ON 5 FEBRUARY IN ASIAN HISTORY

Updated on February 5, 2010

976: Birth of Sanjo, the 67th Emperor of Japan (1011-1016) who died on June 5, 1017
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Sanj%C5%8D

1160: In Japan, Taira no Kiyomori crushes Minamoto ending the Heiji rebellion
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taira_no_Kiyomori
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minamoto_clan
http://www.japan-101.com/history/heiji_rebellion.htm

1597: A group of early Japanese Christians are killed by the new government of Japan for being seen as a threat to Japanese society
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirishitan

1661: Death from smallpox of Shunzi, second China Qing dynasty (1644-1661) born on March 15, 1638
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shunzhi_Emperor

1927: Death of Inayat Khan, Indian Sufi, born on July 5, 1882
http://www.om-guru.com/html/saints/khan.html

1937: Birth of Wang Xuan, Chinese scientist, who died on February 13, 2006
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Xuan

1945: US troop under the command of general Douglas MacArthur enter Manila starting the very bloody Battle of Manila intramuros
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_for_the_Liberation_of_Manila

1946: The Chondoist Chongu Party is founded in North Korea by a group of followers of the Chondogyo religion. The founder-leader of the party was Kim Tarhyon
http://www.freebase.com/view/en/chondoist_chongu_party

1958: Chen Yi becomes Chinese minister of Foreign affairs, replacing Zhou Enlai who stays Prime Minister
http://www.paulnoll.com/China/Long-March/Long-March-Chen-Yi.html

1967: Shanghai is controlled by partisans of the Cultural Revolution and a People’s commune is proclaimed
http://chineseposters.net/themes/shanghai-commune.php
http://www.wengewang.org/read.php?tid=22245

1972: Birth of Koriki Choshu, Japanese comedian
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koriki_Ch%C5%8Dsh%C5%AB
http://www.ninjawarriortv.com/choshu-koriki-most-famous-gut-in-japan/

1976: Birth of Tony Jaa, Thai actor
http://www.tonyjaa.org/biography.shtml

1976: Birth of Abhishek Bachchan, Indian actor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abhishek_Bachchan
http://www.abhishekbachchan.org/

1979: US and China declare that they will support Thailand in case of a Vietnamese attack

1989: Birth of Christine Reyes, Filipino actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristine_Reyes
http://www.pinaycelebrityonline.com/2008/06/cristine-reyes- photos.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFPss6rHlAE&feature=related

1989: Putting an end of the Soviet war in Afghanistan, the last Soviet Union armored column leaves Kabul
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=2568
http://nhs.needham.k12.ma.us/cur/baker_00/2002-p4/baker_p4_12- 01_mj_sz/

1997: In China, uprising of Uyghurs in Yining (Xinjiang)

2004: Death of Chinese poet Zang Kejia, born on October 8, 1905
http://china.org.cn/english/culture/86460.htm
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2006: After Sam Rainsy who apologized to Prime Minister Hun Sen, is is pardoned by the king of Cambodia, opening the way for his return from exile

2008: Death of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Indian guru
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maharishi_Mahesh_Yogi

2008: China frees Hong Kong journalist Ching Cheong after serving less than a five-year sentence
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7227695.stm

2008: Philippine speaker Jose de Venecia ousted after he accused the president and her family of corruption
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7227664.stm

2008: China sentences writer Lu Gengsong in prison after he denounced corruption
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23005695/

2009: Sri Lankan government forces capture the biggest sea base of the rebel Tamil Tigers in the country's northeast
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2009/02/ 200925135348289156.html

Holidays and observances

Pakistan : Kashmir Day

ON 6 FEBRUARY IN ASIAN HISTORY

Updated on February 6, 2010

1593: Death of Ogimachi, the 106th Japanese emperor (1557-1586), born in June 1517
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_%C5%8Cgimachi

1611: Birth of Chongzhen, the last emperor of the Ming dynasty (1627-1644) who died by hanging himself on 25 April 1644
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chongzhen_Emperor

1819: Stamford Raffles gets from sultan of Johore to open a trading post on the Singapore island for the British East India Company
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stamford_Raffles

1843: Birth of Inoue Kowashi, Japanese statesman, who died on March 15, 1895
http://www.ndl.go.jp/portrait/e/datas/236.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inoue_Kowashi

1893: Birth of Muhammad Zafrulla Khan, Pakistani diplomat, who died on September 1, 1985
http://www.alislam.org/library/zafar.html

1894: Birth of Kirpal Singh, spiritual Indian teacher who died on August 21, 1974
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirpal_Singh
http://www.ruhanisatsangusa.org/

1904: After failing to get what it wants from Russia in Mandchuria, Japan abruptly severes its diplomatic relations with Moscow

1922: Signature of the Washington Naval Treaty
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Naval_Treaty

1924: Birth of Jin Yong, Chinese-language novelist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jin_Yong
http://www.hkfilms.150m.com/Chinese/jinyong.htm

