ON 15 NOVEMBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on November 15, 2018
1706: Death of Tsangyang Gyatso, the 6th dalai lama, born in 1683
http://deathaday.blogspot.com/2007/11/november-15-dalai-lama-vi.html
1835: Birth of Sakamoto Ryoma, Japanese revolutionary, assassinated on November 15, 1867
http://www.ndl.go.jp/portrait/e/datas/89.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakamoto_Ry%C5%8Dma
1867: Sakamoto Ryoma, a Japanese revolutionary against the shogunat system is assassinated (see above)
http://www.jref.com/history/sakamoto-ryoma/
1887: Birth of Hitoshi Ashida, Japanese prime minister from March to October 1948, who died on June 20, 1959
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitoshi_Ashida
http://www.ndl.go.jp/constitution/e/library/06/002_41bunshoko.html
1895: Philippine newspaper “La Solidaridad” stops publication
https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/1344/today-in-philippine-history-november-15-1895-the-la-solidaridad-stopped-publication
1899: Birth of Iskander Mirza, first president of Pakistan (March 1956-October 1958) who died on November 15, 1969
http://www.storyofpakistan.com/person.asp?perid=P015
1908: Death of Chinese empress dowager Cixi. Pu Yi (two years old) becomes emperor
http://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/history/known/cixi.htm
http://womenshistory.about.com/od/rulers19thcentury/p/cixi.htm
1912: Birth of Yi Wu, Korean prince who died on August 7, 1945
https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Yi_U
http://godsandfoolishgrandeur.blogspot.fr/2016/02/yi-wu-prince-of-korea.html
1923: Birth of Văn Cao, Vietnamese composer, poet, and painter, author of the national anthem, who died on July 10, 1995
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C4%83n_Cao
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lyUq_Kz4nQ
1929: -The Chinese communist Party expels its founder Chen Duxiu
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Chen_Duxiu
1935: Manuel L. Quezon is inaugurated as the second president and first of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, up to August 1, 1944
https://kahimyang.info/kauswagan/articles/752/today-in-philippine-history-november-15-1935-the-commonwealth-of-the-philippines-was-inaugurated
http://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1935/11/15/inaugural-address-of-president-quezon-november-15-1935/
http://ww2db.com/person_bio.php?person_id=94
1946: By the Linggajati agreement, Dutch recognize Republic of Indonesia authority in Java, Sumatra and Madura. Both sides agree to form United States of Indonesia with Netherlands crown as symbolic head. On March 25, 1947, the agreement will be formally signed
https://lastafternoon.wordpress.com/2013/02/20/linggarjati-agreement/
https://arishu.wordpress.com/2009/08/15/linggajati-agreement-first-achievement-on-indonesian-diplomacy/
1947: Birth of Malcolm Ranjith, Sri Lankan cardinal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Ranjith
1949: Nathuram Godse and Narayan Apte are executed for assassinating Mahatma Gandhi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathuram_Godse
http://www.mapsofindia.com/on-this-day/15th-november-1949-nathuram-godse-assassin-of-mahatma-gandhi-was-hanged
1951: Communist rebels kill 11 people in an attack on a rubber plantation in Malaya
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/15/newsid_3172000/3172022.stm
1955: In Japan, the Liberal Democratic Party is founded
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_Democratic_Party_(Japan)
1956: Birth of Ong Ka Ting, chairman of the Malaysian Chinese Association (2003-2008)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ong_Ka_Ting
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XarQ4VgWs2o
1967: Hanoi rejects November 11 US president Johnson for a summit
1969: 250,000 war protesters stage a peaceful march and rally in heart of Washington
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/1115.html#article
1969: Death of Iskander Mirza (former president of Pakistan), born on November 15, 1899
http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/iskander-mirza-5937.php
1978: In China, start of the « Beijing Spring » Movement (Democracy wall)
http://www.time.com/time/asia/magazine/99/0927/democracy_wall.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_Wall
http://history.04007.cn/en.php/HisMain/10804.html
1981: Death of Khawar Rizvi, Pakistani poet and scholar, born on June 1, 1938
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khawar_Rizvi
1981: Abdus Sattar, acting head of state since May 30 is elected president of Bangladesh
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdus_Sattar_(president)
1982 : Death of Vinoba Bhave, Indian Freedom fighter, born on September 11, 1895
http://www.culturalindia.net/reformers/acharya-vinoba-bhave.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinoba_Bhave
