Nehru& #39;s #AksaiChin Blunder! A must read. Both Indian & Chinese maps showed AksaiChin to be in India. In the 1950s Chinese built a road through Indian territory. Pt Nehru came to know but chose to keep quiet. Didnt confront China either. Historical blunders https://www.google.com/amp/s/m.rediff.com/amp/news/column/nehrus-aksai-chin-blunder/20170203.htm">https://www.google.com/amp/s/m.r...
India Today has accessed Ladakh Tehsil map of early 1909 and Chinese official maps of 1893 showing #Aksaichin & Galwan river valley, Depsang etc to be part of Ladakh, India. Yet India did not press territorial claims effectively. https://twitter.com/gauravcsawant/status/1266298759639527424?s=19">https://twitter.com/gauravcsa...
In 1960 Lt Gen SPP Thorat, then army commander eastern command after a year long assessment war gamed Chinese incursions. Exercise Lal Qila was conducted. Sadly professional military advice was ignored by VK Krishna Menon, then Raksha Mantri, I report https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/lt-gen-thorat-1962-warning-on-chinese-intrusions-went-unheard-119084-2012-10-16">https://www.indiatoday.in/india/nor...
Chinese attack came exactly where Exercise Lal Qila war gamed. Both Krishna Menon (Nehru& #39;s favourite Raksha Mantri) & Lt Gen BM Kaul (Nehru appointed General) ignored professional military advise. Result was 1962 disaster. Nehru was shocked Menon didn& #39;t share Ex Lal Qila details.