![]() Description: Its about war, how its fought. Document Information click to expand document information. 0 ratings 0 found this document useful (0 votes) 2 views. The book was banned by the Indian Government after its publication.Because of the book, the term "Himalayan blunder" came to be used as a synonym for colossal failure in the context of Indian politics. The Indian military setback against the Chinese attack in 1962 was high time for an honest soul-searching. Himalayan Blunder: The Curtain-Raiser To The Sino-Indian War of 1962. Author: BRIG J P DALVI Publisher: BRIG J P DALVI ISBN-13. ![]() ![]() ![]() It dealt with the causes, consequences and aftermath of the Sino-Indian War of 1962, that ended in Chinese People's Liberation Army inflicting a defeat on India.The title seems to allude to the "Himalayan miscalculation" that Gandhi discusses in his autobiographical article for April 14, 1919, "Articles By Gandhi: A Himalayan Miscalculation - April 14, 1919" (accessed 10 June 2012) and which retained this title as Chapter 33 in Gandhi's autobiography.Brigadier Dalvi served in the Indian Army and gives a first-person account of the war. The background of the war is drawn from his first-hand information as a high-ranking commander. Himalayan Blunder was an extremely controversial war memoir penned by Brigadier John Dalvi. ![]()
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