1994: The Communist Party of Nepal wins the elections
http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2386_94.htm
http://history.04007.cn/en.php/HisMain/10813.html
1999: Representatives from China and the United States sign a major trade agreement that involves China’s membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO)
http://www.techlawjournal.com/trade/19991116.htm
http://history.04007.cn/en.php/HisMain/10815.html
2000: Jharkhand state comes into existence in India
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jharkhand
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1oavw_wwwjharkhandiorg-jharkhand-video-8_music
2002: End of the 16th Chinese Communist Party congress. Hu Jintao succeeds Jiang Zemin as General Secretary, but Jiang keeps the chairmanship of the CCP Central military Commission
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_National_Congress_of_the_Communist_Party_of_China
2005: Princess Sayako, only daughter of emperor Akiyito, spouses a man from common birth and so losing her royal status
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4437386.stm
2006: Pakistan parliament adopts a new law. The raped women are no more forced to have four men testimonies. Adultery is reduced from death by stoning to five years in jail. Islamists boycott the vote
http://blogs.tribune.com.pk/story/9484/rape-fallacies-of-the-four-witness-requirement/
2007: A devastating Cyclone named Sidr hits Bangladesh, killing an estimated 5000 people and destroys the world’s largest mangrove forest, Sundarbans
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone_Sidr
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbzWcA7eDDU
2008: Sri Lanka military says it has captured the strategically important northern town of Pooneryn from Tamil Tiger separtists
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2008/11/slwa-n20.html
http://srilankareports.wordpress.com/2008/11/16/fall-of-pooneryn-crushing-blow-to-tigers/
2008: One of Myanmar’s most prominent activists is sentenced to 65 years in jail along with two other pro-democracy leaders in connection with the 2007 anti-junta protests. Min Ko Naing is considered Myanmar’s top activist after detained Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Min_Ko_Naing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-1Mtl5dwNY&feature=related
2009: U.S. President Barack Obama begins his first state visit to China
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/obamavisitchina/
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/18/world/asia/18prexy.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtmsoNAy_rM
2011: The Philippine government defies a Supreme Court ruling that allowed former President Gloria Arroyo to travel abroad for medical treatment
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-15732351
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2011/11/20111115113623552423.html
2012: Xi Jinping is elected general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee at the first plenary session of the 18th CPC Central Committee on Thursday morning.
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/NK16Ad02.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-20322288
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-20321603
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/The-new-members-of-the-CPC-politburo-(An-overview)-26366.html
2012: Myanmar’s president grants 452 prisoners Amnesty
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/11/14/world/asia/myanmar-prisoner-release/index.html?hpt=ias_c2
2014: Pakistan and Afghanistan pledge to begin a new era of economic cooperation, with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani saying three days of talks had ended 13 years of differences
2014: Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung survives a confidence vote in parliament with 64 per cent of the delegates giving a vote of ‘high confidence’ in his leadership and 14 per cent showing’low confidence
http://blog.vietnam-aujourdhui.info/post/2014/11/15/Vietnam-PM-wins-broad-backing-in-rare-confidence-vote
2015: Nepal PM asks India to end “undeclared blockade”
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/nepal-pm-asks-india-end-undeclared-blockade-191556569.html
http://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/unofficial-indian-blockade-has-led-to-humanitarian-crisis-pm/
2016: A Hong Kong court disqualifies two pro-independence politicians from taking office, ruling their oath of allegiance invalid in a judgment in step with Beijing which last week intervened in the city’s legal system
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/15/hong-kong-bans-pro-democracy-politicians-after-beijing-rewrites-oath-law
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-37984118
Holidays and observances
Japan: Shichi-Go-San (children festival)