ON 24 OCTOBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on October 24, 2019
1567: Akbar and his Mughal troops start the four-month siege of Chitod in restive Rajasthan
1605: Coronation of Jahangir, 4th Mughal king
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jahangir
1844: Treaty of Whampoa (Huangpu) between France and China
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Whampoa
1860: Following the Second Opium War, Article 6 of the Convention between China and the United Kingdom stipulates that China has to cede the part of Kowloon Peninsula south of present day Boundary Street, Kowloon, and Hong Kong (including Stonecutters Island) in perpetuity to Britain
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boundary_Street
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonecutters_Island
https://www.google.com/maps/dir/22.326462,114.162176/22.3273,114.18574/@22.3096889,114.1677692,13.37z/data=!4m4!4m3!1m1!4e1!1m0?hl=en
http://history.04007.cn/en.php/HisMain/10187.html
1871: In the United States, a mob of over 500 English and Latinos enter Los Angeles’ Chinatown to attack, rob and brutally murder Chinese residents, hanging 18 of them
http://www.wondersandmarvels.com/2012/09/los-angeles-chinese-massacre-1871.html
http://www.newrepublic.com/book/review/chinatown-war-scott-zesch
1894: Birth of Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay, Bengali author who died July 29, 1987
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibhutibhushan_Mukhopadhyay
1894: During the first Sino-Japanese war, battle of Jiuliancheng
http://sinojapanesewar.com/invasionofChina.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Jiuliancheng
1898: Birth of Chinese Marshal Peng Dehuai, who died on November 29, 1974
http://pwencycl.kgbudge.com/P/e/Peng_Dehuai.htm
http://chineseposters.net/themes/pengdehuai.php
http://history.04007.cn/en.php/HisMain/10188.html
1904: Birth of A.K. Golam Jilani, a Bangladeshi who was a revolutionary of the Indian independence movement, who died in jail on February 9, 1932
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.K._Golam_Jilani
1924: Birth of Chin Peng, leader of the Communist Party of Malaya (1948-1989)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chin_Peng
http://anystreetcorner.blogspot.com/2005/03/chin-peng-my-dad-and-me.html
1925: Birth of Ieng Sary, Khmer Rouge leader
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ieng_Sary
http://www.thefullwiki.org/Ieng_Sary
1930: Birth of sultan of Pahang Ahmad Shah ,7th king of Malaysia (1979-1984)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad_Shah_of_Malaysia
1930: Chiang Kai-shek changes of religion for Christianity, in fact because he wants to marry Soong Mei-ling, a Christian
1931: Birth of Ken Utsui, Japanese actor
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0882577/
http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Utsui_Ken
1934: Mahatma Gandhi quits the Indian National Congress
1936: Birth of Ryuji Nakagi, Japanese actor
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1266624/
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=16994
1939: Birth of Pak Pong-ju, Prime Minister of North Korea from September 2003 to April 2007
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pak_Pong-ju
1943: The Provisional Government of Free India formally declares war on Britain and the United States of America
http://www.gktoday.in/provisional-government-of-free-india-singapore-october-1943/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azad_Hind
1944: The Japanese aircraft carrier Zhuikaku and the battleship Musashi are sunk in the Battle of Leyte Gulf (Philippines)
http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/worldwari1/p/leytegulf.htm
1945: The Republic of China is a founding member and a Security Council standing member of the United nations
1948: In the local elections, the French territories in India, except Chandernagor vote for the French Union
1952: Birth of Yoko Natsuki, Japanese actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoko_Natsuki
1953: Birth of Hiroshi Takemura, Japanese actor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroshi_Takemura
1954: Dwight D. Eisenhower pledges United States support to South Vietnam
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/u-s-president-pledges-support-to-south-vietnam
1962: After 4 days of attacks, China proposes to India a cease-fire rejected by New Delhi on 27
http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Globespotting/1962-war-what-if-there-was-no-unilateral-ceasefire-by-china/ http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/indo-prc_1962.htm
1966: In Manila, President Johnson meets with other Allied leaders and they pledge to withdraw troops from Vietnam within six months if North Vietnam “withdraws its forces to the North and ceases infiltration of South Vietnam
