T. B. Henderson Brooks


T B Henderson Brooks

Born(1909-01-11)11 January 1909
Died5 January 1997(1997-01-05) (aged 87)
Allegiance British India (1929–1947)
 India (1947–1964)
Branch British Indian Army
 Indian Army
Years of service1929–1964
Rank Lieutenant-General
Unit5/5 Mahratta Light Infantry
Commands Eastern Army
XI Corps
20 Infantry Division
161 Infantry Brigade (India)
Battles / warsWorld War II
Indo-Pakistani War of 1947

Thomas Bryan Henderson Brooks PVSM (11 January 1909 – 5 January 1997) was a General Officer in the Indian Army. He is best known for authoring the still-classified Henderson Brooks-Bhagat Report, along with Brigadier P S Bhagat (later lieutenant general). At the time, Henderson Brooks was the commander of XI Corps, based in Jalandhar. The report is an internal operational analysis of the Indian Army after the Indian defeat in the 1962 Sino-Indian War. He was an Anglo-Indian and a second-generation Indian Army officer. He was also an excellent sportsman and reached the 3rd round of the men's singles at the 1938 Wimbledon Tennis Championships.