ON 5 NOVEMBER IN ASIA HISTORY
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Updated on November 5, 2018
1138: Lý Anh Tông is enthroned as emperor of Vietnam at the age of two, beginning a 37-year reign
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%BD_Anh_T%C3%B4ng
1271: Birth of Mahmud Ghazan, Mongol ruler, Khan of the Tartars 1295-1304) who died on May 11, 1304
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmud_Ghazan#Biography
1556: Second battle of Panipat. A Mughal army defeats Hindu forces of General Hemu to ensure Akbar the throne of India
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mughal-victory-assures-akbars-ascension
http://www.panipatonline.in/city-guide/second-battle-of-panipat
1559: Death of Kano Motonobu, Japanese painter, born on August 28, 1476
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kano_Motonobu
https://www.google.fr/search?q=kano+motonobu&hl=fr&rlz=1G1ACAW_FRFR414&prmd=imvnso&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=EnaWUOT3OIWmhAfg34DwAQ&ved=0CAoQ_AUoAQ&biw=601&bih=359
1817: The Battle of Khadki (previously transcribed as the Battle of Kirkee) between the forces of the English East India Company and those of Bajirao II, the Peshwa of the Maratha Confederacy. Khadki, on the outskirts of Pune in Maharashtra, India
https://wikivisually.com/wiki/Battle_of_Khadki
1864: Most of Calcutta is destroyed by cyclone (approx 60,000 die)
1870: Birth of Chittaranjan Das, Indian patriot and freedom fighter, who died on June 16, 1925
http://www.bookrags.com/biography/chitta-ranjan-das/
1905: Birth of Sajjad Zaheer, Indian author and poet who died on September 13, 1973
http://www.open.ac.uk/researchprojects/makingbritain/content/sajjad-zaheer
http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl2915/stories/20120810291504100.htm
1917: Birth of Banarsi Das Gupta, Indian former Chief Minister of Haryana who died on August 29, 2007
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banarsi_Das_Gupta
1919: Birth of Hasan Askari, Pakistani philosopher, who died on January 18, 1978
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasan_Askari
1921: Soviet Russia signs a treaty with Mongolia, temporarily supporting the new government against China and Japanese incursions
http://uca.edu/politicalscience/dadm-project/asiapacific-region/chinamongolia-1911-1946/
1939: Birth of Lobsang Tenzin, Tibetan religious leader, 5th Samdhong Rinpoché
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobsang_Tenzin
1941: The Combine Japanese Fleet receive Top-Secret Order No. 1: In 34 days time, Pearl Harbor is to be bombed, along with Mayala, the Dutch East Indies, and the Philippines
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-order-is-given-bomb-pearl-harbor
1941: Birth of Yoshiyuki Tomino, Japanese animator, director, and screenwriter
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=100
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshiyuki_Tomino
1945: France gives administrative autonomy to Cambodia
1950: In Korean War, British and Australian forces halt the advancing Chinese during the Battle of Pakchon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Pakchon
http://www.worldlibrary.org/articles/battle_of_pakchon
https://prezi.com/x7a-kxmyj333/the-battle-of-pakchon/
1952: Birth of Vandana Shiva, Indian scientist and environmentalist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandana_Shiva
http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Vandana_Shiva/Vandana_Shiva_page.html
1970:Vietnam War: The United States Military Assistance Command in Vietnam reports the lowest weekly American soldier death toll in five years (24)
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/u-s-combat-deaths-down
1978: Twenty months after the defeat of her party, Indira Gandhi is reelected to the parliament
1981: Death of Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa, Tibetan spiritual figure, born on August 14, 1924
http://www.diamondway-buddhism.org/buddhist-teachers/hh-16th-karmapa/
http://kagyuoffice.org/kagyu-lineage/the-golden-rosary/16th-karmapa/
1982: Birth of Han Ji-min, South Korean actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_Ji-min
