both at the planning stages (Eastern Group Supply Council) and in combat operations throughout Asia. Battle of Hong Kong The 5th Battalion of the 7th Rajput Regiment and 2nd Battalion of the 14th Punjab Regiment suffered the heaviest combat losses amongst all troop formations of the British Empire when the Imperial Japanese Army overran Hong Kong. Imperial Japanese Army committed atrocities against Indian civilians and soldiers during the Battle of Hong Kong. Internment camps in Hong Kong for Indian POWs Japanese occupation of Hong Kong saw Indians interred in significant numbers at Sham Shui Po Barracks, Argyle Street Camp, Ma Tau Chung, Stanley Internment Camp, North Point Camp and Gun Club Hill Barracks. Indian civilians sent food parcels to POWs interred at Stanley Internment Camp. Indians were posted on guard duty as sentries at internment camps. At the end of February 1942, the Japanese government stated that it held 3829 Indian prisoners of war in Hong Kong out of a total of 10947. Noteworthy Indian POWs who distinguished themselves during internment include Captain Mateen Ahmed Ansari of 5/7 Rajput Regiment and Subedar-Major Haider Rehinan Khan of 2/14 Punjab Regiment. The stories of Indian survivors of the Battle of Hong Kong are yet to be published. Hongkongers of South Asian origin Hari Harilela, chairman of the Harilela Group Vivek Mahbubani, stand-up comedian and TV presenter Anjali Rao - journalist & TV news program host Sir Hormusjee Naorojee Mody (12 October 1838 – 16 June 1911), businessman; donated a large sum of money to help establish the University of Hong Kong Dorabjee Naorojee Mithaiwala, founder of the Star Ferry Gill Mohindepaul Singh, actor Paul Chater, businessman and philanthropist Bhavna Rai, author of Fate Fraud and a Friday Wedding Nabela Qoser, first non-ethnic Chinese reporter and presenter of Chinese-language news Rejena Simkhada, singer See also Hinduism in Hong Kong Khalsa Diwan Sikh Temple Pakistanis in China Sindhi diaspora Battle of Hong Kong (Contribution of troops from the Indian subcontinent to the defence of Hong Kong) Ruttonjee Hospital References Further reading Kwok S. T., Narain, K. (2003). Co-Prosperity in Cross-Culturalism: Indians in Hong Kong. Hong Kong: The Commercial Press (H.K.) Ltd. 香港明愛青少年及社區服務九龍社區中心. (2006). 香港南亞裔概況. 香港: 香港明愛青少年及社區服務九龍社區中心. Rubinoff, Janet A. "Indians in Hong Kong: Citizenship After 1997?" Canada and Hong Kong Update (加港研究通訊 P: Jiā Gǎng Yánjiū Tōngxùn) 4 (Spring 1991). p. 9–10 (PDF document: p. 59-60/224). PDF version (Archive), txt file (Archive). External links