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10 APRIL 2008
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MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 10 APRIL
1883 : Birth of Nadir Shah, king of Afghanistan (1929-1933), assassinated on 8 November 1933 http://www.afghan-network.net/Rulers/nadir_shah.html
1942 : In the Philippines, Bataan March begins http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=4909
1948 : Birth of Jaya Bachchan, Indian actress http://www.chakpak.com/celebrity/jaya-bachchan/10225
1950 : Birth of Akiko Wada, Japanese singer and television performer http://www.japan-zone.com/modern/wada_akiko.shtml
1959 : Akihito, future emperor of Japan, weds Michiko Shoda http://www.nl.emb-japan.go.jp/government2/biography.htm
1965 : After border fighting, Pakistan and India sign a cease-fire
1971 : Sign of thaw in the relation between China and the USA, the PRC hosts the table tennis team for a weeklong visit http://usinfo.state.gov/eap/Archive_Index/Taiwan_Relations_Act.html
1973 : Pakistan adopts its third constitution, shifting the role of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto from president to prime minister http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9079077/Zulfikar-Ali-Bhutto?
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1986 : Benazir Bhutto retuns to Pakistan after an exile in Great-Britain http://www.benazirbhutto.org/
1995 : Death of Morarji Desai, Indian Prime Minister (March 1977 to July 1979), born in February 1904 http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9030036/Morarji-Desai
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11 APRIL 2008
MAIN FACTS IN ASIAN HISTORY ON 11 APRIL
1241 : Bath Khan defeats Béla IV of Hungary at the Battle of Mohi (or Muhi) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mohi http://home-4.worldonline.nl/~t543201/web-mongol/mongol-mohi.htm
1868 : The shogunate is abolished in Japan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shogunate
1869 : Birth of Kasturba Gandhi, wife of Mohandas Gandhi, who died on 22 February 1944 http://www.iloveindia.com/indian-heroes/kasturba-gandhi.html
1931 : Birth of Koichi Sugiyama, Japanese composer http://www.geocities.com/leergutdieb/
1945 : The US troops capture Tsugen Shima, near Okinawa (Japan)
1951 : General Douglas MacArthur is relieved by President Harry S. Truman of overall command in Korea and replaced by General Ridgway http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/11/
newsid_3708000/3708197.stm http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0411.html#article
1952 : Begining of the Battle of Nanri island between kuomintang and PRC forces, won by the nationalists on15 April http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Nanri_island
1953 : In Korea, signature of an agreement on repatriation of prisoners of war
1955 : An Indian plane explodes near Indonesia in a Taiwan attempt to kill Chinese premier Zhou Enlai, en route to Bandung conference http://www.namebase.org/ppost07.html
1957 : End of the Singapore Constitutional Conference. Britain agrees to Singapore self-rule http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/11/
newsid_2828000/2828903.stm
1968 : North Vietnam proposes Varsaw for meeting point with US representatives. Washington refuses and proposes a list of 18 cities, all refused by Hanoi
1969 : Birth of Chisato Moritaka, Japanese singer
1983 : Second series of indirect talks in Geneva on Afghanistan. Failure, due to the question of the Afghan refugees in Pakistan
1997 : In India, Congress Party (I) removes its support with no participation to the government of Deve Gowda of Janata who loses his majority in parliament. http://www.geocities.com/tamiltribune/97/0901.html
2007 : In Bangladesh, murder charges are filed against Sheikh Hasina, alleging she mastermined the killing of four supporters of a rival party in October 2006.
