ON 10 NOVEMBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on November 10, 2018
937: During the Ten Kingdoms, Li Bian usurps the throne and deposes Emperor Yang Pu. The Wu State is replaced by Li (now called “Xu Zhigao”), who becomes the first ruler of Southern Tang
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Tang
1293: Raden Wijaya is crowned as the first monarch of Majapahit kingdom of Java, taking throne name Kertarajasa Jayawardhana
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raden_Wijaya
https://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-asia/majapahit-empire-short-life-empire-once-defeated-mongols-003623
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Majapahit
1659: Shivaji Maharaj, Maratha King wins the Battle of Pratapgarh, starting conquests which will lead to the Maratha Empire in 1674
http://www.iloveindia.com/history/medieval-india/shivaji.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Pratapgarh
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i01GCCnk1Wo
1698: The East India Company takes possession of three villages in Bengal : Sutanaki, Kolkota and Gobindapun that they will unit to form Calcutta
1848: Birth of Sir Surendranath Banerjee, leader, Indian National Congress who died on August 26, 1925
http://www.iloveindia.com/indian-heroes/surendranath-banerjee.html
http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Surendranath_Banerjea
1868: Birth of Gichin Funakoshi, Japanese martial artist who died on April 26, 1957
https://shotokai.com/gichin-funakoshi-sensei-informal-biography/
1896: Candido Tria Tirona, revolutionary general and secretary of war in the Magdalo revolutionary council, is killed in action during the Battle of Binakayan, at Cavite el Viejo (present day Kawit), Cavite
https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/1338/today-in-philippine-history-november-10-1896-candido-tria-tirona-died-in-action-during-the-battle-of-binakayan
http://bluedreamer27.com/who-is-general-candido-tirona/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Binakayan-Dalahican
1899: Birth of Swami Satyabhakta, Indian guru, philosopher, and scholar who died on December 10, 1998
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swami_Satyabhakta
1911: Chinese imperial army recaptures Nanjing in a blood bath
1928: Michinomiya Hirohito (Showa) is crowned the 124th emperor of Japan (up to 1989)
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hirohito-crowned-in-japan
https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/hirohito-3845.php
1939: Birth of Anscar Chupungco, Filipino monk and theologian who died on January 9, 2013
http://lifestyle.inquirer.net/90517/fr-anscar-chupungco-filipino-benedictine-who-tangled-with-pope-benedict
1941: Birth of Kyu Sakamoto, a popular Japanese singer and actor who died in August 1985 in an air crash
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyu_Sakamoto
1943: Indonesian nationalists Sukarno, Hatta, and Kyai Bagus Hadikusumo are flown to Tokyo to be decorated by the Emperor of Japan
1944: Death of Wang Jingwei, who on March 30, 1940, formed at Nanjing a pro-Japanese government, born on May 4, 1983
http://www.biographybase.com/biography/Wang_Jingwei.html
1945: Battle of Surabaya between pro-independence soldiers and militia against British and Neetherlands troops. Fighting continues for three weeks. 600 Indian troops defect from the British and join the Indonesians
http://www.nusantara.com/heritage/surabaya.html
http://www.misterguru.web.id/2011/11/narrative-text-battle-of-surabaya.html#.VkG3RDgQVjo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Surabaya
http://www.moddb.com/mods/cc5-battle-of-surabaya-1945
1946: Suicide of Nguyen van Thinh, president of the Autonomus Republic of Cochinchina
https://www.newmandala.org/saigons-hidden-presidential-palace-and-forgotten-president-the-republic-of-cochinchina-and-nguyen-van-thinh/
1948: Birth of Shigesato Itoi, Japanese novelist and video game designer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigesato_Itoi
http://starmen.net/credits/shigesatoitoi.php
1953: In the Philippines, Colonel Ramon Magsaysay, with US support, is elected president of the Republic
https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/1688/today-in-philippine-history-november-10-1953-ramon-masaysay-was-elected-president
1965: In Shanghai, Yao Wenyuan, in a newspaper, critics a play written by Wu Han, deputy mayor of Beijing, “Hai Rui dismissed from office”. That is the first shot which will bring to the Cultural Revolution
http://chineseposters.net/themes/yaowenyuan.php
http://www.chinaknowledge.de/Literature/Novels/hairuibaguan.html
1971: In Cambodia, Khmer rouge forces attack the city of Phom Penh and its airport, killing 44, wounding at least 30 and damaging nine airplanes
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/khmer-rouge-forces-attack-phnom-penh-airport
1973: The American State Secretary Henry Kissinger goes to Beijing to said that the USA are ready to normalize their relations with China (In fact it will happend in January 1979)
