WARS, CONFLICTS AND STRATEGY ON 9 AUGUST IN ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on August 9, 2019
1683: By a charter, the British Crown gives the power to the East India Company to declare and make war and peace in Asia
1942: Battle of Savo Island – Allied naval forces protecting their amphibious forces during the initial stages of the Battle of Guadalcanal are surprised and defeated by an Imperial Japanese Navy cruiser force http://www.microworks.net/PACIFIC/battles/savo_island.htm
1945: Sukarno, Hatta, and Radjiman Wediodiningrat are flown by the Japanese to Vietnam to meet with Marshal Terauchi. There they are informed of the collapse of Japanese forces, and that Japan will grant Indonesia independence on August 24
1965: Expelled by the Malaysian Federation, Singapore proclaims its independence with Yusuf bin Ishak as its first president
2013: Pakistan’s new President Mamnoon Hussain takesk office, presiding over a government battling to overcome a Taliban insurgency, resolve an energy crisis and repair the economy http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23456284
1945: Sukarno, Hatta, and Radjiman Wediodiningrat are flown by the Japanese to Vietnam to meet with Marshal Terauchi. There they are informed of the collapse of Japanese forces, and that Japan will grant Indonesia independence on August 24
1942: Battle of Savo Island – Allied naval forces protecting their amphibious forces during the initial stages of the Battle of Guadalcanal are surprised and defeated by an Imperial Japanese Navy cruiser force http://www.microworks.net/PACIFIC/battles/savo_island.htm
1945: Sukarno, Hatta, and Radjiman Wediodiningrat are flown by the Japanese to Vietnam to meet with Marshal Terauchi. There they are informed of the collapse of Japanese forces, and that Japan will grant Indonesia independence on August 24
2009: In Japan, Former Cabinet minister Yoshimi Watanabe says that he has launched a new political party called Your Party with three other former members of the Lower House and a current member of the Upper House https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Your_Party
2012: Beijing and Taipei sign new trade agreements.New deal provides greater legal protection and cuts custom red tape. Investors in China and Taiwan are promised equal, if not preferential, treatment. In Taiwan, people protest deal fearing mainland colonisation of the island http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Beijing-and-Taipei-sign-new-trade-agreements-25515.html
1942: Battle of Savo Island – Allied naval forces protecting their amphibious forces during the initial stages of the Battle of Guadalcanal are surprised and defeated by an Imperial Japanese Navy cruiser force http://www.microworks.net/PACIFIC/battles/savo_island.htm
1945: Sukarno, Hatta, and Radjiman Wediodiningrat are flown by the Japanese to Vietnam to meet with Marshal Terauchi. There they are informed of the collapse of Japanese forces, and that Japan will grant Indonesia independence on August 24
2001: Indonesian president Megawati Sukarnoputri announces the list of her governement privigiling technocrats over politicians
2009: In Japan, Former Cabinet minister Yoshimi Watanabe says that he has launched a new political party called Your Party with three other former members of the Lower House and a current member of the Upper House https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Your_Party
2012: Beijing and Taipei sign new trade agreements.New deal provides greater legal protection and cuts custom red tape. Investors in China and Taiwan are promised equal, if not preferential, treatment. In Taiwan, people protest deal fearing mainland colonisation of the island.
2013: Pakistan’s new President Mamnoon Hussain takes office, presiding over a government battling to overcome a Taliban insurgency, resolve an energy crisis and repair the economy http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23456284
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