2007 : Kim Yong-il is appointed Prime Minister of North Korea replacing Pak Pong-ju who has been dismissed http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Yong-il
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12 APRIL 2008
MAIN FACTS IN ASIAN HISTORY ON 12 APRIL
1868 : Birth of Akiyama Saneyuki, Japanese naval commander, who died on 4 February 1988 http://www.ndl.go.jp/portrait/e/datas/222.html
1912 : Birth of Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono IX, second vice president of Indonesia, who died on 1st October 1988 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Sultan_Hamengkubuwono_IX
1927 : Koumintang starts massacre of Communists in Shanghai http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_12_Incident http://www.earnshaw.com/shanghai-ed-india/tales/t-purge.htm
1932 : Birth of Lakshman Kardirgamar, Sri Lanka politician, who died on 12 August 2005 http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/lakshman-kadirgamar/early-life.html
1956 : SWRD Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Ceylon up to September 1959 http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9012124/SWRD-Bandaranaike
1973 : Establishment of diplomatic relations between Paris and Hanoi
1975 : In Cambodia, , evacuation of the last Americans. France recognizes the National Union Government (Khmer Rouge and prince Sihanouk)
1985 : Birth of Hitomi Yoshizawa, Japanese singer http://wiki.theppn.org/Yoshizawa_Hitomi
1986 : Qiao Shi becomes vice Premier minister http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9115401/Qiao-Shi
1988 : President Hossein Mahammed Ershad lifts the Martial Law in place since November 1987
1987 : In Cambodia, Hun Sen says he is ready to meet prince Sihanouk
1991 : In Nepal, after a new constitution providing a multiparty system was adopted, Nepalese Congress Party wins general elections http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepali_Congress
2001 : In China, the crew of the American plane kept in hostage since 1st April in Hainan island is freed
2001 : In Indonesia, President Wahid authorizes the resumption of military operations against the separatists in Aceh
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14 APRIL 2008
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MAIN FACTS IN ASIAN HISTORY ON 14 APRIL
1336 : Birth of Japanese Emperor Go-Kogon (1352-1371) who died in 1374 http://www.babylon.com/definition/Emperor_Go-Kogon_of_Japan/English
1699 : Founding of Khalsa, the brotherhood of the Sikh religion, in northern India, in accordance with the Nanakshahi calendar http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khalsa
1741 : Birth of Momozono, 116th emperor of Japan (June 1747 to August 1762) who died on 31 August 1762 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Momozono
1861 : Death of Japanese painter Utagawa Kuniyoshi, born in 1797 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utagawa_Kuniyoshi
1872 : Birth of Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Pakistani Islamic scholar who translated the Quran in English and died on 10 December 1953 http://www.renaissance.com.pk/jabore96.html
1891 : Birth of Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar http://www.ceeby.com/people/ambedkar.cfm
1936 : Birth of Ivan Dias, Indian cardinal, prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples http://www.vatican.va/news_services/press/documentazione/documents/
cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_dias_i_en.html
1944 : A ship carrying tons of explosives explodes in Bombay, killing around 800 people http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombay_Explosion_%281944%29
1945 : Massive bombing of Tokyo by the US Air forces
1950 : Death of Sri Ramona Maharshi, Indian philosopher, born on 30 December 1879 http://www.angelfire.com/realm/bodhisattva/ramana.html
1965 : As USA and Indonesia are deteriorating, Peace Corpd volunteers begin their withdrawing
1967 : In the US Vietnam war, US planes bomb Haiphong for the first time
1976 : In Cambodia, Khieu Sampan is nominated as president of the Democratic Kampuchea Presidium, replacing Prince Sihanouk who resigned on 5 April, with Pol Pot as the government leader http://www.seasite.niu.edu/khmer/ledgerwood/biographies.htm
1979 : Opening of sino-vietnamese negociations in Hanoi (broken on 18)
1980 : The head of the Italian communist party, Enrico Berlinger, is the first western communist leader making an official visit to Beijing since twenty years
