ON 14 APRIL IN ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on April 14, 2019
605: Emperor Yang of Sui dynasty orders to extend the Grand Canal
http://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/culture/grand-canal.htm
1294: Timur (Tamerlan), grandson of Kublai, is elected Khagan of the Mongols and Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty with the reigning titles Oljeitu and Chengzong
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tem%C3%BCr_Khan,_Emperor_Chengzong_of_Yuan
1336: Birth of Emperor Go-Kōgon of Japan who died on March 12, 1374
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Go-K%C5%8Dgon
1521: Magellan erects a wooden cross on the shores of Cebu
https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/1070/today-in-philippine-history-april-14-1521-magellan-erected-a-wooden-cross-on-the-shores-of-Cebu
1741: Birth of Momozono, 116th emperor of Japan (June 1747 to August 1762) who died on 31 August 1762
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Momozono
1861: Death of Japanese painter Utagawa Kuniyoshi, born in 1797
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utagawa_Kuniyoshi
http://www.google.fr/search?q=Utagawa+Kuniyoshi&hl=fr&rlz=1G1ACAW_FRFR414&prmd=ivns&source=lnms&tbm=isch&ei=dJ2mTZLPENK5hAeC8rTOCQ&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=2&ved=0CBQQ_AUoAQ&biw=1093&bih=538
1863: First Treaty of Hue between France and Annam. Three Vietnamese ports are opened (Tourane, Balat and Quang Yen). Missionary activity is permitted
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Hu%E1%BA%BF_(1863)
http://www.luminous-lint.com/app/home/?action=ACT_SING_IM&p1=498504928496134429183545519
1872: Birth of Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Pakistani Islamic scholar who translated the Quran in English and died on 10 December 1953
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdullah_Yusuf_Ali
http://www.islamicgiftcenter.com/index.php?route=product/author&author_id=15
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05CDGLqrWHM
1881: Birth of Husain Salaahuddin, Maldivian writer who died on September 20, 1948
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Husain_Salaahuddin
1891: Birth of Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, Indian politician and social reformer, father of the Indian constitution who died on December 6, 1956
http://www.culturalindia.net/reformers/br-ambedkar.html
http://vibranthistory.blogspot.fr/2008/04/dr-bhimrao-ramji-ambedkar.html
http://www.mapsofindia.com/on-this-day/14-april-1891-b.r.-ambedkar-father-of-the-indian-constitution-was-born
1919: Birth of Shamshad Begum, Indian singer who died on April 23, 2013
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamshad_Begum
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbErQRZZNKY
1919: Birth of K. Saraswathi Amma, Indian feminist writer who died on December 26, 1975
https://books.google.fr/books?id=OjZYf9Xf9bcC&pg=PA164&lpg=PA164&dq=K.+Saraswathi+Amma&source=bl&ots=3SIaZN_kZe&sig=E41EtbO2kaOeOD0LRAWj0ezLoGw&hl=fr&sa=X&ei=CeMrVZytPMbhatn3gIgJ&ved=0CEMQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=K.%20Saraswathi%20Amma&f=false
http://wikivisually.com/wiki/K._Saraswathi_Amma
1936: Birth of Ivan Dias, Indian cardinal, prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
http://www.vatican.va/news_services/press/documentazione/documents/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_dias_i_en.html
1944: Freighter Fort Stikene carrying tons of explosives explodes in Bombay, killing around 800 people
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombay_Explosion_%281944%29
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/explosion-on-cargo-ship-rocks-bombay-india
1945: New massive bombing of Tokyo by the US Air forces
1946: Dutch and Indonesian representatives begin talks at Hoge Veluwe in the Netherlands. The talks are unsuccessful
1950: Death of Sri Ramana Maharshi, Indian monk and philosopher, born on 30 December 1879
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramana_Maharshi
http://www.sriramanamaharshi.org/
1954: Birth of Katsuhiro Otomo, Japanese director, screenwriter, and Illustrator
http://www.akira2019.com/katsuhiro-otomo.htm
1960: Birth of Myoma Myint Kywe, Burmese historian and journalist
https://www.booksie.com/users/myoma-myint-kywe-86512
1963: Death of Rahul Sankrityayan, Indian historian, born on April 9, 1893
http://www.kamat.com/jyotsna/blog/rahul_sankrityayan.htm
1965: As USA and Indonesia are deteriorating, Peace Corps volunteers begin their withdrawing
1970: Birth of Shizuka Kudo, Japanese singer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shizuka_Kud%C5%8D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeObI-ZqMJY
1971: Premier Zhou Enlai met with all the members of the U.S. table tennis. Zhou said: “By visiting our country you have opened the gate for the exchanges between the people of the two nations. We believe that a friendly exchange will win approval and support from both the Chinese and American peoples”
1975: The American airlift of Vietnamese orphans to the United States (Operation Babylift) ends after 2,600 children are transported to America
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/operation-baby-lift-concludes
