Asit Krishna Mukherji (1898 – March 21, 1977) was a

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from Naryanganj, East Bengal with Nazi convictions who published pro- Axis journals. He married Savitri Devi in 1940 in order to protect her from deportation or

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Biography

Asit Krishna attended the University of London taking a doctorate in history. After graduating, he traveled in the Soviet Union. Unimpressed with

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, he turned down several offers to work for

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newspapers back in India. He began, instead, to publish '' The New Mercury'' in collaboration with Sri Vinaya Datta. Openly proclaiming its support for Nazi Germany and

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racism, it expressed admiration for the race laws and Hellenic ideals. In January 1938, Asit Krishna met Savitri Devi who was deeply impressed with his knowledge of Nazism. They married on June 9, 1940, in Calcutta. After '' The New Mercury'' was closed down by the British government, he began publishing '' The Eastern Economist'' in collaboration with the

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ese legation from 1938 to 1941. Asit Krishna used his connections with

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and the

ese authorities to put them in contact with one another, thus facilitating the formation of the

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. After the war he made his living as a fortune telling

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and had Savitri's books printed.

Works

* ''A History of Japan'', 1945

References

* ''Hitler’s Priestess: Savitri Devi, the Hindu-Aryan Myth, and Neo-Nazism'' by Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke, 1998,

External links

1949: Prophetess of the Saucers
from the UFO ROUNDUP Volume 7 Number 39

by Savitri Devi (portions of which may have first appeared in '' The Eastern Economist'') {{DEFAULTSORT:Mukherji, Asit Krishna 1898 births 1977 deaths Alumni of the University of London Bengali activists Bengali mass media people Indian astrologers 20th-century astrologers Indian fascists Indian publishers (people) Nazis from outside Germany