1982 : François Mitterand makes the first official visit of a French president to Japan
1986 : Birth of Anne Watanabe, Japanese model http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Watanabe http://www.style.com/peopleparties/modelsearch/thumb/person3557
1988 : In Geneva, the Soviet Union signs an agreement paving the way for pulling Russian troops out of Afghanistan http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/14/
newsid_4419000/4419833.stm http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=4921
2001 : In China, the underground bishop of Yixian (Hebei) Mgr Shi Enxiang, 79 years old, who was hiding since 1996, is arrested http://www.cardinalkungfoundation.org/press/010422.html
2001 : Death of Hiroshi Teshigahara, Japanese director, born on 28 April 1927 http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/directors/03/teshigahara.html
2002 : In East Timor, in the first presidential election since independence, Xanana Gusmao is elected with 82,69 % of the votes
http://www.moreorless.au.com/heroes/gusmao.html
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15 APRIL 2008
MAIN FACTS IN ASIAN HISTORY ON 15 APRIL
1469 : Birth of Guru Nanak Dev, founder of Sikhism, who died on 7 May 1539 http://www.sikhs.org/guru1.htm
1912 : Birth of Kim Il-sung, died in July 1994 http://www.asiasource.org/society/kimilsung.cfm
1946 : Soviet forces withdraw from Manchuria . Chinese Nationalists et Communists chinois compete for the conquest of the region
1948 : Death of Manuel Roxas, president of the Philippines. Elpidio Quirino becomes président http://philippines-archipelago.com/people/presidents/
manuel_roxas.html
1959 : Birth of Fruit Chan, Hong Kong film director http://www.pardo.ch/1997/filmprg/r006.html
1960 : Visit of Chinese Prime Minister Zhou Enlai to Burma, India and Nepal, up to 30 April
1962 : Birth of Surjit Bindrakhia, Punjabi Bhangra singer http://www.bindrakhia.org/
1964 : France refuses to vote the SEATO declaration on the defense of South Vietnam http://www.alumni.hbs.edu/bulletin/1998/june/salute/ling.html
1976 : China and India restablish their diplomatic relations
1989 : The death of Hu Yaobang, former General secretary of the Communist party of China, born on 20 November 1915, starts the Tiananmen Square protest of 1989 http://www.learntoquestion.com/seevak/groups/2003/sites/tiananmen/
leftsidelinks/bios/hu_yao_bang.html
1992 : The National Assembly of Vietnam adopts the 1992 Constitution on of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~vern/van_kien/constit.html
1993 : Death of Leslie Charteris, Singapore-born author, born on 12 May 1907 http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/charteri.htm
1998 : Death of Pol Pot, born on 19 May 1925 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/78981.stm http://www.wsws.org/news/1998/apr1998/plpt-a18.shtml
2004 : General elections in South Korea. Uri party, supporting President Roh Moo-Hyun wins 152 of the 299 seats. GNP is reduced to 121 MP.
2006 : In Thailand, elections for the upper house. Onn the 200 senators, at least 106 are relative or members of the Thai Rak Thai
2007 : More than 100 000 people demonstrate in Karachi against the leaders of one Islamabad mosque who launch Taliban style action againts shops
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16 APRIL IN ASIAN HISTORY
Updated 16 April 2008
1853 : The Great Indian Peninsular Railway opens its Bombay line to public traffic, the first passenger service in India http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-hist.html
1919 : Mohandas Gandhi organizes a day of prayer and fasting in response to the British slaughter of Indian protestors in the Amritsar massacre http://www.usp.nus.edu.sg/post/india/history/colonial/massacre.html
1942 : Japanese occupying army on Java installs film censorship
1960 : Birth of Wahab Akbar, Filipino politician, killed on 13 November 2007 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wahab_Akbar
1968 : In Burma, Bo Zeya, commander-in-chief of the communist guerilla faction called « white flag » is killed during an military operation
1971 : Birth of Moses Chan, Hong Kong actor http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/people.asp?id=260
1972 : Yasunari Kawabata, born on 14 June 1899, Nobel Prize in Literature 1968, commits suicide http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1968/kawabata-
bio.html
