ON 7 JULY IN ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on July 7, 2018
1053: Birth of Shirakawa, 72nd emperor of Japan (1073-1087) who died on July 24, 1129
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Shirakawa
1119: Birth of Sutoku, 75th emperor of Japan (1123-1142), who died on September 14, 1164
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Sutoku
1333: Japanese emperor Kogon is forced to resign
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_K%C5%8Dgon
1656: Birth of Guru Har Krishan, 8th guru of Sikhism on October 7, 1661, who died on March 30, 1664
http://www.sikhs.org/guru8.htm
1763 : British declare Mir Jafar as Nawab of Bengal
http://murshidabad.net/history/history-topic-mir-qasim.htm
1799: Ranjit Singh and his 25,000 fighters capture Lahore to get the creation of an independent Sikh kingdom
http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/warriors/ranjit3.html
1891: Birth of Tadamichi Kuribayashi, Japanese general, killed in action on Iwo Jima on March 26, 1945
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tadamichi_Kuribayashi
http://ww2db.com/person_bio.php?person_id=21
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvMH1pewOOo
1892: In the Philippines, the secret organization Katipunan is founded by Andrès Bonifacio, aiming independence from Spain
http://www.msc.edu.ph/centennial/katipunan.html
https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/1220/today-in-philippine-history-july-7-1892-the-deportation-of-dr-jose-rizal-to-dapitan-was-made-public-the-katipunan-was-founded
https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/906/about-the-katipunan
1896 : the Lumiere Brothers showcase six films at the Watson Hotel in Bombay marking the birth of Indian cinema
http://www.mapsofindia.com/on-this-day/july-7-1896-indian-cinema-is-born
1901: Birth of Eiji Tsuburaya, Japanese film producer, who died on January 25, 1970
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiji_Tsuburaya
1915: Militia officer Henry Pedris, born on August 16, 1888, is executed by firing squad at Colombo, Ceylon – an act widely regarded as a miscarriage of justice by the British colonial authorities.
http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=29661
1920: Birth of Bhaktaraj Maharaj, Indian Saint, who died on November 17, 1995
http://www.bhaktarajmaharaj.org/
1924: Birth of Eddie Romero, Filipino director, producer, and screenwriter who died on May 28, 2013
http://www.manunuri.com/eddie_romero_a_filmmaker_of_substance
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Romero
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuikaKJyAIw
1929: Birth of Hasan Abidi, Pakistani journalist and poet, who died on September 6, 2005
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasan_Abidi
1937: In China, Marco Polo bridge (Lugouqiao) incident. Beginning of the Japanese invasion (second Sino-Japanese war)
http://www.historytoday.com/richard-cavendish/marco-polo-bridge-incident
http://totallyhistory.com/marco-polo-bridge-incident/
http://history.04007.cn/en.php/HisMain/6467.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NB2qDwAlxw4
1937: Birth of Tung Chee-Hwa, first Chief Executive of the Special administrative Region of Hong Kong (1997-2005)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tung_Chee_Hwa
1942: Birth of Salamat Hashim, founder of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (Milf), killed on July 13, 2003
http://www.bulatlat.com/news/3-27/3-27-salamat.html
http://www.newsflash.org/2003/05/ht/ht003629.htm
1943: Japanese premier Hideki Tojo visits Java and meets Sukarno
1943 : Rasbehari Bose hands over the command of the Indian National Army (Azad Hind Fauj) to Netaji Subhashchandra Bose at Singapore
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_National_Army
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/indian-national-army.htm
https://www.hindujagruti.org/articles/90.html
1944: During World War II, largest Banzai charge of the Pacific War at the Battle of Saipan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Saipan
http://www.historynet.com/battle-of-saipan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiM66v2Tpuw
1947: Birth of Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev, king of Nepal from 2001 to 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4225171.stm
1950: United Nations gives the command of UN forces in Korea to the USA
1951: Amity treaty between India and Burma
http://www.mea.gov.in/bilateral-documents.htm?dtl/6645/Treaty
1954: Vietnam emperor Bao Dai chooses Ngo Dinh Diem as premier, succeeding Prince Buu Loc
1955: China announces it will provide aid to Hanoi
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/china-announces-it-will-provide-aid-to-hanoi
1962: Students demonstrations against the Ne Win’s military government and the government retaliates with severe measures. No one exactly know who gave the orders to open fire. The Students’ Union building will be dynamited with some of the students Inside on the second day (see July 8)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fioqa8miuP4
1963: In South Vietnam, famous writer Nhat Lin Nguyen Tuong Tam commits suicide before to be tried on complot against the regime. Thousands will attend his funeral
http://www.vietnamlit.org/wiki/index.php?title=Nhat_Linh
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nh%E1%BA%A5t_Linh
1963: During the Buddhist crisis, the police of Ngô Đình Nhu, brother and chief political adviser of Vietnam’s president Ngo Dinh Diem, Attack a group of American journalists who were covering a protest.
1969: First US troops withdrawn from South Vietnam
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-u-s-troops-withdrawn-from-south-vietnam
1972: Kakuei Tanaka becomes Japanese Prime Minister till December 1979, succeeding Eisaku Sato
1973: Birth of Natsuki Takaya, Japanese manga-ka
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=712
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natsuki_Takaya
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIA2M2Q73Uc
1976: Death of Zhu De, Communist China marshal
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/data/people/zhude.shtml
http://chineseposters.net/themes/zhude.php
1983: Death in a car accident of Alexander Fu Sheng, Hong Kong actor, born on October 20, 1954
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Fu
http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/people.asp?id=49
1989: Birth of Kim Bum, South Korean actor
http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Kim_Bum
http://star.koreandrama.org/?p=1137
2008: In Afghanistan, a suicide car rocks Indian embassy, killing 41 people and injuring 141
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7492601.stm
2012: East Timor’s Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao is set for a new term of coalition government after his party won parliamentary elections – but without an overall majority.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18759085
2013: Death of Sudhakar Bokade, Indian film producer, born in 1956
http://www.mumbaimirror.com/entertainment/bollywood/Sudhakar-Bokade-dies-at-57/articleshow/20983449.cms
2016: The United States impose sanctions on North Korea’s top officials, including its leader Kim Jong Un, for human rights abuses. It is the first time the US has held Kim directly responsible for extreme rights abuses
http://www.dw.com/en/us-sanctions-n-korean-leader-kim-jong-un-for-rights-abuses/a-19384516
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/northkorea/2016/07/06/0401000000AEN20160706013754315.html