Major General Arcot Doraiswamy Loganadan (also spelled as 'Loganathan' in some historical references) (12 April 1888 – 9 March 1949) was an officer of the

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(which army was allied with the Japanese Empire against British India during

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), and was also a minister in the

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(another provisional ally of the Japanese Empire during World War II) as a representative of the

there. Loganadan also served briefly as the Governor of the

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while these islands were occupied by the Japanese during the war, and afterwards moved to

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for the duration of the war. Loganadan attended the

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before enrolling as a student of medicine in the

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and later training in

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as a doctor of tropical diseases.

History

Loganathan received a temporary commission as a lieutenant into the

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on 27 August 1917, and was later promoted temporary Captain. He was appointed to a regular commission in the

1 March 1922. He was promoted Major 27 February 1929. Loganadan served during

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. By April 1940 he had been promoted Lieut-Col 15 December 1939.April 1940 Indian Army List During

, Loganadan joined the

following the fall of Singapore and joined the

under

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to free India from British rule. He was also appointed the Governor of the Andamans and Nicobar Islands during its brief occupation during

when it was transferred to

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authority from the

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. Bad health and severe differences with the Japanese Forces of Occupation led ultimately to Loganadan relinquishing authority and returning to Burma. Later, towards the end of the successful

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, Loganadan was appointed the G.O.C(

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) of the

's Burma Command as the

withdrew from Rangoon. Without a regular police force or security forces, his troops, an INA Contingent 6,000 strong, formally surrendered to released British PoWs held in the city and manned the Burmese Capital, successfully maintaining law and order between 24 April and 4 May 1945. Loganadan was later repatriated to India and held at the

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as preparations for were made to try the men of the Indian National Army for

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. He returned to his family in Bangalore in 1946 after the completion of the trials and his acquittal. He was however removed from the Indian Army as a Lt-Col, IMS in the London Gazette 20 September 1946. He declined a diplomatic assignment to

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under the Nehru Government because of failing health.

Family

Loganadan was married to Saroja Loganadan, with whom he had five children - Sampath Loganadan, Lalitha Loganadan, Sukumar Loganadan, Menaka Loganadan and Coomalatha Loganadan (m. C. D. Gopinath).

Legacy

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's Edward Road was renamed Major General A D Loganadan Road by then Chief Minister S. M. Krishna, in honour of the former's life and work. This was the road on which the Loganadan residence once stood, until it gave way to a building called Cunningham Apartments in the 1980s.

References

External links

The Provisional Government of Azad Hind
, from the National Archives of Singapore.

From Yoruzubampo. *.

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History

Family

Legacy

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