A new book attempts to dispel the notion that India was the provocateur in the 1962 war with China. 'China's India War' by Bertil Lintner says that China had caught India by surprise and it had a simple objective.
The IndiGo crisis is nothing short of a threat to India’s stability. Could it be an experiment? Can this happen in any other crucial sector like power or railways?
RBI Handbook of Statistics shows state’s GSDP has more than doubled in past decade, finishing second behind Maharashtra. It has performed well across health & education parameters as well.
It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.
Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.
The Henderson-Brooks Report has still not been released in full by the Indian Government after 55 years.
And regarding war preparations, most nations prepare for war at all times against their perceived enemies, see NATO. Even if China had made preparations in 1959 they didn’t attack India then but only in 1962 after Nehru’s provocative Forward Policy and several ignored warnings from the Chinese including those through diplomatic channels.
The truth is that the Indians gambled thinking the Chinese were in no shape to fight another war after the Korean one and the disaster of their Great Leap Forward. They were proved wrong.
The Henderson-Brooks Report has still not been released in full by the Indian Government after 55 years.
And regarding war preparations, most nations prepare for war at all times against their perceived enemies, see NATO. Even if China had made preparations in 1959 they didn’t attack India then but only in 1962 after Nehru’s provocative Forward Policy and several ignored warnings from the Chinese including those through diplomatic channels.
The truth is that the Indians gambled thinking the Chinese were in no shape to fight another war after the Korean one and the disaster of their Great Leap Forward. They were proved wrong.