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Wednesday, March 19, 2014, Chandigarh, IndiaEdition update time 2:30 am (IST) Planning flaws cost ’62 war: ReportTop secret document that critiqued India’s preparedness in war against China leakedNew Delhi, March 18More than 52 years after India’s humiliating military defeat at the hands of China in 1962, serious flaws in India’s planning of the war against its neighbour and the much-debated “forward policy” have been pointed out. Former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru with senior Army officers during the 1962 war. A file photo

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Forward policy raised chances of conflictNew Delhi, March 18Military circles in India often debate that the India-China conflict was caused due to wrong forward policy and its wrong implementation by India. Contents of war report accurate: 1962 veteransChandigarh, March 18The leak of the closely guarded Henderson Brooks report detailing the reasons for India’s defeat at the hands of the Chinese in 1962 by an Australian journalist Neville Maxwell has kicked off an intense debate in military and security circles.