ON 6 MARCH IN ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on March 6, 2019
1508: Birth of Humayun, second Mughal emperor who died on January 26, 1556
http://www.storyofpakistan.com/person.asp?perid=P054
1615: Death of Pieter Both in a tempest, first General Governor of the Dutch Indies, born in 1568
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieter_Both
1775: Raghunathrao and the British sign the Treaty of Surat: Raghunathrao cedes the territories of Salsette and Bassein to the British, along with part of the revenues from Surat and Bharuch districts. In return, the British provide Raghunathrao with 2,500 soldiers
http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Treaty_of_Surat
http://ebook2.worldlibrary.net/article/WHEBN0003148518/Raghunathrao
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7mmEy2gzjo
1898: China leases to Germany, for 99 years, the city of Qingdao and several mining deposits
https://yesterdaysshadow.wordpress.com/qingdao-germanys-chinese-colony/
http://rnrblog.roughandreadytours.net/2013/03/qingdao-german-concession.html
1903: Birth of Empress consort Kojun of Japan (1926-1989), wife of Emperor Showa, who died on June 16, 2000
http://akafkaesquelife.wordpress.com/2013/04/29/history-nagako-japans-ferocious-dowager-empress-2004/
1904: The Japanese fleet bombards Vladivostok, the major Russian port on the Pacific
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2281&dat=19040312&id=laIoAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CAYGAAAAIBAJ&pg=6326,3828018
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=940CE5D71E3AE733A25754C0A9659C946597D6CF
1909: Birth of the Japanese novelist Ooka Shohei who died on December 25, 1968
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dhei_%C5%8Coka
1915: Birth of Mohammed Burhanuddin, Indian spiritual leader, 52nd Da’i al-Mutlaq who died on January 17, 2014
http://www.mapsofindia.com/on-this-day/6-march-1915-syedna-mohammed-burhanuddin-head-of-dawoodi-bohras-was-born
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammed_Burhanuddin
1915: Birth of Taranath Rao, Indian musician who died in 1991
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taranath_Rao
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pt1yO-hjgd4
1921: The Natal Indian Congress is resuscitated and reorganised at a meeting in Durban, with Ismail Gora as President
http://www.sahistory.org.za/organisations/natal-indian-congress-nic
https://www.nelsonmandela.org/omalley/index.php/site/q/03lv03445/04lv03446/05lv03483.htm
1929: Birth of Ho Dam, North Korean Secretary of State (1970-1983) who died in May 1991
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CEEDA1238F937A25756C0A967958260
1936: Birth of Choummaly Sayasone, president of Laos since June 8, 2006
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choummaly_Sayasone
1943: In Dutch Indies, Sukarno asks for cooperation with Japanese occupiers
1945: In Burma, Chinese 38th division under the command of General Sun Li-ren, take Lashio
http://alternativehistorychristos.wikia.com/wiki/Sun_Li-jen
http://www.cbi-theater.com/cai/cai.html
1946: Ho Chi Minh and French negociator Sainteny sign an agreement. France recognizes the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) as an independent country inside the Indo-Chinese Federation of the French Union. French forces are maintained in Tonkin
http://memim.com/ho-sainteny-agreement.html
https://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/pentagon/int2.htm
1947: Birth of Miyamoto Teru, Japanese author
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teru_Miyamoto
1947: Lai Teck is expelled from Communist Party of Malaya and replaced by Chin Peng
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lai_Teck
1948: The government of the Philippines bans the communist Anti-Japanese People Army also called Huk
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hukbalahap
1949: Birth of Shaukat Aziz, Pakistani Prime Minister (2004-2007)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3941185.stm
1950: Thailand and Indonesia establish diplomatic relations
1953: Birth of Madhav Kumar Nepal, Communist Nepali politician, 34th Prime Minister of Nepal from 2009 to 2011
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhav_Kumar_Nepal
1955: U Nu, Burmese Prime Minister starts a travel to Thailand, India, Israel, Yugoslavia, Great-Britain and USA
1960: Sukarno, the president of Indonesia suspends the parliament to end opposition to his “Guided Democracy” program
1962: An agreement is signed between Thai Foreign Minister Thanat Khoman and U.S. representative Dean Rusk for the United States to assist Thailand in its defense against communist aggression
1965: US Pentagone announces that the 3500 first American ground forces will be send to Vietnam for fighting the communists guerilla
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/u-s-is-sending-marines-to-south-vietnam
1970: Birth of Gretchen Barretto, Filipino actress and singer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gretchen_Barretto
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KkYhI-rTNw
1970: American President Richard Nixon admits that the U.S. had been bombing Laos for the past six years as part of a campaign to attack Communist supply routes into South Vietnam
1981: Birth of Miz (Mizuki Watanabe),Japanese rock singer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miz
1990: In Afghanistan, an attempted coup to remove President Najibullah from office fails
1991: In India Congress Party withdraws its support to Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar
http://www.biography.com/people/shekhar-chandra-38650
1992: Birth of Momoko Tsugunaga, Japanese singer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Momoko_Tsugunaga
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzI7e6WHZtM
1999: Arrest of Ta Mok, last Khmer rouge leader who has not joined the government
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ta_Mok
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/344024.stm
2009: Death of Francis Magalona, Filipino media artist and photographer.born on October4, 1964)
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=34619343
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Magalona
2010: A meeting between representatives of the Filipino government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front ends in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia). Mindanao: MILF drops demand for independence, opens door to peace
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Mindanao:-MILF-drops-demand-for-independence,-opens-door-to-peace-17813.html
2010: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa denounces plans by UN chief Ban Ki-Moon to ask a panel of experts to look into human rights issues on the island
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8553095.stm
2012: India’s ruling National Congress party suffers a major election setback in crucial state polls, winning clearly in just one of five states contested
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2012/03/201236175226433687.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/07/world/asia/indian-national-congress-party-defeated-in-elections.html?_r=1&ref=asia
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-17255364
2012: Timor-Leste’s first and shortest-serving president Francisco Xavier do Amaral dies after a long battle with cancer. The popular veteran of the nation’s resistance struggle against Indonesia’s brutal 24-year occupation died aged 74
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/mar/08/francisco-xavier-do-amaral
http://blogs.crikey.com.au/northern/2012/03/07/vale-francisco-xavier-do-amaral-first-president-of-east-timor-elder-statesman/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUh2u–cYlM
2014: Brunei’s ruling sultan on Thursday hit back at foreign criticism of the looming implementation of a form of Islamic Shariah law that includes harsh penalties, saying the new penal code was a “great achievement” for the country
2014: The head of China’s parliament warns that importing western-style democracy for a planned direct election in Hong Kong in 2017 could lead to “disastrous” results