1925: Birth of Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Indonesian author who died on April 30, 2006
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pramoedya_Ananta_Toer
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/pram.htm
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1931: Death of Motilal Nehru, Indian freedom fighter, born on 6 May 1861
http://www.iloveindia.com/indian-heroes/motilal-nehru.html

1964: Death of Emilio Aguilnado, first president of the first republic of Philippines, born on March 1869
http://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/aguinaldo.html

1966: Violent diatribe of Fidel Castro against China

1966: Death of Narcisa de Leon, Filipino film mogul, born on October 28, 1877
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcisa_de_Leon
http://www.nhi.gov.ph/downloads/ca0023.pdf

1967: Birth of Izumi Sakai, Japanese singer who died on May 27, 2007
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izumi_Sakai
http://izumi-sakai.com/zard.html

1968: Birth of Akira Yamaoka, Japanese composer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_Yamaoka
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1yA73Jr1ak

1975: Birth of Tomoko Kawase, Japanese singer
http://bestuff.com/stuff/tomoko-kawase

1976: Signature of a secret military treaty between China and the Democratic Kampuchea

1976: Death of Ritwik Ghatak, Bengali Indian film maker and scriptwriter, born on November 5, 1925
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritwik_Ghatak

1978: Ranasinghe Premadasa is sworn as Sri Lanka Prime Minister up to January 1989
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranasinghe_Premadasa

1980: Birth of Mamiko Noto, Japanese voice actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamiko_Noto

1986: Birth of U-Know, leader of Korean group TVXQ
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U-Know

2001: For the first time since 1949, a chinese ship makes a direct liaison from Xiamen(China) to Kinmen (Quemoy) in Taiwan

2001: Assassination of Filipino communist revolutionary and founder of the Labor Party Filemon Lagman
http://www.greenleft.org.au/2001/436/26702

2005: General elections in Thailand. Huge victory of the Thai Rak Thai of Prime Minister Shinawatra which wins 375 seats vis 96 to Democratic Party, 27 for Chart Thai and 2 to Mahachon. No one TRT member of parliament elected in the muslim southern provinces

2008: Thailand new government formed by Samak Sundaravej is sworn in
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/AC70B418-6F4C-4865-A3BC- 51612280B9D8.htm
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2008/02/07/headlines/ headlines_30064620.php

ON 7 FEBRUARY IN ASIAN HISTORY

Updated on February 7, 2009

198: Death of Lü Bu, Chinese warlorld
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%BC_Bu

1045: Death of the 69th Japanese Emperor Go-Suzaku (1036-1045), born on December 4, 1009
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Go-Suzaku

1238: The Mongols burn the Russian city of Vladimir

1795: The Prince of Orange, stadhouder-in-exile of the Netherlands, issues a letter to all colonial governors telling them to surrender to the British. (The VOC in Batavia do not comply)

1799: Death of Chinese Emperor Qianlong (1736-1795), born in 1711
http://www.chinaculture.org/gb/en_aboutchina/2003-09/24/ content_22924.htm
http://www.threeemperors.org.uk/index.php?pid=19

1819: Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles leaves Singapore after just taking it over, leaving it in the hands of William Farquhar
http://library.thinkquest.org/12405/william.htm

1827: Birth of Saigo Takamori（Takanaga) was one of the most influential samurai in Japanese history, living during the late Edo Period and early Meiji Era., who died on September 24, 1877

1855: Signature of the Treaty of Shimoda marking the start of official relations between Russia and Japan and joint ownership of Sakhaline Island
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Shimoda

1871:Birth of Kiyoshi Shiga, Japanese physician and bacteriologist who died on January 25, 1957
http://www.paul-ehrlich.de/Teachers/shiga.htm

1906: Birth of Puyi, the last Chinese emperor under the name of Xuantong (1908-1912), who died on October 17, 1967
http://www.lilicat.com/puyi.php

1925: Birth of Liu Binyan, Chinese journalist and novelist who died in exile on December 5, 2005
http://www.time.com/time/asia/2003/heroes/liu_binyan.html
http://zonaeuropa.com/20060219_3.htm

1943: The Japanese are driven off Guadalcanal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guadalcanal_Campaign
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Ke

1950: The United States and Great Britain recognize the Vietnam government of Bao Dai, and also Laos and Cambodia
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/usrecog.htm
http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/inch008.asp

1955: Chinese Nationalists evacuate Tachen islands under the US protection

1965: First air bombing of North Vietnam by American forces from their Air bases in Thailand
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1659

1966: Summit in Honolulu between US president Johnson and his South Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Cao Ky
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/7/ newsid_2536000/2536257.stm

1967: At the peak of the Cultural Revolution, the Chinese government says it is no more in the capacity of guarantee the security of the Soviets in Beijing

1967: Birth of Cheung Man, Hong Kong actress
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0156522/
http://www.brns.com/pages4/cheungman1.html

