ON 23 DECEMBER IN SOUTH ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on December 23, 2017
1690: Birth of Pamheiba, Indian Manipur emperor who died in 1751
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamheiba
http://joycenoel.blogspot.fr/2007/04/meidingu-pamheiba.html
1879: During the Second Afghan War, battle of Kabul
http://britishbattles.com/second-afghan-war/kabul-1879.htm
1902: Birth of Charan Singh, Indian politician, 5th Prime Minister of India, who died on May 29, 1987
http://www.iloveindia.com/indian-heroes/charan-singh-biography.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charan_Singh
http://www.mapsofindia.com/events/uttar-pradesh/kisan-diwas.html
1912: In the Delhi Conspiracy Case, British Viceroy Lord Hardinge is wounded by a bomb explosion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delhi_conspiracy_case
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=22&dat=19121224&id=Dm1SAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9SkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4734,2244530&hl=fr
http://news.hrvh.org/veridian/cgi-bin/senylrc?a=d&d=kingstondaily19121223.2.2
1918: Birth of Kumar Pallana, Indian-born American actor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumar_Pallana
1921: Visva-Bharati University,founded by Rabindranath Tagore, is inaugurated
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visva-Bharati_University
http://www.visva-bharati.ac.in/
1926: Swami Shraddhanand, Indian educator, is assassinated, born on February 2, 1856
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swami_Shraddhanand
http://www.hindujagruti.org/articles/86.html
1979: During the Soviet war in Afghanistan, Soviet forces occupy Kabul, the Afghan capital
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/russia_invasion_afghanistan.htm
2004: Death of P. V.Narasimha Rao, 12th Indian Prime Minister (1991-1996) of an heart attack, born on June 28, 1921
http://www.hindu.com/2004/12/24/stories/2004122408870100.htm
http://www.mapsofindia.com/on-this-day/23rd-december-2004-p.v.-narashima-rao-ninth-prime-minister-of-india-passed-away
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-36791913
2007: The Nepalese Constituent Assembly comes to fruition when it is announced that the monarchy would be abolished in 2008 after the Constituent Assembly elections on May 28, 2008. Nepal becoming a Federal Democratic Republic.
2009: Death of Ngabo Ngawang Jigme, chairman of the Autonomous Region of Tibet (1964-1968), born on February 1, 1910
http://tibettalk.wordpress.com/2009/12/27/ngabo-ngawang-jigme-1910-2009/
2010: Death of Kannoth Karunakaran, Indian politician, born on July 5, 1918
http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/news/veteran-congress-leader-k-karunakaran-dies/183408
2012: Anand Abhyankar, Indian actor, dies in a car accident, born on June 2, 1963
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anand_Abhyankar
2013: Death of G. S. Shivarudrappa, Indian poet and educator, born on February 7, 1926
http://ananth.org/mourning-the-loss-of-dr-g-s-shivarudrappa/
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/rashtrakavi-gs-shivarudrappa-no-more/article5492886.ece
2014: A former government minister in Bangladesh is sentenced to death for crimes against humanity during the 1971 war of independence from Pakistan. The special tribunal in Dhaka found Syed Mohammad Qaiser, 73, guilty of genocide, murder and rape
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-30587716
2014: Death of K. Balachander, Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter, born on July 9 1930
http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/regional/veteran-director-k-balachander-who-launched-rajini-passes-away-at-84/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K._Balachander
