ON 20 JUNE IN ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on June 20, 2019
1737: Birth of Tokugawa Ieharu, 10th shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate (1760-1786) who died on September 17, 1786
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokugawa_Ieharu
1756: In Calcutta (India), after their fort have been taken by Siraj, the nawab of Bengale, 150 British soldiers are imprisoned in a cell. That became known as the Black Hole of Calcutta
http://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/The-Black-Hole-of-Calcutta/
https://www.historytoday.com/archive/black-hole-calcutta
1826: Siam and Britain sign a trade and peace treaty, known as Burney Treaty
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burney_Treaty
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Burney_Treaty
https://prezi.com/kcbyebsgmjip/the-burney-treaty-1826/
1858 : The Gwalior Fort is captured by British troops and the first Indian Sepoy Mutiny officially comes to an end
http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/First_War_of_Indian_Independence
1869: Death of Hijikata Toshizo, Japanese military leader, who resisted the Meiji Restoration, born on May 31, 1835.
http://www.ndl.go.jp/portrait/e/datas/316.html
1870: In Tientsin (Tianjin), twenty French, ten Charity sister and a missionary are slaughtered
1887: Victoria Terminus, the busiest railway station in India, opens in Bombay
1900: In China, the Boxers start to besiege the legation compound and killings of foreigners in Beijing (till August 14). Clements von Ketteler, the German envoy is killed
http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/battleswars1900s/p/boxerreb.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klemens_von_Ketteler
http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/12/31/1900-en-hai-von-ketteler-boxer-rebellion/
1901: Birth of Iri Maruki, Japanese artist (The Hiroshima Panels), who died on October 19, 1995
https://www.bu.edu/today/2015/new-exhibition-recalls-the-horrors-of-hiroshima/
1921: Workers of Buckingham and Carnatic Mills in the city of Chennai, India, begin a four-month strike
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1921_Buckingham_and_Carnatic_Mills_Strike
1944: The Battle of the Philippine Sea concludes with a decisive US naval victory (see June 19)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Philippine_Sea
1946: Birth of Xanana Gusmao, former President of East Timor (2002-2007) then Prime Minister up to February 2015
http://timor-leste.gov.tl/?p=3&lang=en
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Xanana-Gusmao
1948: Foundation of the Malayan People’s anti-British Army, (renamed Malayan People’s Liberation Army in February 1949), led by communist leader Chin Peng
http://anystreetcorner.blogspot.com/2005/03/chin-peng-my-dad-and-me.html
https://www.nam.ac.uk/explore/malayan-emergency
1950 After recognition of independence, Dutch Air Force base of Tjililitan is given to Indonesia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_Aviation_of_the_Royal_Netherlands_East_Indies_Army
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_9CQPAS3CM&list=UUpQizdbpHe9ZcgHWWyeGGGQ
1952: Birth of Vikram Seth, Indian poet
http://www.poemhunter.com/vikram-seth/biography/
1959: In India, the 14th Dalai Lama repudiates the Seventeen-point agreement for the peaceful liberation of Tibet, signed in Beijing on May 23, 1951, because “thrust upon Tibetan government and people by the threat of arms”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventeen_Point_Agreement_for_the_Peaceful_Liberation_of_Tibet#Repudiation_of_the_Agreement
1959: Soviet Union lets China to know that it will not provide nuclear bomb technology, as promised in the October 1957 Nuclear cooperation agreement
1959: Death of Hitoshi Ashida, 47th Japanese prime minister from March to October, born on November 15, 1887
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitoshi_Ashida
http://www.ndl.go.jp/portrait/e/datas/352.html?cat=9
1962: Vietnamese Buddhist sect Hoa Hao organizes huge demonstrations against Catholic president Ngo Dimh Diem
1962: Following a Nationalist troop buildup on the Jinmen and Mazu islands in the Taiwan Strait, Chinese Communists begin massing troops and military equipment on the mainland opposite the islands. Three days later, Beijing puts its citizens on alert for an invasion by the Nationalists.
1964: In Tokyo, the conference on Malaysia between Malacagal, Sukarno et Abdul Rahman, ends with no result
1964: US General William Westmorland takes command in South Vietnam
http://www.vietnampix.com/popww.htm
1970: Birth of Zhang Ting, Taiwanese actress
http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Zhang_Ting
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9ZHuZeGLBE
1976: The Americans give up their last two military bases in Thailand
1983: Birth of Cherrie Ying, Hong Kong actress
http://www.lovehkfilm.com/people/ying_cherrie.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGUNkvnwlXw
1984: Beginning of the third withdrawal of Vietnamese troops from Cambodia, around 10,000 troopers
http://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/06/23/Thousands-of-Vietnamese-soldiers-pulled-out-of-Cambodia-Saturday/8521456811200/
1984: Birth of Neetu Chandra, Indian actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neetu_Chandra
http://photogallery.indiatimes.com/celebs/indian-stars/neetu-chandra/portfolio-pics/articleshow/6066577.cms
1985 :The America’s highest civilian decoration, the Medal of Freedom, is presented to Mother Teresa
1996 : India refuses to sign the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) at the Geneva Conference
http://www.mapsofindia.com/on-this-day/june-20-1996-the-government-of-india-refuses-to-sign-the-ctbt-at-the-geneva-conference
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ipsg/ctbt.htm
1997: Indonesia and Portugal announce that they resume talks on East-Timor future
1997: At the G-8 summit in Denver, Boris Yeltsin announces that Russian strategic nuclear missiles would no longer be targeted at Japan and that he supports both Japan and Germany joining the United Nations Security Council, without any of the current members giving up their veto rights
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1997-06-21/news/9706210057_1_president-boris-yeltsin-russian-president-start-ii
2001: In Pakistan, General Pervez Musharraf names himself president, replacing Muhammad Rafiq Tarar, as president, and after that dissolves the parliament
http://www.storyofpakistan.com/person.asp?perid=P028
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/472997.stm
2001: With the defection of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (11 MP) to the opposition side, Sri Lanka President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga loses the majority in the parliament
2011: Taiwan’s jailed former leader Chen Shui-bian accuses the government of restricting his freedom of speech after he was blocked from publishing a political commentary from behind bars. Initially prison authorities allowed Chen to send the article to the magazine’s editors, but later reversed their decision.
2015: The ruling Cambodian People’s Party elected Prime Minister Hun Sen to succeed the late Chea Sim as party president