1972 : Prompted by the Nguyen Hue offensive, the United States resumes bombing of Hanoi and Haiphong
1974 : Birth in Beijing of Xu Jinglei Chinese actress, film director, singer and writer http://women.stareastasia.com/xu-jinglei/
1976 : Birth of Shu Qi, Taiwanese actress http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0795517/
1992 : Afghanistan president Najibullah is forced to resign http://www.afghanland.com/history/najib.html
2001 : In the Philippines, former president Joseph Estrada is officially charged for corruption but released on bail
2005 : Death of Kim Mu-saeng, South Korean actor, born on 16 March 1943 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Mu-saeng
2006 : In the Philippines, President decides to commute 1,200 death sentences to life in jail. In fact no death sentence has been executed since 2000
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ON 17 APRIL MAIN FACTS IN ASIAN HISTORY
Updated April 17, 2008
1734 : Birth of Taksin, king of Siam (Thailand) from December 1768 to April 1782, who was executed on 7 April 1782 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taksin
1877 : Birth of Matsudaira Tsuneo, Japanese diplomat who died on 14 November 1949 http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9051418/Matsudaira-Tsuneo
1895 : Signature of the Treaty of Shimonoseki between China and Japan, marking the end of the First Sino-Japanese war http://www.taiwandocuments.org/shimonoseki01.htm http://src-h.slav.hokudai.ac.jp/eng/news/no10/enews10-essay2.html
1916 : Birth of Sirimavo Bandaranaike, three times Prime Minister of Sri Lanka http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761556320/
bandaranaike_sirimavo_ratwatte_dias.html
1948 : Elpidio Quirino président des Philippines jusqu’en décembre 1954 http://www.angelfire.com/on/philpres/quirino.html
1948 : Death of Admiral Kantaro Suzuki, Shortly Prime Minister in 1945 http://www.ndl.go.jp/portrait/e/datas/113.html
1950 : The Chinese communist forces land on Hainan island
1955 : Opening of the African-Asian Bandung Conference http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian-African_Conference
1958 : The occupation of Padang by the Indonesian government forces put an end to the Sumatra rebellion which started on 5 February
1966 : Birth of Vikram, Indian actor http://www.chiyaanvikramonline.com/
1975 : Death of Sarvepalli Radakrishnan, Indian philisopher, 2nd president of India from May 1962 to May 1967, born on 5 September 1888 http://www.iep.utm.edu/r/radhakri.htm
1975 : Khmer Rouge capture Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia http://www.country-studies.com/cambodia/the-fall-of-phnom-penh.html
1976 : Birth of Hong Kong actress Hsu Chi (Shu Qi) http://www.shuqi.org/profile/biography.shtml http://www.seelai.com/photos/asian_women/hsu_chi.html
1979 : Birth of Siddharth Narayan, Indian actor http://www.stars-portraits.com/en/star/siddharth-narayan.html
1982 : Birth of Lee Jun-ki, South Korean actor and model http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Jun_Ki
1987 : In Sri Lanka, Tamil separatists attack three buses and two lorries carrying women and children, killing 127 of them
1988 : Benazir Bhutto returns to Pakistan from exile
1992 : Afghan president Najibullah, forced to resign the day before, takes refuge in the United Nations building in Kabul
2001 : By 23 votes against 17, China gets the nonexamination by the United Nations Human right Committee of a motion introduced by United States
2007 : In Thailand, hundreds of monks demonstrate, demanding that Buddhism to be recognized as national religion in the coming new constitution
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APRIL 18 IN ASIAN HISTORY
Updated April 18, 2008
1849 : Death of Japanese painter Hokusai Katsushika, born on 31st October 1760 http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/ukiyoe/raf_hokusai_intro.html http://www.artelino.com/articles/hokusai.asp
1877 : Birth of Vicente Sotto, Filipino patriot and author who died in 1950 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicente_Sotto
1925 : Founding of the Korean Communist Party
1942 : For the first time during World War II, an air squadron from the USS Hornet raids the mainland of Japan on Tokyo and other Japanese cities
1943 : Japanese Navy commander Isoroku Yamamoto is killed as his plane is shot down during the Salomon Islands campaign http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Isoroku_Yamamoto