1976: After the death of Zhou Enlai, Hua Guofeng is named temporary Prime Minister. Starting of a violent campaign against “rightists”

1982: Birth of Osamu Mukai, Japanese actor
http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Mukai_Osamu

1986: Snap presidential election in the Philippines. President Ferdinand Marcos wins against Corazon Aquino with blatant fraud. The election will be nullified on March 24 in favor of Corazon Aquino
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_presidential_election,_1986

1987: South Korea clashes over student death
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/7/ newsid_2536000/2536299.stm

1988: Birth of Ai Kago, Japanese singer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ai_Kago

1992: Birth of Maimi Yajima, Japanese singer
http://wiki.theppn.org/Yajima_Maimi

1995: Ramzi Yousef, the mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing is arrested in Islamabad
http://www.fas.org/irp/world/iraq/956-tni.htm
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1996: Birth of Mai Hagiwara, Japanese singer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mai_Hagiwara
http://www.photo111.com/html/gallery/japanese/MaiHagiwara.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caIakLemDY8&feature=related

2000: Death of Shiho Niiyama, Japanese voice actress, born on March 21, 1970
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiho_Niiyama

2008: The famous Vietnamese dissident Hoang Minh Chinh dies at 85 after a long illness
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7234214.stm

ON FEBRUARY 8, IN ASIAN HISTORY

Updated on February 8, 2010

1265: Death of Hulagu Khan, Mongol ruler who took and destroyed Bagdad in 1258, born in 1217
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulagu_Khan

1686: François Tak, a Dutch diplomat on Java, is murdered

1720: Birth of Sakuramachi, 115th emperor of Japan (1735-1747) who died on May 28, 1750.( Don’t confuse with his daughter who will be the 117 th emperor under the name of Go-Sakuramachi)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Sakuramachi

1890: Birth of Claro M. Recto, Filipino nationalist, who died on October 2, 1960
http://www.bookrags.com/biography/claro-m-recto/
http://en.wikipilipinas.org/index.php?title=Claro_M._Recto

1893: Birth of Ba Maw, Burmese premier (1937-1939, who died on May 29, 1977
http://www.answers.com/topic/ba-maw

1897: Birth of Dr Zakir Husain, president of India (May 1967 to May 1969), who died on 3 May 1969
http://www.liveindia.com/freedomfighters/12.html

1902: Birth of Demchugdongrub, Mongolian politician, who died on May 23, 1966
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demchugdongrub

1903: Birth of Tunku Abdul Rahman, First Malayan Prime Minister after independence (1957-1990) who died on December 6, 1990
http://www.primeministersofmalaysia.net/1.php

1904: Japan launches the war against Russia by a surprise attack on Port-Arthur, a Russian naval base in China
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=4749
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Port_Arthur

1924: Birth of Khamtay Siphandone, president of Laos (1998-2006)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khamtai_Siphandon

1936: Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru succeeds Gandhi as chairman of India Congress Party
http://www.iloveindia.com/indian-heroes/jawaharlal-nehru.html

1939: Birth of Jose Maria Sison, founder of the Communist Party of the Philippines (Maoist) in December 1968, living in exile in the NetHerlands
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jose_Maria_Sison
http://www.josemariasison.org/
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1942: Japanese begin main assault on Singapore, landing on the north-west cost at 8.15 PM

1942: Due to the strong resistance of the US-Filipino forces, Japanese General Masaharu Homma, suspends his offensive on Luçon
http://ww2db.com/person_bio.php?person_id=108

1943: Birth of Pirzada Qasim, Pakistani poet and Vice Chancelor of Karachi University
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirzada_Qasim

1943: Under the command of Major General Orde Wingate, the 77th Indian Brigade, also called the Chindits, launch guerrilla raids behind Japanese lines in Burma
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=6705
http://www.chindits.info/Longcloth/Main.htm

1955: The Government of Sindh (India) abolished Jagirdari system in the province. One million acres (4000 km²) of land thus acquired is to be distributed among the landless peasants
http://www.answers.com/topic/jagirdar-system

1962: The Military Assistance Command Vietnam (MACV), headed by Gen. Paul D. Harkins, former U.S. Army Deputy Commander-in-Chief in the Pacific, is installed in Saigon as the United States reorganizes its military command in South Vietnam
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1661

1965: Birth of Dicky Cheung, Hong Kong actor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dicky_Cheung
http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/people.asp?id=333
http://jaynestars.com/index.php?name=News&topic=16

1971: Military operation of South Vietnamese troops against Ho Chi Minh Tracks in Cambodia
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1662

1975: 1800 Unification church couples' wed in Korea

1980: Birth of Lee Jae-eun, South Korean actress
http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Lee_Jae_Eun
http://www.hancinema.net/korean_Lee_Jae-eun.php

1982: Birth of Sousuke Takaoka, Japanese actor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sousuke_Takaoka
http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Takaoka_Sousuke

