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DESCRIPTION:In the wake of the Nationalist Movement in India at the  beginn
 ing of the 20th century\, Japan emerged as a source of inspiration for Ind
 ian freedom activists. However\, India’s nationalist struggle for indepe
 ndence in relation to Japan is often understood in terms of overarching an
 d contested globalised ambitions of Pan-Asianism and the political mobilis
 ations under Subhash Chandra Bose. This paper aims to de-centralise the id
 eological prevalence of Pan-Asianism and reorient emphasis on local corres
 pondences between people of the two nations. By locating microhistorical a
 ctors whose visit to Japan reflected their political consciousness and com
 parative analysis\, I have studied under-represented individuals who prove
 d to be influential in the development of infrastructure and educational p
 rojects in India\, which functioned with the objective of posing a challen
 ge to British intellectual and political hegemony. Through the reading of 
 various overlooked players such as individual travelers\, students\, women
  and intellectuals\, this study will attempt to develop a profound underst
 anding of transregional encounters in spaces overlooked either by charisma
 tic transnational representatives such as Subhash Chandra Bose or neo-impe
 rialist convergences like Pan-Asianism. At its core\, the paper will offer
  an insight into India and Japan’s discovery of one another as geographi
 cal embodiments of anti-imperial forces outside their own territorial boun
 daries through the eyes of unknown actors. Japan\, being a source of inspi
 ration for Indian nationalists resulted in not only inspiring intellectual
  motivations but provided the impetus for Bengal’s aspirations for a sov
 ereign political conscience as well as industrial growth. Moreover\, the p
 resence of lesser known Indian travellers in Indo-Japan political networks
  suggest strong human to human interactions between non-state agencies as 
 well as the development of independent political consciousness\, connectin
 g micro-historical figures in a global  network of interactions and solida
 rity.
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LOCATION:Room 302 (Seats 48)
SUMMARY:‘Provincializing’ Pan-Asianism: Rethinking India-Japan relation
 s - Aisheedyuti Roy
URL:https://pretalx.com/wha-annual-meeting-korea-2026/talk/L7XXJD/
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