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- He was the Indian member appointed to the International
Military Tribunal for the Far East's trials of Japanese war
crimes committed during the second World War.
- Among all the judges of the tribunal, he was the only
one who submitted a judgment which insisted all defendants
were not guilty.
- The Yasukuni Shrine and the Kyoto Ryozen Gokoku Shrine
have monuments specially dedicated to Judge Pal.
- December 14, 2006: Dr.
Manmohan Singh, the then PM of India, made a speech in the
Japanese Diet, where he stated: "The principled judgment of
Judge Radhabinod Pal after the War is remembered even today
in Japan. Ladies and Gentlemen, these events reflect the
depth of our friendship and the fact that we have stood by
each other at critical moments in our history".
- August 23, 2007: On this
day, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met with Pal's son,
Prasanta, in Kolkata, during his day-long visit to the city.
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