1982: Birth of Carlene Aguilar, Filipino beauty
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlene_Aguilar
http://www.missosology.org/philippines/carlenegallery.html

1985: After more than two years in exile in the United States, Kim Dae Jung, the opposition leader, returns to South Korea and immediately placed under unofficial house arrest

1993: Death of N. Shanmugathasan, Sri Lanka communist leader, born in 1920
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N._Shanmugathasan

2002: Ong Teng Cheong, president of Singapore (1993-1999), dies from cancer at 66 years old
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/cna/obituaries/ongtengcheong/ special1.htm
http://www.ongtengcheong.com/biography.htm

2004: Sri Lanka’s president Chandrika Kumaratunga, opposed to her Prime Minister Ranil Wrickramasinghe on the way to solve the Tamil question, dissolves the parliament, one year after the last elections

2005: E. Kausalyan, political leader of separatist LTTE for east of Sri Lanka, is killed in an ambush. The Tigers( LTTE) break off all relations with the government
http://www.tamilweek.com/Kausalyan.html

2006: In Nepal, failure of the local elections organized by the king because the threats of the Maoist rebellion and the boycott of the opposition parties. Only 21 % of the electorate went to vote

2006: Death of Japanese composer Akira Ifukube, born on May 31, 1914
http://www.answers.com/topic/akira-ifukube

2007: The former separatist cadre, Erwandi Yusuf, elected in December 2006, takes officially his functions as governor of Aceh province
http://www.asiasource.org/news/special_reports/acehgovernor.cfm
http://www.ronyzakaria.com/photos/features/irwandi_zero_to_hero_2006/ index.html#

2007: Taiwan president Chen Shui-bian announces that the word "China" or "Chinese" will be withdraw from all national taiwanese corporations and companies

2008: Death of Chua Ek Kay, Singaporean painter, born on November 21, 1947
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chua_Ek_Kay
http://www.artforum.com.sg/artists_by_country/singapore/ chuaekkay1.html

Holidays and observances

Nirvana Day, an annual Buddhist festival

ON 9 FEBRUARY IN ASIAN HISTORY

Updated on February 9, 2010

1199: Death of Minamoto no Yorimoto, founder and first shogun of the Kamatura shogunate, born in May 1147
http://www.samurai-archives.com/mny.html

1533: Birth of Shimazu Yoshihisa, a samurai who was daimyo of Satsuma province who died in March 1611
http://www.samurai-archives.com/yoshihisa.html

1757: Treaty of Alinagar is concluded in India by the British agent Robert Clive after his recovery of Calcutta on Jan. 2, 1757, from the nawab of Bengal, Sirāj-ud-Dawlah. The treaty was the prelude to the British seizure of Bengal
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/15478/Treaty-of-Alinagar

1796: Abdication of Chinese emperor Qianlong after 60 years on the throne
http://www.chinaculture.org/gb/en_aboutchina/2003-09/24/ content_22924.htm

1856: Birth of Hara Takashi, Prime Minister from september 1918 up to his killing in November 1921
http://www.ndl.go.jp/portrait/e/datas/172.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hara_Takashi

1867: Birth of Natsume Soseki (Natsume Kinnosake), Japanese author
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/natsume.htm
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1885: The first Japanese arrives in Hawaii
1887: Birth of Tsuchida Bakusen, Japanese painter who died on June 10, 1936
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsuchida_Bakusen
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bukirinsen_by_Tsuchida_Bakusen.jpg

1932: Murder of Junnosuke Inoue, Japanese minister of Finance
http://www.ndl.go.jp/portrait/e/datas/235_1.html

1942: After the Allied force defeat (see 4 February), Japanese troops land near Makassar, South Celebes

1943: Allied authorities declare Guadalcanal secure after Imperial Japan evacuates its remaining forces from the island, ending the Battle of Guadalcanal

1955: The US Congress ratifies the Treaty of mutual defense with the Republic of China (Taiwan)

1956: Failure of the negotiations between Netherlands and Indonesia on Western New Guinea

1959: In Thailand, Sarit Thanarat who lead a military coup in 1957, is officially named prime minister
http://www.bookrags.com/biography/sarit-thanarat/
http://www.safran-arts.com/sarit-thanarat.html

1965: The first United States combat troops are sent to South Vietnam
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1663

1968: Birth of Rahul Roy, Indian actor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahul_Roy
http://www.ianand.com/Kiss_Scene_Pooja_Bhatt-Rahul_Roy_.html

1973: Biju Patnaik of the Pragati Legislature Party is elected leader of opposition in the state assembly in Orissa, India
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biju_Patnaik

1979: Birth of Zhang Ziyi
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-02/28/content_7687660.htm
http://yummycelebrities.com/2005/09/15/zhang-ziyi/
http://chinese-school.netfirms.com/Zhang-Ziyi.html
http://www.wallpapergate.com/data/media/934/Zhang_Ziyi_001.jpg

