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ON 9 MARCH IN ASIAN HISTORY

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Updated on March 9, 2019

141 BC: Liu Che, posthumously known as Emperor Wu of Han, assumes the throne over the Han Dynasty of China up to March 29, 87 BC
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Wu_of_Han
http://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/history/han/emperor_wu.htm

1285: Birth of Go-Nijo, 94th Japanese emperor (1301-1308) who died in September 1308
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Go-Nij%C5%8D

1846: After the British army conquered Lahore, and nearly 20,000 Sikhs and sepoys lay dead, a new treaty between the British and the Sikhs ends the First Sikh war
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Lahore
http://www.learnpunjabi.org/eos/ANGLO-SIKH%20TREATIES%20(LAHORE,%209%20AND%2011%20MARCH%201846).html

1850: Qing Dynasty Xianfeng Emperor assume the throne
http://www.galleryhistoricalfigures.com/figuredetail.php?abvrname=Hsien-FengEmpr
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xianfeng_Emperor
http://history.04007.cn/en.php/HisMain/2102.html

1860: The first Japanese ambassador Shinmi Masaoki to the U.S. is appointed
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Embassy_to_the_United_States_(1860)
http://ghostsofdc.org/2012/07/03/japanese-embassy-1860/

1891: Birth of José P. Laurel, 3rd President of the Philippines who died on November 6, 1959
http://www.nndb.com/people/154/000098857/
https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/991/today-in-philippine-history-march-9-1891-jose-p-laurel-was-born-in-tanauan-batangas

1897: Death of Jamal-al-Din Afghani, Afghan political activist and Islamic nationalist, born in 1838
http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/bashiri/Afghani/Afghani.html
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/Afghani.html

1899: Birth of Francisca Reyes Aquino, Filipino folk dancer and academic noted for her research on Philippine folk dance, who died on November 21, 1983
https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/1641/today-in-philippine-history-march-9-1899-francisca-reyesaquino-was-born-in-lolomboy-bocaue-bulacan
http://www.rmaf.org.ph/newrmaf/main/awardees/awardee/biography/109

1905: In Manchuria, Japanese troops surrounded 200,000 Russian troops that were retreating from Mudken

1926: Death of Mikao Usui, Japanese spiritual leader, founded Reiki, born on August 15 1865
http://www.reiki.nu/history/usui/usui.html
http://www.reiki.fi/english/reiki/history/difference_of_usui.htm

1928: Birth of Tatsumi Hijikata, Japanese choreographer, who died on January 21, 1986
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatsumi_Hijikata

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xYsO7OpQkQ

1929: Birth of Zillur Rahman, Bangladeshi politician, 19th President of Bangladesh who died on March 20, 2013
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zillur_Rahman
http://www.biographybd.com/president-zillur-rahman-biography/

1930: Birth of Stephen Fumio Hamao, Japanese cardinal who died on November 8, 2007
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Fumio_Hamao

1931: Birth of Karan Singh, Indian politician
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karan_Singh
http://www.mapsofindia.com/on-this-day/9-march-1931-karan-singh-the-famous-indian-politician-was-born

1932: Henri Pu Yi who reigned as the last emperor of China from 1908 to 1912 becomes regent of the Japanese puppet state Manchukuo
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/chinas-last-emperor-is-japanese-puppet
http://history.04007.cn/en.php/HisMain/2387.html

1932: Birth of Qayyum Chowdhury, Bangladeshi painter and academic who died on November 30, 2014
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qayyum_Chowdhury
http://www.bengalfoundation.org/old/index.php?view=exhibition/FullProfile.php&artistID=3&page=1&subpage=2
https://www.google.fr/search?q=qayyum+chowdhury+painting&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjpkYDU5t3ZAhXN2KQKHQCNBFIQsAQIKg&biw=1280&bih=603

1936: Koki Hirota becomes Japan’s Prime Minister, up to February 1937
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dki_Hirota

1942: Japanese take a full control of Java and Dutch Indies

1945: In the March 9 Coup, Japanese forces occupy French Indochina and will proclaim its independence the following day

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat_in_French_Indochina

1945: US Air Forces start to bomb Tokyo with napalm (see 10 March)
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/firebombing-of-tokyo
http://history.04007.cn/en.php/HisMain/2076.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdAvWfVD5Fk

1947: Death of Jhaverchand Meghani, Indian poet, born on August 28, 1896
http://www.poemhunter.com/jhaverchand-meghani/biography/

1947: In Taiwan, KMT authorities start the repression of 28 February riots. In all Taiwan from 18;000 to 28,000 people are killed
http://www.taiwandc.org/228-intr.htm

1949 : La Hague agreement for the foundation of the Federation of the United States of Indonesia, ratified in November

1951: Birth of Zakir Hussain, Indian tabla player
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zakir_Hussain_(musician)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOUM8K0-Wkc

