the Nicobarese. The occupation left a legacy of lasting bitterness towards the Japanese, and to some extent towards their collaborators in the Provisional Government of Free India, amongst the generation which experienced it. Japanese Vice Admiral Teizo Hara, and Major-General Tamenori Sato surrendered the islands to Lt Col Nathu Singh Commandant 1/7 Rajputs on 15 August 1945 on board the Royal Navy warship HMS Sandbar, the signing ceremonies were to take place later. The only place where a large scale surrender of the Japanese to Indian Forces took place was the Andamans where a Japanese admiral and a general surrendered to Lt Col later Lt Gen Nathu Singh Commandant 1/7 Rajputs bringing to an end the Second World War. A memorial in Port Blair commemorating the Japanese surrender was built thereafter. Brigadier J.A. Salomons, commander of the 116th Indian Infantry Brigade, and Chief Administrator Mr. Noel K. Patterson, Indian Civil Service, on 7 October 1945, in a ceremony performed on the Gymkhana Ground, Port Blair. See also Battle of the Malacca Strait Cocos Islands mutiny India in World War II Notes References External links Commons images of The Allied Reoccupation of the Andaman Islands Conflicts in 1942 History of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Andaman Andaman Azad Hind Andaman Andaman Andaman Islands World War II occupied territories India–Japan military relations Military history of the British Empire and Commonwealth in World War II Battles and operations of World War II involving the United Kingdom Amphibious operations of World War II