Henderson Brooks -- Bhagat report - wikipedia Henderson Brooks -- Bhagat report The Henderson Brooks - Bhagat report, also referred to as the Henderson Brooks report, is the report of an analysis ( Operations Review ) of the Sino - Indian War of 1962. Its authors are officers of the Indian armed forces. They are Lieutenant - General T.B. Henderson Brooks and Brigadier Premindra Singh Bhagat, commandant of the Indian Military Academy at the time. More than 50 years after its creation, the report still remains classified by the present union government led by BJP 's NDA. In April 2010, India 's Defence Minister A.K. Antony told Parliament that the report could not be declassified because its contents `` are not only extremely sensitive but are of current operational value. '' This statement was criticised by BJP leaders including Arun Jaitley who even penned a blog post on it. After May 2014, when BJP led government came to power, the newly appointed Defence Minister Arun Jaitley refused to declassify the report. Jaitley removed his blog post and also agreed that the Brooks report could not be declassified. The report is said to be openly critical of the Indian political and military structure of the time, as well as of the execution of operations. According to Australian journalist Neville Maxwell, the report says that the Indian government, which was keen to recover territory, advocated a cautious policy ; whilst the Army Headquarters dictated a policy that was militarily unsound. On 17 March 2014, Neville Maxwell posted Volume 1 of the two - volume report on his website. Maxwell had acquired a copy of the report and wrote his book India 's China War based on it. In an interview, Maxwell says he has never seen Volume 2, but understands it to be `` mainly memos, written statements and other documents on which the authors based the report ''. Some analysts argue that continuing public controversy over the report indicates that many of the problems identified in the report continue today. On 15 November 2014, Congress leader Captain Amarinder Singh said the report should be made public by the Narendra Modi led administration. References Jump up ^ Declassification law on official documents needs review, says committee Murali Krishnan, Nerve News, ( 1 ) Jump up ^ The ghost of 1962, by Venkatesan Vembu, Daily News & Analysis, 2 May 2010, ( 2 ) Jump up ^ http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-did-arun-jaitley-delete-his-blogpost-on-the-india-china-war-report-from-his-website-2000849 Jump up ^ `` Henderson - Brooks report hold Bureaucracy for defeat in 1962 China War ''. IANS. news.biharprabha.com. Retrieved 18 March 2014. Jump up ^ Unnithan, Sandeep ( 18 March 2014 ). `` Henderson Brooks report lists the guilty men of 1962 ''. India Today. Retrieved 8 April 2014. Jump up ^ Pandalai, Shruti ( 2 April 2014 ). `` Burying Open Secrets : India 's 1962 War and the Henderson - Brooks Report ''. Foreign Policy. Archived from the original on 8 April 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2014. Jump up ^ Debasish Roy Chowdhury ( 2014 - 03 - 31 ). `` Neville Maxwell interview : the full transcript ''. South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2014 - 03 - 31. Jump up ^ David Brewster. `` Leaked 1962 report reveals India 's still - unresolved military weaknesses, Lowy Interpreter, 2 April 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2014 ''. Jump up ^ Amarinder Singh wants disclosure of Henderson Brooks Report on ' 62 War Jump up ^ Henderson Report should be made public : Amarinder External links Neville Maxwell, My Albatross. With link to the text of the report. PDF of the report on Indian Defence Review ( 3 ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Henderson_Brooks -- Bhagat_Report&oldid = 814856676 '' Categories : Sino - Indian War 1963 in India Talk About Wikipedia हिन्दी Edit links This page was last edited on 11 December 2017, at 09 : 42. About Wikipedia

Question: what was the subject of the head henderson brooks bhagat report
Answer: an analysis (Operations Review) of the Sino-Indian War of 1962