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3801399/Incredible-pictures-planes-packed-orphaned-babies-fleeing-war-torn-Vietnam-adoption-U-S-families-controversial-Operation-Babylift.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXjoLHRy0EQ
1975: Birth of Rajeshwari Sachdev, Indian actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajeshwari_Sachdev
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ij2DfMYwmA
1976: In Cambodia, Khieu Samphan is nominated as president of the Democratic Kampuchea Presidium, replacing Prince Sihanouk who resigned on 5 April, with Pol Pot as the government leader
http://www.seasite.niu.edu/khmer/ledgerwood/biographies.htm
1978: Korean Air Lines Boeing 707, fired on by Soviets, crashes in Russia
http://englishrussia.com/2008/06/03/the-korean-boeing/
1979: Opening of Sino-Vietnamese negotiations in Hanoi (broken on 18)
1980: Italian communist leader Enrico Berlinger is the first western communist leader to go officially to China since twenty years
1982: François Mitterand makes the first official visit of a French president to Japan http://www.nytimes.com/1982/04/18/world/mitterrand-stressing-japanese-technical-ties.html
1986 : Death of Nitin Bose, Indian film director and cinematographer, born in April 1897
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitin_Bose
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0097887/
http://www.indiavideo.org/cinema/milan-hindi-film-7591.php
1988: In Geneva, the Soviet Union signs an agreement paving the way for pulling Russian troops out of Afghanistan
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/14/newsid_4419000/4419833.stm
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/soviets-to-withdraw-from-afghanistan
1989: The 1,100,000,000th Chinese is born
1994: Death of Salimuzzaman Siddiqui, Pakistani scientist and scholar, born in 1897
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salimuzzaman_Siddiqui
1999: Pakistan test-fired a ballistic missile that was capable of carrying a nuclear warhead and reaching its rival neighbor India
2001: In China, the underground bishop of Yixian (Hebei) Mgr Shi Enxiang, 79 years old, who was hiding since 1996, is arrested
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Two-Chinese-bishop-martyrs-recognised-as-%E2%80%98Illustrious-Unknown%E2%80%99-for-2011-23568.html
2001: Death of Hiroshi Teshigahara, Japanese director, born on January 28, 1927
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroshi_Teshigahara
http://www.sogetsu.or.jp/teshigaharahiroshi.com/contents.shtml
2002: In East Timor, in the first presidential election since independence, Xanana Gusmao is elected with 82,69 % of the votes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_East_Timorese_presidential_election
2008: Dhaka-Calcutta passenger train resumes after 43 years
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7345724.stm
2008: Former vice-prime minister Anwar Ibrahim marks the end of his five-year ban to be involved in politics by a large gathering forbidden by police
2009: A Bangkok court issues arrest warrants for Thaksin Shinawatra, the exiled former prime minister of Thailand, and 13 of his supporters after violent demonstrations that left two people dead and scores injured. The anti-government “Red Shirts” called off their protests earlier on 14 April as the military tightened its grip on the city
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2009/04/2009414122215253915.html
http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=14974&size=A
2010: About 2,700 dead, 10,000 injured in 7.1-magnitude quake in China’s Qinghai
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8619593.stm
http://www.france24.com/en/20100414-strong-quake-kills-dozens-north-western-province
2010: Death of Israr Ahmed, Pakistani Muslim religious scholar, born on April 26, 1932
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israr_Ahmed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dmkc7zCUMhI
2011: Afghan pro-government tribal elder Haji Malik Zarin is killed in a blast in Kunar province near the Pakistan border. Mr Zarin, a close ally of President Hamid Karzai, died along with his son and another family member
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-13059704
http://www.france24.com/en/20110413-afghanistan-suicide-bomber-kills-pro-government-tribal-elder-zareen-kunar-asmar
2012: The United States has called off plans to send food aid to North Korea, after the impoverished state launched a rocket in defiance of international demands.
2013: Death of Rentarō Mikuni, Japanese actor and director, born on January 20, 1923
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rentar%C5%8D_Mikuni
2015: South Korea and Japan hold their first high-level security talks in more than five years despite simmering tensions over territorial and historical disputes
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/korea-japan-hold-first-security-talks-5-years-135959997.html
2015: China is granted operation rights for 40 years at a port in Gwadar, a strategic deep-water seaport in Pakistan
http://www.chinadailyasia.com/business/2015-04/14/content_15250708.html
Holidays and observances
Ambedkar Jayanti (India)
Black Day (South Korea)
Dhivehi Language Day (Maldives)