1982: Birth of Ami Suzuki, Japanese singer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ami_Suzuki
http://www.avexnet.or.jp/ami/profile/index.html

1984: Birth of Han Kyung, Sino-Korean singer
http://bestuff.com/stuff/han-kyung

1989 : Death of Osamu Tezuka, Japanese manga artist, born in November 1928
http://tezukasite.tripod.com/bio.html
http://lambiek.net/artists/t/tezuka.htm

1990: In South Korea, three political parties merge to form the Democratic Liberal Party with Kim Young Sam as its leader

1993: Death of Nasrullah Mansoor, Afghan guerilla leader, governor of Paktia
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1860199.stm

2001: In Thailand, Thaksin Shinawatra, by 340 votes viz 127 is elected Prime Minister by the Lower Chamber. He will introduce his government on 12th February
http://www.bangkokpost.com/election2001/thaksinprofile.html

2001: The American submarine USS Greeneville accidently strikes and sinks the Ehime-Maru, a Japanese vessel operated by the Uwajima Fishery High School
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ehime-Maru

2006: Death of Narida ( Farhat Ezekiel, Indian actress, born in December 1932
http://www.4to40.com/legends/print.asp?id=1031

2008: Myanmar military junta announces a referendum in May on a new constitution and multi-party election in 2010
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/0FEA8BA9-C852-4755-8CBA- 6B9AB9D8C236.htm

2009: A female Tamil Tiger suicide bomber detonates at a camp for civilians who have fled Sri Lanka's ethnic war, killing 28 people
http://www.france24.com/en/20090209-sri-lanka-tamil-tiger-suicide- bomb-refugee-camp

ON 10 FEBRUARY IN ASIAN HISTORY

Updated on February 10, 2010

1242: The 87th Japanese emperor Shijo, born on March 17, 1231, dies in an accident
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Shij%C5%8D

1258: Mongol, Hulagu Khan forces take Bagdad
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Baghdad_%281258%29
http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2005/04/25/050425fa_fact4

1747: Birth of Aida Yasuaki, Japanese mathematician, who died on October 26, 1817
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aida_Yasuaki
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1771: To the head of a powerful army, the Marathe Madhava Râo Sindhia enters Delhi to restore the legitimacy of Shah Alam II, the emperor Moghol exiled with Allâhâbâd
http://www.storyofpakistan.com/person.asp?perid=P071

1846 : During the first Anglo-Sikh War, British defeat Sikhs in final battle of Sobraon
http://britishbattles.com/first-sikh-war/sobraon.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sobraon

1904: The Russo-Japanese War over Korea and Manchuria begins after the Battle of Port Arthur
http://www.onwar.com/aced/data/romeo/russojapanese1904.htm
http://www.russojapanesewar.com/index.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Japanese_War

1931: New Delhi becomes the capital of India

1939: Japanese forces invade the Chinese island of Hainan

1942: On this day, a Japanese submarine launches a brutal attack on Midway, a coral atoll used as a U.S. Navy base. It was the fourth bombing of the atoll by Japanese ships since December 7
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=6708

1943: In India, Gandhi start a hunger strike to protest his detention

1945: Death of Anacleto Diaz, Filipino jurist, born on November 20, 1878
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anacleto_Diaz

1946: Netherlands proposes the creation of an Indonesian Commonwealth which will be rejected by the Nationalists

1952: Birth of Lee Hsien Loong, Singapore Prime Minister
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Hsien_Loong

1952: India passes first test of democracy in the country first general election
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/10/ newsid_3485000/3485587.stm

1955: The American Navy move thousands of people from the Chinese Nationalist Tachen Islands
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/10/ newsid_2538000/2538891.stm

1967: At London, Alexis Kossygine condemns « the dictatorial regime of Mao Zedong »

1976: In China an anti-Deng Xiaoping campaign is launched. He is accused to follow the capitalist way (up to 17 February)

1984: Birth of Kim Hyo-jin, South Korean actress
http://www.hancinema.net/korean_Kim_Hyo-jin.php
http://www.namooactors.com/star/kimhyojin/

1986: Birth of Yui Ichikawa, Japanese actress and model
http://female.thedailymodel.com/yui-ichikawa/
http://www.japan-idol.org/yui-ichikawa/yiu-ichikawa.html

1987: Death of Syed Sadequain Ahmed Naqvi, Pakistani painter, calligrapher and artist (b. 1930)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadequain
http://pakistaniat.com/2007/07/30/sadequain-ceiling-of-lahore-museum- and-the-art-of-murals/

1987: Birth of Choi Siwon, South Korean actor, singer and dancer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choi_Siwon
http://www.mostbeautifulman.com/musicians/ChoiSiwon/bio.shtml

2005: North Korea proclaims that it has nuclear weapon and that i will no more take part to the Six powers negotiations in Beijing

2006: Sam Rainsy, leader of the opposition returns to Cambodia after one year self exile
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4699574.stm

