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ON 11 MARCH IN ASIAN HISTORY

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Updated on March 11, 2019

452: Death of Tai Wu Di, emperor of Northern Wei, born in 408
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Taiwu_of_Northern_Wei

1745: Birth of Bodawpaya, King of Burma who died on June 5, 1819
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodawpaya
http://www2.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=14152

1795: The Nizam of Hyderabad is defeated at the Battle of Kurdla by the Marathas
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nizam_of_Hyderabad

1784: The signing of the Treaty of Mangalore brings the Second Anglo-Mysore War to an end
http://www.historytuition.com/mysore_wars/treaty_of_mangalore.html
http://www.historytuition.com/mysore_wars/the_second_anglo_mysore_war%20(1780-1784).html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Mangalore

1840: Birth of Dwijendranath Tagore, Bengali poet, philosopher and musician, who died in January 1926
http://www.veethi.com/india-people/dwijendranath_tagore-profile-3823-25.htm
http://www.mapsofindia.com/on-this-day/11-march-1840-dwijendranath-tagore-bengali-poet-philosopher-and-musician-was-born

1863: Order to expel barbarians edict issued by the Japanese against the Westernization of Japan following the opening of the country by Commodore Perry in 1854
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_to_expel_barbarians

1872: The Meiji Japanese government officially annexes the Ryukyu kingdom into what would become the Okinawa prefecture
http://www.uchinanchu.org/uchinanchu/history_early.htm

1879: Shō Tai formally abdicated his position of Head of Ryūkyū Domain, under orders from Tokyo, ending the Ryukyu Kingdom
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8D_Tai
http://wiki.samurai-archives.com/index.php?title=Sho_Tai

1884: Tientsin Agreement, between Li Hongzhang an French Commandant Fournier, by which the Chinese troops will leave Tonkin. Agreement not respected by the Chinese
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tientsin_Accord

1922: Birth of Abdul Razak, second Prime Minister of Malaysia from September 1970 to his death in January 1976
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul_Razak_Hussein

1942: In the Philippines, General Douglas MacArthur abandons Gorregidor (Bataan), vowing “I will return”

 http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/macarthur-leaves-corregidor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_MacArthur%27s_escape_from_the_Philippines

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JioaYKzNzeg&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEbwuehH35I&feature=related

1942: Japanese troop land on North-Sumatra

1945: Emperor Bao Dai, under Japanese pressure proclaims the Empire of Vietnam, a short-lived Japanese puppet state and the adherence of his country to the Japanese   “Great East Asia “
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_of_Vietnam
http://madmonarchist.blogspot.fr/2010/07/viet-nam-de-quoc-opportunity-lost.html
http://www.viettouch.com/philately/scst_baodai.html

1945: Birth of Jose Mari Chan, Chinese-Filipino singer and songwriter
http://josemarichan.com/

1945: The imperial Japanese Navy attempts a large-scale kamikaze attack on the US Pacific fleet anchored at Ulithi atoll in Operation Tan No 2
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Tan_No._2
http://www.combinedfleet.com/Tan%20No.%202.htm

1947: The “parity amendment” to the 1935 Constitution, that grant United States citizens and corporations equal rights with the Filipinos in the utilization and exploitation of its natural resources
https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/995/today-in-philippine-history-march-11-1947-the-parity-amendment-to-the-1935-constitution-was-ratified

1958: Birth of Tetsuro Oda, Japanese singer, songwriter and record Producer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetsur%C5%8D_Oda

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbJmkjC5ukw

1966: In Indonesia, President Sukarno is forced to give up his executive power to general Suharto, just keeping the without power title of president

1968: Birth of Takao Osawa, Japanese actor
http://www.listal.com/takao-osawa

1974: Birth of Mohit Chauhan, Indian Singer (Silk Route)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohit_Chauhan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-t9goJYaa8

1977: In Pakistan, violent confrontation between army forces and demonstrators denouncing the result of the March 7 elections

1979: Birth of Ha Jung-woo, Korean actor
http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Ha_Jung_Woo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zF1olflZBU

1983: Pakistan successfully conducts a cold test of a nuclear weapon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project-706

1984: Birth of Anna Tsuchiya, Japanese model, actress and singer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Tsuchiya

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5r34uVdGZiE

1988: Death of Pham Hung premier of Vietnam since June 1987, born on June 11, 1912
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE2D91439F931A25750C0A96E948260

1990: Birth of Janna Dominguez, Filipino actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janna_Dominguez

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Trm1AeTtdp8

1992: The United Nations provisional Authority in Cambodia (Unpac) is set up
http://www.un.org/Depts/DPKO/Missions/untac.htm
https://peacekeeping.un.org/mission/past/untacfacts.html

1998: In Indonesia, Yusuf Habibie is elected vice-president
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/events/indonesia/special_report/58602.stm

1999: Indonesia and Portugal agree for the organization of a referendum in East Timor: self-government or independence

2001: In Malaysia, end of several days of confrontations between Malay and Indian communities. At least five killed and dozens of wounded among the Indian community

2003: In China, Li Peng quits as president of the National People’s Congress
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/asia-jan-june09-li_06-02/

2009: In Malaysia, Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan and Attorney-General Tan Sri Gani Patail are cleared of fabricating evidence in the “black eye” incident a decade ago. Anwar had accused both of tampering with evidence in an investigation into an alleged beating he received while in police custody in 1998
http://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Malaysia/Story/A1Story20090311-127795.html

2011: A massive earthquake hits the north-east of Japan, triggering a tsunami that has caused extensive damage. Television showed cars, ships and even buildings being swept away by a vast wall of water after the 8.9-magnitude earthquake
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12709598
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2011/03/2011311607470826.html
http://www.france24.com/en/20110311-Japan-quake-powerful-seventh-powerful-ever-USGS
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/03/24/world/asia/japan-interactive-index.html?ref=asia

2012: Sixteen Afghan civilians including three women and nine children have been shot dead in their homes by a rogue US soldier in a pre-dawn rampage
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2012/03/201231163054684909.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17332398

2013: Death of Ramankutty Nair, Indian actor, born on May 25, 1925
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/Kalamandalam-Ramankutty-Nair-passes-away/articleshow/18920897.cms

2013: Iranian and Pakistani leaders have inaugurated the construction of a much-delayed section of a $7.5bn gas pipeline linking the two neighbours, defying the threat of US sanctions. http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2013/03/201331110555932441.html

2018: China’s Congress votes to abolish presidential term limits, allowing Xi Jinping to rule indefinitely
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-11/china-abolishes-presidential-term-limits/9537166?section=world
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-43361276
http://www.euronews.com/2018/03/11/china-s-parliament-lifts-time-limit-on-presidency