lapses of 1962.The British imperialists did draw an illegal McMahon Line, but they dared not occupy in reality the territories of China to the south of that line. But the Nehru government did just that. n 1960, the Nehru government not only refused publicly to negotiate with Premier Zhou Enlai who made a special trip to New Delhi to seek a friendly settlement of boundary issue, but rejected any standstill agreement.
In October 1962, Nehru ordered the army to take the offensive and made a statement about it on the 12th of the same month. His statement shocked the whole world. The New York Herald Tribune published an editorial entitled 'Nehru Declares A War Against China' the following day. China had no intention to solve the boundary issue by force, which was proved by the fact that as soon as the PLA won the war, it returned to its original posts.
But how did the Nehru government explain the event to the Indian public? It had no courage to admit its mistakes and tell the truth, but adopted dishonest and irrational means to blame it on China, saying China conducted an "unprovoked aggression" against India, and China "betrayed India". It was Rajiv Gandhi, who undone what his grand-pa did. With his personal visit to China. the relations improved.
RE:Coming out of the Shadow of 1962 is good.
by arungopal agarwal on Dec 21, 2007 04:35 PM Permalink
Mr. Ashok,yes, you have done a analysis. We are to accept the reality in order to achieve economic competitiveness.
RE:Coming out of the Shadow of 1962 is good.
by ashok chavda on Dec 21, 2007 04:38 PM Permalink
thank you sir, read my post about MacMohan line and am in the process of posting few more facts.
RE:Coming out of the Shadow of 1962 is good.
by Abhik RayChaudhury on Dec 21, 2007 11:30 PM Permalink
It seems to me you (Ashok Chavda) read 'India's China War' and quoting from it. While I can not get into all your claims I must remind you that while the Chinese did went back to pre-war position in the east (NEFA) they did not do the same in the western sector. Though they overran a lot of territory in the NEFA, it would have been impossible for them to hold onto it for long as these areas are close to indian plains.
RE:Coming out of the Shadow of 1962 is good.
by Major Sassy on Dec 21, 2007 04:26 PM Permalink
Oye commie... the line was between Tibet and India and not China and India.
You are justifying rape and murder of Buddhists in Tibet destruction of their culture and ethnic cleansing.
People like you will give India to Chinese if they say "oo Illegal line drawn by brits"
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by Adi Mairanhindi on Dec 21, 2007 05:42 PM Permalink
@sassy: if that is so then why is the Henderson Report not being shown to the public even after 50 yrs ? Let us accept the stupidity of our leaders instead of blaming everyone of betraying us.
RE:Coming out of the Shadow of 1962 is good.
by Major Sassy on Dec 21, 2007 05:56 PM Permalink
Henderson committe report is not on the matters leading up to the war but what happened during the war