2007: Jun Da Bin (Jeong Hye-seon), South Korean actress, born in March 1980, commits suicide
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1641239/bio
http://www.koreanmovie.com/Jeong_Hye_seon_kaphoto_396/

2008: The Namdaemun fire severely damages Namdaemun, the first National Treasure of South Korea
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Namdaemun_fire
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWHrCD8xrVQ&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCh6mQX7ROM&feature=related

2009: Wu Shu-chen, former Taiwanese first lady pleads guilty to money-laundering and forgery but denied embezzlement charges in a high-profile corruption case
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7880656.stm

ON 11 FEBRUARY IN ASIAN HISTORY

Updated on February 11, 2010

660 BC: Traditional founding of Japan by Emperor Jimmu, legendary born in January 711 BC and who who, according to the legend, died in March 585 BC
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Jimmu

1160: Death of Minamoto no Yoshitomo, a Japanese general, born in 1123
http://www.samurai-archives.com/mny.html

1713: Jahandar Shah I, Mughal emperor of India (1712-1713) is murdered while in prison, born in May 1661
http://www.storyofpakistan.com/person.asp?perid=P066

1826: Swaminarayan writes the Shikshapatri, an important test within the Swaminarayan faith
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shikshapatri
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqmCyNlzAic

1883: Birth of Kobayashi Kokei, Japanese painter who died on April 3, 1957
http://www.answers.com/topic/kokei-kobayashi-1
http://www.artnet.com/artists/lotdetailpage.aspx? lot_id=C89CFAFD316458C1BFFBBC40FE7ED457

1889: The Meiji constitution is adopted and will come into effect at the end of November
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meiji_constitution
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1900: Birth of Josei Toda, Japanese educator, who has been the second president of Buddhist sect Soka Gakkai and died in 1958
http://www.sgi.org/about/history/toda.html

1942: In Singapore, battle of Bukit Timak, won by the Japanese
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bukit_Timah

1947: Birth of Kikko Matsuoka, Japanese actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kikko_Matsuoka

1954: Birth of Noriyuki Asakura, Japanese composer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noriyuki_Asakura
http://www.n-asakura.com/en/index.html

1958: China adopts the romanization system called hanyu pinyin for the Chinese characters (ideograms)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinyin
http://www.answers.com/topic/pinyin

1964: After France established official relations with the PRC, The Republic of China (Taiwan) breaks off diplomatic relations with France

1973: Birth of Jeon Do-yeon, Korean actress
http://koreanfilm.org/actors.html
http://www.hancinema.net/korean_Jeon_Do-yeon.php

1973: First release of American prisoner of war from Vietnam
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0212.html#article

1974: Violent bombardment of Phnom Penh by the Khmer rouge : 140 dead and 250 wounded

1977: Death of Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, president of India since August 24, 1974. Basappa Banappa Jatti becomes acting president
http://www.indianmuslims.info/people/ fakhruddin_ali_ahmed_1905_1977_president_of_india.html

1978: The People’s Republic of China lifts a ban on works by Aristote, Shakespeare and Dickens

1982: Death of Takashi Shimura, Japanese actor, born in March 1905
http://www.tohokingdom.com/actors/takashi_shimura.htm
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0793766/bio

1983: Birth of Huang Shengyi, Chine actress
http://www.danwei.org/media_and_advertising/ a_magazine_and_movie_scandal_f.php
http://www.lovehkfilm.com/people/huang_eva.htm
http://yummycelebrities.com/2007/02/13/eva-huang-shengyi/

1986: Death of Evelio Javier, Filipino politician, lawyer and civil servant, born in October 1942
http://www.thenewstoday.info/2006/02/03/ evelio.b.javier.20.th.year.of.tribute.to.heroism.html

1987: Philippines new democratic constitution goes into effect

1987: Death of Sadequain, famous Pakistani painter and artist, born in 1930
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadequain
http://www.mughalarts.com/sadequain/biography.htm

2008: East Timor president, and Peace Nobel Prize, Ramos Horta is wounded in an attack led by rebel leader Alfredo Neinabo who died in the action
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/02/11/2159179.htm

Holidays and observances

Japan: National Foundation Day

ON 12 FEBRUARY IN ASIAN HISTORY

Updated on February 12, 2010

1218: Birth of Kujo Yoritsune, the 4th sogun of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan (1226-1244) who died on September 1, 1256
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kujo_Yoritsune

1502: Vasco de Gama sets sail from Lisbon on his second voyage to India

1876: Birth of Thubten Gyatso, 13th dalai lama who died on December 17, 1933
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thubten_Gyatso,_13th_Dalai_Lama

1881: Russia imposes new border treaty to China

1912: Abdication of Chinese Emperor Xuantong (Puyi) the last of Manchu Qing dynasty
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=4761

1912: The Republic of China adopts the Gregorian calendar

1917: Birth of Raizo Matsuno, Japanese politician who died on May 10, 2006

1922: Birth of Tun Hussein Onn, third Prime Minister of Malaysia from January 1976 to July 1981, who died on May 29, 1990
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hussein_Onn

