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An Indian Freedom Fighter in Japan

An Indian Freedom Fighter in Japan

Memoirs of A. M. Nair

A. M. Nair

JIIA series
Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture

Biography

¥5,800 + tax

ISBN 9784866582610
210 mm x 148 mm / 347 pp. / March 2025

ISBN 9784866582627 (ePub)
ISBN 9784866582634 (PDF)

Youth leader, patriot, colonial Britain’s bête noire, technocrat, linguist, adviser to the Indian Diplomatic Mission in Tokyo, and later a successful business entrepreneur, the life of Indian independence activist Ayyappanpillai Madhavan Nair defies categorization. Shedding new light on the leadership of the Indian Independence League and the Indian National Army under Rash Behari Bose and Subhas Chandra Bose, A. M. Nair offers a compelling eyewitness account that challenges conventional narratives about India’s independence movement, covering his tumultuous experiences across vast landscapes from Japan to Manchuria, Mongolia, and the Central Asian regions. A fresh perspective on the Indian freedom struggle abroad, this powerful testimony and heartfelt memoir, including a new foreword by the author’s son, G. M. Nair, captures the indomitable spirit of his endeavors.

Ayyappanpillai Madhavan NAIR
Ayyappanpillai Madhavan Nair, or A. M. Nair, was born in Kerala, India, in 1905. He came to Japan in 1928, where he studied civil engineering at Kyoto Imperial University. In 1942, he participated in the establishment of the Indian Independence League, and from then until the end of the war was consistently involved in various movements in the cause of India’s independence. In 1949, he founded the Nair Trading Company and opened Nair Restaurant in Tokyo’s Ginza, which continues to this day. In 1984, he was awarded with the Order of the Sacred Treasure, Third Class. A. M. Nair passed away in 1990 in Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), India.

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JIIA series
Biography

Publisher:
Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture

Hardcover
¥5,800 + tax
ISBN 9784866582610
210 mm x 148 mm / 347 pp. / March 2025

eBook
ISBN 9784866582627 (ePub)
ISBN 9784866582634 (PDF)

CONTENTS
Foreword: In Loving Memory
Preface
1. My Home State / 2. Early Years / 3. A Turning Point / 4. Social Reforms Movement / 5. At the Crossroads / 6. Departure for Japan / 7. At Kyoto University / 8. Meeting Rash Behari Bose / 9. The Emperor's Coronation Day / 10. Students Days in Kyoto / 11. 1932–33, A New Turning Point / 12. In Manchukuo / 13. In Mongolia and Sinkiang / 14. Visit to Tokyo / 15. To Mongolia Again: My “Economic War” with Britain / 16. Manchukuo Again / 17. My Marriage / 18. Last Spell in Manchukuo / 19. The Second World War and the IIL in Southeast Asia / 20. The Tokyo Conference of the IIL / 21. The Bangkok Conference / 22. The Indian National Army / 23. The IIL's Move from Bangkok to Singapore / 24. The Subhas Era and the Second INA / 25. The Imphal Campaign / 26. The Close of the Subhas Era / 27. The Surrender of Japan / 28. The Disappearance of Subhas Chandra Bose / 29. India and Postwar Japan / 30. The India-Japan Peace Treaty
Epilogue
Appendices
About the Author

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