ON 7 JANUARY IN SOUTH ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on January 7, 2019
1761: Afghans defeat Mahrattas at Paniput in India
http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/LUP_MAL/MAHRATTAS.html
1950: Ceylan (Sri Lanka) recognizes the People’s Republic of China
1950: Birth of Johnny Lever, Indian actor
http://www.bollywoodgate.com/indian-actors/johnny-lever.html
1957: Birth of Reena Roy, Indian actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reena_Roy
1961: Birth of Supriya Pathak, Indian actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supriya_Pathak
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KgyhgnnRRE
1966: Death of Bimal Roy, Indian film director, born on July 12, 1909
http://www.mapsofindia.com/on-this-day/7th-january-1966-bimal-roy-indian-film-director-died
http://bimalroymemorial.org/default/bimal-roy/biography/
http://www.menright.com/pages/bollywood-roy.html
1970: The Punjab Legislative Council (Abolition) Act, 1969 comes into effect
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punjab_Legislative_Council_(Abolition)_Act,_1969
http://www.indiankanoon.org/docfragment/1377608/?formInput=state%20of%20punjab%20%20doctypes%3A%20act
1979: Birth of Bipasha Basu, Indian model
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bipasha_Basu
2000: News agencies unveil that the 17th Karmapa, Orgyen Trinley Dorje, 15 years old, leader of one of the most important buddhist school in Tibet has fled to India and arrived on January 5
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/594703.stm
2011: Prime Minister of Pakistan Yousuf Raza Gilani wins back majority in the parliament as Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) announced to rejoin coalition government but not the federal cabinet
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/08/world/asia/08pakistan.html?ref=asia
2016: Death of Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, Indian Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and prominent Muslim politician
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/01/indian-administered-kashmir-cm-dies-delhi-160107064607813.html
http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/mufti-mohammad-sayeed-the-death-of-a-statesman/article8078096.ece?homepage=true