An Indian freedom fighter in Japan : memoirs of A.M. Nair / written by A.M. Nair.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nair, A. M. (Ayyappanpillai Madhavan), 1905- author.

Language:

English

Japanese

Subjects (All):

Nair, A. M. (Ayyappanpillai Madhavan), 1905-.

Nair, A. M.

India--Politics and government--1919-1947.

India.

Japan--Politics and government--1912-1945.

Japan.

Nationalists--India--Biography.

Nationalists.

Politics and government.

Genre:

Biographies

Biographies.

Physical Description:

348 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 22 cm

monochrome

illustration

map

portrait

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Memoirs of A.M. Nair

Place of Publication:

Tokyo : Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture, March 2025.

Summary:

"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" -- Back cover.

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. Student 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: 1. Explanatory notes

2. Rash Behari Bose's presidential address at the inauguration of the Bangkok conference (June 15, 1942)

3. Brief life sketches of Justice (Dr.) Radhabinod Pal and Yasaburo Shimonaka

4. The treaty of peace between the governments of India and Japan (June 9, 1952).

About the author.

Notes:

First published in 1982 by Orient Longman Limited.

"This edition is supplemented with a new preface adapted by permission from "Aisuru naki chichi o omoinagara," in 'Shirarezaru Indo dokuritsu sensō: A.M. Nairu kaisōroku' (Tokyo: Futoh-sha, 2008), translated by Alex G.K. Pulsford."--Colophon.

ISBN:

9784866582610

4866582618

OCLC:

1511794132