ON 9 JUNE IN SOUTH ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on June 9, 2019
1716: Banda Bahadur, Sikh military commander is executed
https://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Banda_Singh_Bahadur
https://learn.culturalindia.net/banda-singh-bahadur.html
1752: French army surrenders to the British in Trichinopoly India
1863: Death of Dost Mohammad Khan, Ruler of Afghanistan since 1826
http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/dost-mohammad-khan
1900: Birsa Munda, an important figure in the Indian independence movement, dies in a British prison under mysterious circumstances. Born on November 15, 1875
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birsa_Munda
http://www.tribalzone.net/people/birsamunda.htm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HB6nwPrfIBQ
1952: Signature of a peace treaty between India and Japan
1963: In India, Lal Bahadur Shastri becomes prime minister
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lal_Bahadur_Shastri
http://www.rediff.com/news/2004/oct/07spec1.htm
1971: Abdul Zahir replaces Noor Ahmad Etemadi as premier of Afghanistan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul_Zahir_(Afghan_Prime_Minister)
1976: Birth of Amisha Patel, Indian actress
http://www.filmibeat.com/celebs/ameesha-patel/biography.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ameesha_Patel
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0665349/bio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqaMg5UZCJM
1981: Birth of Anoushka Shankar, famous sitarist and daughter of Ravi Shankar
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anoushka_Shankar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgCpkduEQ7U
1984: Birth of Aruni Kashyap, Indian poet
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aruni_Kashyap
1985: Birth of Sonam Kapoor, Indian actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonam_Kapoor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SnJcrA0iDM
2011: Death of MF Hussain, an artist who rose to become India’s most sought-after painter before going into self-imposed exile during an uproar over nude images of Hindu icons
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2011/06/201169104654633361.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-13708844
https://www.dawn.com/news/1482242/painter-provocateur-and-exile-who-was-mf-hussain
http://www.google.fr/search?hl=fr&rlz=1G1ACAW_FRFR414&biw=943&bih=430&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=MF+Hussain+painting&oq=MF+Hussain+painting&aq=f&aqi=g-L8&aql=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=32678l35658l0l9l9l0l7l7l0l223l334l0.1.1c
2017: Asian rivals India and Pakistan formally join the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, a security bloc spearheaded by China and Russia, despite bilateral tensions bubbling over Kashmir
https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/209608-India-Pakistan-join-China-and-Russia-led-security-bloc
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/what-does-shanghai-cooperation-organisation-membership-mean-for-india/article18825646.ece