http://www.vietnamwar.govt.nz/sites/default/files/documents/manila-summit-communique.pdf
1972: Birth of Kim Ji-su (Kim Ji-Soo), South Korean actress
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1790874/
http://www.cinemasie.com/en/fiche/personne/kimjisoo/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXqSVcfngMo
1977: Beginning of the trial of former Prime Minister Ali Bhutto on charges of conspiracy to murder the father of an opponent
http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2012/04/03/comment/columns/the-vitiated-trial-of-zulfikar-ali-bhutto/
1981: Birth of Mallika Sherawat, Indian actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mallika_Sherawat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HV8QPeM31fc
1983: Death of Jiang Wen-Ye, Taiwanese composer, born on April 11, 1910
http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/boy2010/david.html
http://www.6moons.com/musicreviews/2011_april/jiang.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWN-0a4VTmk
1984: Birth of Felicia Chin, Singaporean actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felicia_Chin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvZCX4K18F4
1984: The inquiry commission on the murder of Benigno Aquino contradicts official version of a hired assassin and implicates 25 military, including the Army commander, General Fabian Ver
http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Fabian_Ver
1984: Birth of Kaera Kimura, Japanese rock and pop singer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaela_Kimura
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r12cOIS17lk
1985: Death of Masaichi Nagata, Japanese film producer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaichi_Nagata
1989: The Khmer Rouge take control of Pailin area on the Thailand border
1991: Death of Ismat Chughtai, Indian author, born on August 15, 1915
http://www.dawn.com/news/1051981
http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00urdu/ismat/
2005: Death of Immanuel C.Y. Hsu (Xu Zhongyue), scholar of modern Chinese intellectual and diplomatic history, born in 1923
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immanuel_C.Y._Hsu
2009: Pakistan’s troops capture the key Taliban town of Kotkai in South Waziristan
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8323660.stm
2009: The Islamist organization, Hizb-ut Tahrir is banned in Bangladesh
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8321329.stm
2009: A senior North Korean diplomat holds face-to-face talks with an American counterpart during a rare visit to the United States. The North Korean, Ri Gun, is the deputy negotiator in stalled talks on North Korea’s nuclear program
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8324465.stm
2011: Death of Sansan Chien, Taiwanese composer, born on July 1, 1967
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sansan_Chien
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HL9wdk5DKsU&list=PL-LcjXDhnTohRumNDRlF8kqcdG8Jhl4IC
2013: Death of Manna Dey, Indian singer, born on May 1, 1919
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manna_Dey
2014: Detained Myanmar reporter Aung Naing has been shot dead. He was arrested in Mon state at the end of September while covering clashes near the border between Thailand and Myanmar
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-29758329
http://www.irrawaddy.org/burma/missing-reporter-killed-custody-burma-army-report.html
2014: China launches an unmanned spacecraft to test technologies to be used in the Chang’e-5, a future probe that will conduct the country’s first moon mission with a return to Earth
http://www.chinadailyasia.com/nation/2014-10/24/content_15182263.html
2014: Death of S. S. Rajendran, Indian actor, born on January 1928
http://www.veethi.com/india-people/s._s._rajendran-profile-3643-14.htm
http://www.filmibeat.com/celebs/s-s-rajendran-old-tamil-actor/biography.html
2015: Maldives vice president Ahmed Adeeb is arrested in a probe over a speedboat explosion targeting president Abdulla Yameen
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/10/maldives-arrests-vice-president-assassination-bid-151024085428419.html
http://www.euronews.com/2015/10/24/maldives-vice-president-arrested-and-charged-with-attempted-murder-of-president/
2016: Opposition leader Sam Rainsy is officially exiled from the country in a move that contradicts domestic laws and violates international conventions signed by the Cambodian government
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sam-rainsy-officially-exiled-cambodia-119625/
2017: Indonesia passes law to ban organisations deemed against secular Pancasila ideology
2018: Indian PM Wins Seoul Peace Prize
http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2018/10/25/2018102501259.html
http://www.asiatimes.com.au/pm-of-india-awarded-the-2018-seoul-peace-prize/