1927: UK troops arrive in Shanghai to protect the British concession

1936: Birth of Fang Lizhi, famous Chinese astrophysician and dissident
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fang_Lizhi
http://www.physics.arizona.edu/~fanglz/

1947: Birth of Jamail Singh Bhindranwale, Indian leader of Damdami Taksal (Independentist Sikh), killed by the Indian army on June 6, 1984
http://us.rediff.com/news/2003/jun/06sikh.htm

1966: Sheik Mujibur Rahman announces his famous « six points » in Karachi as election manifesto of Awami League that later led to formation of Bangladesh
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Points

1967: Birth of Chitravina N. Ravikiran, Indian composer and musician
http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Stage/2225/articles/rk-article.html

1972: Cambodians launch attack to retake Angkor Wat
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1699

1973: The release of U.S. POWs begins in Hanoi as part of the Paris peace settlement
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1700

1985: South Korean legislative elections. The Democratic Justice Party of president Chun Doo-hwan keeps 148 of the 276 seats despite great gains by the opposition

1992: In The Republic of Mongolia, start of the multi-party system

1997: Hwang Jang-yop, secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea and a prime architect of North Korea’s Juche doctrine, defects at the South Korean embassy in Beijing along with his aide, Kim Dok-hong
http://www.fas.org/news/dprk/1997/bg152.html
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2002: Pakistan charges three men in the connection with the kidnapping of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in Karachi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Pearl
http://www.geocities.com/spyjaguar/

2003: The United Nations nuclear agency declares North Korea in violation of international treaties. The complaint is sent to thr Security Council

2009: Veteran Awami League (AL) leader Zillur Rahman is sworn in as Bangladesh's 19th president
http://www.asianewsnet.net/news.php?id=3939&sec=1
http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Zillur-Rahman-sworn-in-as- Bangladeshs-new-President/422690/

ON 13 FEBRUARY IN ASIAN HISTORY

Updated on February 13, 2010

711 BC: Birth of Jimmu, 1st Japanese emperor, who died on March.11, aged 126 (traditional dates)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Jimmu

1219: Assassination of of Minamoto no Sanetomo, Japanese shogun born on September 17, 1192
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minamoto_no_Sanetomo

1258: Baghdad falls to the Mongols, and the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed

1585: Salim, future Mughol Emperor Jahangir, Married his cousin Man Bai, at 16 years old
http://www.islamicart.com/library/empires/india/jahangir.html

1755: The Treaty of Gijanti reduces remaining Javanese princes to vassals of Dutch East India Company and allows Dutch to monopolize production of coffee on Java

1835: Birth of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Indian religious figure, founder of the Amadiyya Movement, who died on May 26, 1908
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirza_Ghulam_Ahmad

1879: Birth of Sarojini Naidu, Indian freedom fighter, who died on March 2, 1949
http://www.iloveindia.com/indian-heroes/sarojini-naidu.html

1885: In Tonkin, the French capture Langson, defeating the Chinese garrison
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1907: Birth of Katy de la Cruz, Filipino singer who died on November 10, 2004
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katy_de_la_Cruz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiGIffuoJPw

1911: Birth of Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Pakistani poet who died on November 20 1984
http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/1558

1915: Birth of Aung San, Burmese General and politician, father of Burma independence, killed on July 19, 1947
http://www.aungsan.com/Time_Line.htm

1921: Birth of Chinese painter Zao Wou-ki
http://www.zao-wou-ki.com/
http://www.asianart.com/exhibitions/zao/index.html
http://www.kutter.lu/Galerie/Nos_artistes/Zao_Wou-ki/zao_wou-ki.html

1944: Birth of Oduvil Unnikrishnan, Indian actor who died on May 27, 2006
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oduvil_Unnikrishnan

1953: Birth of Rico J. Puno, Filipino pop singer
http://www.carouselpinoy.com/ricojcaroustar.html

1956: Indonesia unilaterally abrogates the association with Netherlands

1971: Backed by American air and artillery support, South Vietnamese troops invade Laos

1985: Birth of Kwak Ji-min, South Korean actress
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1560374/
http://www.hancinema.net/korean_Kwak_Ji-min.php

1990: Birth of the 11th Panchen Lama Gyaincain Norbu imposed by Beijing in November 1995
http://china.org.cn/english/NM-e/108800.htm

1996: The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) launches the people’s war

2004: South Korean National assembly decides to send 3,000 more soldiers to Irak

2007: North Korea agrees to dismantle its main nuclear reactor in Yongbyon for massive deliveries of fuel and other beneficts

2007: Taiwan opposition leader Ma Ying-jeou resigns as the chairman of the Kuomintang party after being indicted by the Taiwan High Prosecutors Office on charges of embezzlement during his tenure as the mayor of Taipei; Ma also announces his candidacy for the 2008 presidential election

