Saichiro Misumi ( 16 June 1916 – 23 February 2018) was 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

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, renowned Indian nationalist.

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, 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 Ministry may refer to: Government * Ministry (collective executive), the complete body of government ministers under the leadership of a prime minister * Ministry (government department), a department of a government Religion * Christian mi ...

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

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in 2015 with the

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, the third highest Indian civilian award for his contributions towards promoting India-Japan relations.

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* Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in other fields 1916 births 2018 deaths Japanese people of World War II Japanese Indologists Japanese men centenarians 20th-century Japanese educators {{Japan-bio-stub

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