VARMA, M S
Japanese Occupation of Singapore,
Accession Number 002805
- Oral History Centre
Source
- 60
Total Reels
- Kelvin Kwek
Interviewer
- 30:29:56
Total Running Time
- English
Language
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Reel/Disc 1 of 60
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- 16 Oct 2003
Recording Date
- 00:30:41
Running Time
- MP3
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- Open Access
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Synopsis
*Interviewee's family background in Kerala. Caste system in India. Account of interviewee's father K P K Menon interest in the nationalist movement in India. Incident where K P K Menon spoke in Malayalam in the Town Hall meeting. Impact of Khalifat movement.
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Reel/Disc 2 of 60
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- 16 Oct 2003
Recording Date
- 00:30:21
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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*Internal conflict plagued the nationlist movement. K P K Menon started Mathrubumi newspaper in Kerala. Incident where interviewee did not have money to buy shoes. Incident where K P K Menon was jailed by state government. As family was of royal descent and the pressure after K P K Menon's imprisonment.
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Reel/Disc 3 of 60
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- 16 Oct 2003
Recording Date
- 00:30:16
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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*K P K Menon's nationalist activities and its impact on the family. Incident where interviewee met Gandhi. Account of the Khalifat movement which led to chaos and violence. K P K Menon fighting for the cause of the untouchables through the unions. K P K Menon's articles in Mathrubumi was very popular and appeal to the Malayalees.
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Reel/Disc 4 of 60
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- 16 Oct 2003
Recording Date
- 00:31:03
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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*Death of wife and daughter affected K P K Menon.Incident where Menon tried to communicate with the dead. History of Parakat. Interviewee's raja status. Account of the ceremony threw for interviewee when he return to Kerala. Mr. Menon became a social reformer.
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Reel/Disc 5 of 60
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- 4 Nov 2003
Recording Date
- 00:31:05
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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*Menon's legal business and social activities in Malaysia.Later moved business to Singapore. Situation in Singapore in the 1930s. Account of interviewee's journey to Singapore. Life in Malacca. Incident where K P K Menon told off a European. Incident where interviewee stood up to the teacher.
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Reel/Disc 6 of 60
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- 4 Nov 2003
Recording Date
- 00:31:53
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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*K P K Menon's practising law and fighting cases in Malaysia. Resettled in Singapore at the Katong area. Education and life in Singapore. Went back to India for further studies in the late 1930s. Working in Wearnes air services.
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Reel/Disc 7 of 60
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- 4 Nov 2003
Recording Date
- 00:30:25
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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*Working in Wearns Air Services and later in the Kallang Airbase. Beginning of World War II and its impact on Singapore and Kallang Airbase. Japanese occupation of the airforce. Japanese bombings and interviewee's rescue work. Japanese took K P K Menon away.
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Reel/Disc 8 of 60
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- 4 Nov 2003
Recording Date
- 00:31:16
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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*Reasons behind Japanese pursue for war. Origins of the Indian National Army (INA) and Indian Independence League (IIL). Japanese occupation of Singapore. Major Fujiwara met Captain Mohan Singh.
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Reel/Disc 9 of 60
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- 4 Nov 2003
Recording Date
- 00:31:19
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- MP3
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*Fujiwara met up with Mohan Singh. Setting up of Indian National Army (INA) and Indian Independence League (IIL). Fighting during the war in Singapore. Accounts of the war. Major Fujiwara speech to the Indian prisoners-of-war (POWs) at Farrer Park to join INA.
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Reel/Disc 10 of 60
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- 4 Nov 2003
Recording Date
- 00:31:54
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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*Colonel Gill leading to Indian National Army (INA). Indian prioners-of-war (POWs) joining the Indian National Army (INA). Account of Pritam Singh. Fujiwara concentrated on the civilian Indian movement, Indian Independence League (IIL). Account of Raj Behari Bose, leader of IIL. Conference at Bangkok chose leaders for INA and IIL
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