1977: José Maria Sison, leader of the Communist Party of the Philippines (Marxist-leninist) is arrested in San Fernando
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jose_Maria_Sison
1977: Birth of Won Bin, Korean actor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Won_Bin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6o-RqO33mY
1978: Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping in Kuala Lumpur for a two-day visit
http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/63dad5562b25c0edece68d6adf72063b
1979: Vietnamese forces launch a mopping up operation against Khmer positions northern Cambodia
1980: In China, beginning of the trial of the « Gang of Four » led by Jiang Qing, widow of Mao Zedong (verdict on January 21, 1981)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gang_of_Four
http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/gangoffour/Gangof4.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91LEZxKlkrc
1980: Birth of Calvin Chen, Taiwanese singer
http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Calvin_Chen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Fp4A3NMk8o
1986: Death of Rogelio de la Rosa, Filipino actor and politician, born on November 12, 1914
https://www.senate.gov.ph/senators/former_senators/rogelio_dela_rosa.htm
1986: Bangladesh constitution is restored
1987: Noor Hossain, Bangladeshi activist is killed by police, born in 1961
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noor_Hossain
http://www.thedailystar.net/news/democracy-and-the-role-of-media
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rC65RJCPgTM
1988: Birth of Chisaki Hama, former Japanese actress and model
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chisaki_Hama
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ngEIV0IVnI
1990: Chandra Shekhar is sworn in as India’s new prime minister, succeeding Vishwanath Pratap Singh (up to June 21, 1991)
http://www.indianetzone.com/3/chandra_shekhar_singh.htm
http://www.mapsofindia.com/on-this-day/10th-november-1990-chandra-shekhar-became-indias-eighth-prime-minister
http://chandrashekhar.org/
http://www.nytimes.com/1990/11/10/world/rival-of-singh-becomes-india-premier.html?pagewanted=1
1995: In Katmandu, Nepal, searchers rescued 549 hikers after a massive avalanche struck the Himalayan foothills. The disaster left 24 tourists and 32 Nepalese dead
2001: China is officially admitted in the World Trade Organisation (WTO)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/1648579.stm
http://history.04007.cn/en.php/HisMain/10617.html
2004: Death of Katy de la Cruz, Filipina jazz singer, born on February 13, 1907
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katy_de_la_Cruz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiGIffuoJPw
2006: Sri Lankan Tamil parliamentarian Nadarajah Raviraj is assassinated in Colombo
http://aboutsrilanka.blogspot.com/2006/11/tna-parliamentarian-nadarajah-raviraj.html
http://www.lankanewspapers.com/news/2006/11/9268_image_headline.html
2007: Forty thousand people march toward the royal palace of Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur to hand over a memorandum to the King demanding electoral reform
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Bersih_rally
http://www.reuters.com/article/2007/11/10/idUSSP165982#4CjKwLubRDPsvGlH.97
2009: North and South Korea blame each other’s armed forces for triggering a brief naval clash along their disputed western sea border after a North Korean ship crossed the disputed border line in the Yellow Sea
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/11/world/asia/11korea.
html?_r=1&ref=asia
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8351738.stm
2009: Fugitive former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra arrives to the Cambodian capital to take up a job as economic adviser to the government
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8351743.stm
2013: Death of Vijaydan Detha, Indian author, born on September 1, 1926
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/vijaydan-detha-is-gone-and-here-is-what-made-the-writer-very-very-special/1/325187.html
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/Rajasthans-literary-giant-Vijaydan-Detha-passes-away/articleshow/25569883.cms
2014: Death of Ken Takakura, Japanese actor and singer, born on February 16, 1931
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-30092460
http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/nov/18/ken-takakura
http://www.tofugu.com/2015/01/19/ken-takakura-bunta-sugawara-death-yakuza-cinema/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PtYzgRgPhM
2015 : The Maldives lift a state of emergency declared by the president earlier this month, saying security had improved after the authorities detained individuals and seized illegal weapons
Holidays and observances
Bangladesh: Noor Hossain Day
Indonesia: Heroes’ Day or Hari Pahlawan (1945)