1956 : Birth of Poonam Dhillon, Indian actress http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0223563/ http://www.poonamdhillon.com/
1958 : Government troops re-conquer Padang in central Sumatra, hold by around 800 rebel troops led by Lieutenant-Colonel Hussein
1960 : In South Korea President Syngman Rhee proclaims Martial Law http://www.asiasource.org/society/syngmanrhee.cfm
1964 : Birth of Rithy Panh, Cambodian film director http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rithy_Panh http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0659454/
1974 : Prime Minister of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto inaugurates Lahore Dry Port
1976 : Birth of Fayray, Japanese singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fayray http://www.fayray.net/
1979 : Breaking off of negotiations between China and Vietnam which where opened on April 14
1993 : President of Pakistan Ghulam Ishaq Khan dissolves the National Assembly and dismisses the Cabinet http://www.storyofpakistan.com/person.asp?perid=P022
2002 : Former King Zaher comes back to Afghanistan after 29 years in exile in Italy
2005 : During a two-day visit of the Pakistani president, Indian Premier Manmohan Singh and President Musharraf said that the peace between their two country is irreversible
2005 : In Malaysia, beginning of talks between Muslim separatists of MILF and Philippine government
2007 : In Japan, Iccho Itoh, mayor of Nagasaki is assassinated. Born 23 August 1945 http://www.wagingpeace.org/articles/2007/04/
18_krieger_mourning_death_nagasaki_mayor.htm
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APRIL 19, ON THIS DAY IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on April 19, 2008
1578 : Death of Uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samourai and warlord, born in February 1530 http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9074095/Uesugi-Kenshin
1927 : In China, Hankow communist declare war on Chiang Kai-shek
1928 : In China, Japan occupies Shandong
1937 : Birth of Joseph Estrada president of the Philippines from July 1998 to January 2001 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/1063976.stm
1947 : Congress Party accepts the partition of India
1948 : Chiang Kai-shek is reelected to a 6 year office as president of Nationalist China
1953 : Legislative elections in Japan. Yoshida loses absolute majority in the Diet
1960 : South Korea’s founding president Syngman Rhee is toppled in a nationwide pro-democracy student uprising protesting election fraud
1964 : In Laos, military coup. Souvanna phuma remains as Premier
1966 : Australian troops leave for Vietnam to help the United States, according to a mutual defense agreement signed in 1951
1971 : Vietnam Veterans Against the War, begin a five-day demonstration in Washington DC http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_Veterans_Against_the_War
1972 : Bangladesh becomes a member of British Commonwealth
1974 : Death of Muhammad Ayub Khan, second president of Pakistan (October 1958-March 1969) http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9011521/Mohammad-Ayub-Khan
1975 : India’s first satellite Aryabhata is launched with aid from the USSR http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/heasarc/missions/aryabhata.html
1977 : In South Korea, police carry out nationwide roundup od dissidents
1984 : Birth of Lee Da Hae, South Korean actress http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Lee_Da_Hae
1988 : Death of Kwon Ki-ok, the first Korean female aviator, as well as being the first female pilot in China, born in January 1901 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwon_Ki-ok
1998 : Wang Dan, a leader of 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests, is freed by the Chinese government http://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/10/05/cnn25.wang.tan/index.html
1990 : Birth of Kim Chiu, Filipina actress http://www.kimchiu.org/biography.html
2001 : After a long time hesitation because Beijing pressures, the Japanese government gives a visa to former Taiwanese president Lee Teng-hui
2001 : Border Incident between India and Bangladesh. 16 Bangladeshi border guards and 2 soldiers are killed
2006 : Japan push ahead with a survey near disputed islands of Takeshima (Dokdo for South Korea) over South Korea’s strenuous objections, risking a showdown with Seoul and further damaging relations the tense neighbors
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