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Saichiro Misumi

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Known for
  
India Japan relations

Name
  
Saichiro Misumi


Role
  
Indologist

Awards
  
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Occupation
  
World War II veteran, indologist

Padma bhushan saichiro misumi architect of india japan relations


Saichiro Misumi is a Japanese indologist, former Executive Director and the incumbent Advisor of the Japan-India Association. He is a World War II veteran, a former Indian National Army officer and an associate of Subhash Chandra Bose, renowned Indian nationalist. Narendra Modi, the Indian Prime Minister, visited him on 2 September 2014 during the former's official visit to Japan and the meeting was widely covered in Indian media. The Ministry of External Affairs, India have drawn up a project to record Misumi's life and times by way of a documentary film, for which they have invited expression of interest. He was honoured by the Government of India in 2015 with the Padma Bhushan, the third highest Indian civilian award for his contributions towards promoting India-Japan relations.

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Saichiro Misumi Wikipedia


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