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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Arcot Doraiswamy Loganadan
| office = Governor of [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]]
| primeminister = [[Subhas Chandra Bose]] (''Head of State and Prime Minister'')
| term = 30 December 1943 - 18 August 1945
| image = Major General Arcot Doraiswamy Loganadan.jpg
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Major General '''Arcot Doraiswamy Loganadan''' (also spelled as 'Loganathan' in some historical references)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/forgotten-heroes-of-indias-first-army-44495|title=Forgotten heroes of India's first army}}</ref><ref>Roll of the Indian Medical Service 1615-1930 by D. G. Crawford, p583.</ref> (12 April 1888 – 9 March 1949){{citation needed|date=September 2011}} was an officer of the [[Indian National Army]] (which army was allied with the Japanese Empire against British India during [[World War II]]), and was also a minister in the [[Azad Hind Government]] (another provisional ally of the Japanese Empire during World War II) as a representative of the [[Indian National Army]] there. Loganadan also served briefly as the Governor of the [[Andaman Islands]] while these islands were occupied by the Japanese during the war,<ref>Singh, N. Iqbal. The Andaman Story. Delhi, IN: Vikas Publishing, 1978. {{ISBN|9780706906325}}.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_BrProvinces.htm|title=Provinces of British India}}</ref> and afterwards moved to [[Burma]] for the duration of the war.<ref>Allen, Louis (1986). Burma: the Longest War 1941-45. J.M. Dent and Sons. {{ISBN|0-460-02474-4}}.</ref>

Loganadan attended the [[Central College of Bangalore]] before enrolling as a student of medicine in the [[Madras Medical College]] and later training in [[London]] as a doctor of tropical diseases.

==History==
Loganathan received a temporary commission as a lieutenant into the [[Indian Medical Service]] on 27 August 1917, and was later promoted temporary Captain. He was appointed to a regular commission in the [[Indian Medical Service]] 1 March 1922. He was promoted Major 27 February 1929.<ref>Roll of the Indian Medical Service 1615-1930 by D. G. Crawford, p583.</ref> Loganadan served during [[World War I]].

By April 1940 he had been promoted Lieut-Col 15 December 1939.<ref>April 1940 Indian Army List</ref>

During [[World War II]], Loganadan joined the [[Indian National Army]] following the fall of Singapore and joined the [[Azad Hind Government]] under [[Subhas Chandra Bose]] to free India from British rule. He was also appointed the Governor of the [[Andamans and Nicobar Islands]] during its [[Invasion and occupation of the Andaman Islands during World War II|brief occupation]] during [[World War II]] when it was transferred to [[Azad Hind]] authority from the [[Imperial Japanese Navy|Japanese Navy]].

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 [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] [[Burma Campaign]], Loganadan was appointed the [[G.O.C]]([[General officer commanding]]) of the [[Indian National Army]]'s Burma Command as the [[Azad Hind Government]] 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.{{citation needed|date=September 2011}}

Loganadan was later repatriated to India and held at the [[Red Fort]] as preparations for were made [[INA trials|to try]] the men of the Indian National Army for [[treason]]. 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 [[New Zealand]] under the Nehru Government because of failing health.{{citation needed|date=September 2011}}

==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==

[[Bangalore]]'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.

==See also==
* [[Operation Dracula]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
*[http://www.s1942.org.sg/s1942/indian_national_army/provi.htm The Provisional Government of Azad Hind] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090402151054/http://www.s1942.org.sg/s1942/indian_national_army/provi.htm |date=2 April 2009 }}, from the National Archives of Singapore.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20030605082123/http://www.yorozubp.com/netaji/75birthday/dhillon.htm The last straw that broke the back of the British empire]. From Yoruzubampo.
*{{usurped|[https://web.archive.org/web/20080202164336/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/lf/2002/02/26/stories/2002022600020200.htm Did you know Loganadan went to school here?]}}. [[The Hindu]] 26 February 2002.
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