2008: Malaysia's Prime Minister announces the dissolution of the national parliament and early new elections (set the following day to 8 March)
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/7BF5596B-A808-4DDC-9492- BAE75E25A25C.htm

ON 14 FEBRUARY IN ASIAN HISTORY

Updated on February 14, 2010

1483: Birth of Babur, First Emperor of the Mughal Empire
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babur
http://www.storyofpakistan.com/articletext.asp?artid=A011
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9011614/Babur?source=ONTHISDAY

1878: Birth of Koki Hirota, Japanese Prime Minister (1936-1937), executed on December 23, 1948
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Hirota-K.html
http://www.trial-ch.org/no_cache/en/trial-watch/profil/db/facts/ koki_hirota_549.html

1885: Birth of Syed Zafarul Hasan, prominent Muslim Indian-Pakistani philosopher who died on June 19, 1949
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syed_Zafarul_Hasan

1913: Thubten Gyatso, the 13th Dalai Lama, proclaims an edict that reaffirms the independance of Tibet from China

1916: Birth of Masaki Kobayashi, Japanese film director who died in October 1996 from cardiac arrest
http://www.filmreference.com/Directors-Jo-Ku/Kobayashi-Masaki.html
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ealac/jfm/

1933: Birth of Madhubala, Indian actress who died of illness in February 1969
http://www.madhubalano1.20m.com/

1942: The Battle of Pasir Panjang contributes to the fall of Singapore
http://www.mindef.gov.sg/safti/pointer/back/journals/2002/Vol28_1/ 1.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_faXzZfuDx8&feature=related

1942: Japanese parachutists land near oil center Palembang, Sumatra

1944: Anti-Japanese revolt on Java (Indonesia)

1950: In Moscow, signature of a Treaty of Amity, alliance and mutual assistance between China and Soviet Union

1962: Birth of Sakina Jaffrey, Indian actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakina_Jaffrey

1965: Beijing says it could be involved helping Hanoi and warns Washington recalling Korea War

1971: Birth of Noriko Sakai, Japanese singer and actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noriko_Sakai
http://www.perfectpeople.net/biography/315/noriko-sakai.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzeN8DL7OZ8

1971: Birth of Kris Aquino, Filipino actress and TV Host
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kris_Aquino
http://krisaquino-unlimited.blogspot.com/

1972: Birth of Hiroshi, Japanese comedian
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroshi_%28owarai%29

1979: In Kabul, Muslims kidnap the American ambassador to Afghanistan, Adolph Dubs, who is later killed during a gunfight between his kidnappers and police
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolph_Dubs

1980: Birth of Michelle Ye, Hong Kong actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Ye
http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/people.asp?id=5769

1985: Birth of Miki Yeung, Hong Kong singer and actress
http://asianfanatics.net/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t18144.html

1985: Birth of Heart Evangelista, Filipina singer, TV and movie actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_Evangelista
http://gallery.asianfanatics.net/index.php?act=thumbs&aid=2547

1985: Birth of John Prats, Filipino actor and dancer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Prats
http://www.celebrityring.info/John_Prats.html

1985: Birth of Natsume Sano, Japanese gravure idol
http://japansugoi.com/wordpress/natsume-sano-gravure-idol-videos/
http://www.yamabay.com/yimages.aspx?n=Natsume+Sano&x=q

1986: Birth of Roxanne Guinoo, Filipina actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roxanne_Guinoo
http://www.starmometer.com/2006/12/30/roxanne-guinoo-is-no-21-most- beautiful-filipina/

1989: A fatwa requiring Salman Rushdie’s execution is proclaimed by Ayatola Khomeni
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/14/ newsid_2541000/2541149.stm

1995: Death of Burmese politician U Nu, born in May 1907
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9056430/U-Nu
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1996: China launches a Long March 3B rocket, carring the Intelsal 708 satellite. The rocket flew off 3 seconds after liftoff and crashed into a rural village
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelsat_708

2002: In Taiwan, Yu Shyi-kun becomes Prime Minister, replacing Chang Chun-hsiung
http://www.eridanus.cz/svet/hmota/telesa/planety/Zeme/mapa/Asie/ Vychodni_Asie/Taiwan/Yearbook2002/bio_yu.htm

2003: President of South Korea, Kim Dae-jung, expresses sorry to the country for secretly giving 186 million US dollars to Pyongyang before historic June 2000 summit

2003: For the first time since 1953, a road is opened throught the demilitarized zone allowing South Korea’s tourists to visit Mt Kumgang in North Korea

2005: Seven people are killed and 151 wounded in a series of bombing by suspected Al-Qaida-linked militants that hit the Philippines’s Makati financial district in Metro Manila, Davao city and General Santos city

2008: Mahn Sha Lar Phan, Secretary general of the Karen National Union is killed at his home in Mae Sot in Thailand
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/A59916A2-B7D3-47B4-89E1- A2A9349571A7.htm