1953: The Constituent Assembly of Pakistan names the country The Islamic Republic of Pakistan

1956: Birth of Shashi Tharoor, Indian diplomat, author, United Nations Under-Secretary General (2002-2007), Minister of External affairs since May 2009 to April 2010
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shashi_Tharoor

1958: Death of Cheng Yanqiu, one of the Beijing opera “four most famous ” artists, born on January 1, 1904
http://wiki.china.org.cn/wiki/index.php/Cheng_Yanqiu
http://history.04007.cn/en.php/HisMain/1898.html

1959: Birth od Takaaki Kajita, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate in 2015
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takaaki_Kajita
http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2015/kajita-facts.html

1961: Dalaï Lama calls on United Nations for the restoration of independence of Tibet

1967: US President Lyndon B. Johnson and “The Wise Men” conclude that the American people should be given more optimistic reports on the progress of the Vietnam War

1973: The Communist Party of India (Marxist) and the Communist Party of India form an « United Front » in the state of Tripura

1977: Birth of Chen Shu, Chinese actress
http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Chen_Shu

1989: In Maylasia, 30 Asian nations conferred on the issue of “boat people”

1992: China’s accession to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
http://history.04007.cn/en.php/HisMain/2536.html

1994 : Death of Devika Rani, one of the first female stars of Indian cinema, born on March 30, 1908
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-devika-rani-1431657.html
http://www.mapsofindia.com/on-this-day/9-march-1994-devika-rani-indian-movie-star-died

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhsLkJR1XQ8

1996: Birth of Darsheel Safary, Indian actor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darsheel_Safary

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQe2KPWNi-A

1998: In India, after the failure of his party at the general elections (141 seats), Keshri abandons the presidency of the Congress Party and is succeeded by Sonia Gandhi

2002: The son-in-law of ex Burmese president Ne Win (1962-1988) is arrested as while several generals for conspiracy. Ne Win, 92 years old is put under house of arrest

2006: In Afghanistan, foundation of the United National Front, a new political party formed by warlords

2007: Deadline of the Japanese support, in the Indian Ocean, to the international forces against international terrorism

2007: Burma asks UN country chief to leave Burma over a critical statement he made last month

2007: Liberation Tiger of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) political wing leader SP Thamilselvan is killed when the Air forces bombed the venue of a meeting place of LTTE leaders at Thiruvaiarer
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7075158.stm

2007: In Taiwan, the vice Premier and Finance minister Han Duck-soo, 59 years old is nominated as new Prime Minister, replacing Han Myeong-sook who retakes the leadership of presidential party Uri
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_Duck-soo

2008: In Pakistan, ex-enemies Nawaz Sharif and Asif Ali Zardari sign a coalition pact

2012: Pakistan’s government issues orders banning the country’s largest Islamic extremist group. Activists from the pro-al-Qaeda group formerly known as the Sipah-e-Sahaba (SSP), or Soldiers of the Companions of the Prophet, have been convicted of killing hundreds of Shia Muslims.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17322095

2012: Death of Joy Mukherjee, Indian actor and director, born on February 24, 1939
http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report_veteran-bollywood-actor-joy-mukherjee-passes-away_1660360
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0611535/bio

2013: China’s foreign minister says that Beijing would not abandon North Korea, reiterating China’s longstanding position that dialogue, not sanctions, is the best way to persuade the North to abandon its nuclear weapons
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/10/world/asia/china-says-it-will-not-abandon-north-korea.html?ref=asia&_r=0

2014: Afghan Vice President Qassim Fahim dies at 57
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2014/03/afghan-vice-president-fahim-qassim-dies-at-57-2014398122863543.html

2015: Pakistan test-fires a ballistic missile that appears capable of carrying a nuclear warhead to ­every part of India, another escalation in Islamabad’s effort to keep pace with its neighboring rival’s formidable military advancements
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/pakistan-tests-missile-that-could-carry-nuclear-warhead-to-every-part-of-india/2015/03/09/920f4f42-c65c-11e4-bea5-b893e7ac3fb3_story.html
http://www.dawn.com/news/1168421/test-launch-of-shaheen-iii-ballistic-missile-successful-ispr

2015: A North Korean publicly acknowledges for the first time the existence of « reform through labour » camps, after a highly critical UN report into the country’s human rights record earlier this year, but dismissed the report’s accusations
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2014/10/n-korea-official-admits-use-labour-camps-20141080576899804.html

2018: A special Pakistani tribunal orders the arrest former military ruler Pervez Musharraf and confiscate all his properties in the high treason case against the “proclaimed offender” for imposing emergency rule in the country in 2007
http://zeenews.india.com/asia/pakistan-court-orders-pervez-musharrafs-arrest-2088235.html