N. Vijay

Narayan Vijay (Tamil: என். விஜய்; April 26, 1888 - September 5, 1967) was a Cadasan military officer who served as the 6th President of Cadasa from 1945 to 1946. His presidency is known for the forced eviction of 10,000 Japanese Cadasans who settled there during 1942 to 1945.

Bio
Vijay was a third-generation immigrant, at least one of his grandparents immigrated from Madras (now Chennai), India.

In 1908, he joined the Royal Cahayan Armed Forces (later Cadasan Armed Forces). Vijay played a minor part in the Selamat Revolution, deciding where to send supplies to the republicans. In 1925, he became General, and in the 1940s led resistances against James Teoh, who wanted Cadasa to be a part of Imperial Japan.

On August 1, 1945, Vijay became Acting President. On August 21, the Cadasan People's Assembly confirmed Vijay as the President with a vote of 176-53.

On January 16, 1946, the Japanese Exclusion Act of 1946 came into force. All 10,000 Japanese Cadasans that settled in Cadasa in the Teoh period were forced to leave Cadasa because they didn't want to "associate with former enemies". The act was repealed in 1948, but Japanese immigration to Cadasa was still restricted until the end of martial law in 1989.

On February 27, 1946, Vijay resigned and vice-president M. Hasan ibn Tanvir took his place, as part of Vijay's promise to transition to a civilian government within 2 years or less.

In 1967, he died due to a heart attack.