ON 5 MARCH IN SOUTH ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on March 5, 2019
1913: Birth of Gangubai Hangal, Indian singer who died on July 21, 2009
http://www.iloveindia.com/indian-heroes/gangubai-hangal.html
https://homes.cs.washington.edu/~mausam/gangubai.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoJEY4wB864
1931: Signature of the Gandhi–Irwin Pact, a political agreement signed by Mahatma Gandhi and the then Viceroy of India, Lord Irwin envisaging the release of political prisoners and allowing salt to be freely used by the poorest members of the population
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gandhi%E2%80%93Irwin_Pact
http://www.rarenewspapers.com/view/580415
1949: The Jharkhand Party is founded in India by Jaipal Singh
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jharkhand_Party
http://www.open.ac.uk/researchprojects/makingbritain/content/jaipal-singh
1964: Ceylan (now Sri Lanka) declares emergency due to unrest
1966: Birth of Aasif Mandvi, Indian-born American actor and comedian
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aasif_Mandvi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sdMsimS-Y8
1988: Riot during a religious ceremony in Lhasa causing around 50 people dead. 600 people died in the 1987-1988 unrests
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5laC0_eb9c&feature=related
1989: Beginning of anti-Chinese riots in Tibet
http://history.04007.cn/en.php/HisMain/2230.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFsuuUWiFQM
2013: Police in the Maldives capital, Male, arrests former President Mohamed Nasheed for abuse of office, after months of political tension
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21668176 http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2013/03/20133510315699221.html
2016: Afghanistan’s Taliban has said it will not take part in peace talks with the government unless foreign troops leave the country. The group also said it wanted detained members of its ranks to be freed
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/03/afghan-talks-taliban-refuses-participate-160305135801134.html
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35736434