http://www.hancinema.net/slideshow.php?id_objet=836&id_fichier=55714&page=individu&table_page=individus&start=1
1986: USS Rentz (FFG-46), USS Reeves (DLG-24) and USS Oldendorf (DD-972) visit Qingdao (Tsing Tao) China — the first US Naval visit to China since 1949
1986: Birth of South Korean singer Kwon Boa
http://women.stareastasia.com/kwon-boa/
https://kprofiles.com/boa-profile/
1991: The general secretary of the Vietnam Communist Party Do Muoi, and the Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet made a three-day visit to China for a full restoration of the relations between the two countries
1991: Kiichi Miyazawa is appointed prime minister of Japan (up to August 1993)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiichi_Miyazawa
1993 : Basuki Abdullah, Indonesian painter, is murdered at 78
http://www.ucanews.com/story-archive/?post_name=/1993/11/10/catholic-maestro-painter-found-murdered-in-his-home&post_id=44264
https://ahmadhidayatullahgoblog.wordpress.com/2012/12/13/basoeki-abdullah/
https://www.google.fr/search?q=Basuki+Abdullah,+Indonesian+painter,+murdered&biw=1255&bih=550&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjxl8-H-4_QAhXDPxQKHaHmBa4Q_AUIBigB&dpr=1.53
1994: The Taliban seize Kandahar. Their leader, the mullah Omar stay there to direct the country
http://www.csmonitor.com/2001/1010/p1s4-wosc.html
1996: President of Pakistan Farooq Ahmed Khan Leghari dismiss Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, in charge since October 1993 and dissolves the National Assembly. Malik Meraj Khalid is appointed caretaker premier up to February 17, 1997
http://www.storyofpakistan.com/articletext.asp?artid=A087
http://www.pakistani.org/pakistan/leghari.order.html
1998: Death of Nagarjun, Indian poet, born on June 30, 1911
http://www.indowindow.com/delhimagazine/sanam/Nagarjun/intro.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagarjun
1998: The United Nations announces that the Taliban militia had killed up to 5,000 civilians in the takeover of an Afghani town
2002: Death of Bunjaku Han, Japanese actress, born on April 15, 1948
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0359149/
2003: Sri Lanka president, Chandrika Kumaratunga, proclaims the state of emergency
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3256649.stm
http://www.thesundayleader.lk/archive/20031109/issues-1.htm
2007: China’s first lunar satellite, Chang’e 1 goes into orbit around the Moon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUcD9M3cxaQ
http://www.cctv.com/english/special/Change1/01/index.shtml
2009: Thailand and Cambodia recall envoys over Thaksin
http://in.reuters.com/article/2009/11/05/idINIndia-43706820091105
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8343703.stm
2011: Death of Bhupen Hazarika, Indian singer, composer, lyricist, music director, and filmmaker from Assam, born on September 8, 1926
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/nov/06/bhupen-hazarika
http://www.mapsofindia.com/on-this-day/5th-november-2011-indian-lyricist-and-musician-bhupen-hazarika-passed-away
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXXbvV4hPkw
2013: A Bangladeshi court has convicts more than 300 soldiers at the start of a mass verdict over a 2009 military mutiny in which scores of senior officers were massacred. 152 soldiers are sentenced to die
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/11/05/world/asia/bangladesh-soldiers-death-sentence/index.html?hpt=ias_c1
http://www.euronews.com/2013/11/05/bangladesh-court-sentences-152-to-death-for-2009-mutiny/
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2013/11/bangladesh-mutiny-verdict-due-201311561736760822.html
2013: India’s first mission to Mars completes its first stage, successfully entering an elliptical orbit around the Earth 44 minutes after take-off, the Indian Space Research Organisation announced.
http://www.france24.com/en/20131105-indian-mars-rocket-successfully-enters-orbit-earth
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/10426972/India-launches-first-Mars-bound-spacecraft.html
http://www.euronews.com/2013/11/05/india-launches-a-mission-to-mars/