ON 4 APRIL IN ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on April 4, 2019
1287: King Wareru founds Kingdom of Ramannadesa, and proclaims independence from Pagan Empire
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wareru
1884: Birth of Isoroku Yamamoto, Japanese naval commander, mastermind of the Pearl Habor attack who was killed when his plane was shot down on 18 April 1943
http://ww2db.com/person_bio.php?person_id=1
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/yamamoto-isoroku-japans-mastermind-of-the-pearl-harbor-attack-is-born
1885: Signature, in Paris, of a Protocol for the suspension of hostilities between France and China
http://www.taiwandocuments.org/cts166-76.htm
http://history.04007.cn/en.php/HisMain/2976.html
1889: Birth of Makhanlal Chaturvedi, Indian journalist, poet, and playwright who died on January 30, 1968
http://www.iloveindia.com/indian-heroes/makhanlal-chaturvedi-biography.html
1897: Birth of John Lionel Kotalawela, third Prime Minister of Ceylon (1953-1956) who died on 2nd October 1980
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lionel_Kotalawela
1905: In India, an earthquake at 6:19 am, hit the Kangra valley, kills 20,000, and destroys most buildings in Kangra, Mcleodganj and Dharamshala
1910: Birth of Đặng Văn Ngữ, Vietnamese physician and intellectual, born on April 1, 1967
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%90%E1%BA%B7ng_V%C4%83n_Ng%E1%BB%AF
1912: Chinese republic is proclaimed in Tibet
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/24761028.2014.11869072
1944 : The Battle of Kohima, a turning point in the Second World War that halted Japan’s advance into Asia, starts. Sometimes called the “Stalingrad of the East”, it ended on 22 June 1944 with the defeat and retreat of Japanese forces
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kohima
http://www.mapsofindia.com/on-this-day/4-april-1944-the-battle-of-kohima-started
https://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/world-war-two/the-pacific-war-1941-to-1945/the-battle-of-kohima-1944/
1946: Birth of Katsuaki Sato, Japanese martial artist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katsuaki_Sat%C5%8D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VjselWmpJI
1947: Birth of Wiranto, former Commander of the Indonesian Armed Forces
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiranto
1947: Birth of Eliseo Soriano, Philippine evangelist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliseo_Soriano
1949 : Birth of Parveen Babi, Hindi film actress, who died on January 20, 2005
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parveen_Babi
1949: Birth of Yau Shing-tung, Chinese mathematician
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/17/science/17yau.html?pagewanted=all
1953: Birth of Chen Yi, Chinese composer and violinist
http://www.presser.com/composer/chen-yi/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQTDRRRvnbA
1954: At the end of French Vietnam war, the French government asks the USA an air and sea operation on Dien-Bien-Phu
1954: Birth of Jackie Chan, Hong Kong actor, filmmaker, comedian, producer, martial artist, screenwriter, entrepreneur, singer and stunt performer
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000329/
http://www.jackiechan.com/
1957: Birth of Nobuyoshi Kuwano, Japanese musician
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobuyoshi_Kuwano
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJaA33gVcJQ
1960: In Burma, U Nu is nominated PM for the third time, up to March 1962 when he will be replaced by Ne Win
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U_Nu
1964: Birth of Riduan Isamuddin, better known by the nom de guerre Hambali, former military leader of the Indonesian terrorist organization Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), arrested in Thailand on August 11, 2003, now in extrajudicial detention in Guantanamo Bay detainment camps
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riduan_Isamuddin
http://projects.nytimes.com/guantanamo/detainees/10019-hambali-riduan-isamuddin-
1964: Birth of Dang Than, Vietnamese poet and writer
http://www.thewriterspost.net/author_dangthan.htm
1967: The U.S. lost its 500th plane over Vietnam
1971: In Sri Lanka, beginning of a Che Guevarist uprising by the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) or People’s Liberation Front
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971_Uprising
http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2012/04/08/the-jvp-insurrection-and-lessons-learnt/
1972: Birth of Lisa Ray, Indo-Canadian actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Ray
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0712908/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=px3FjrWoR20&feature=fvst
1975: In Laos, the king gives his agreement for a government of twelve members, five of each side, plus two neutral
1975: Execution of Zhang Zhixin, Chinese communist member opposed the the Gang of Four, born on 5 December 1930
http://www.china.org.cn/china/60th_anniversary_people/2009-09/17/content_18547110.htm
http://clearharmony.net/articles/200601/31118.html
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2014/04/remembrance-zhang-zhixin/
1975: In Vietnam, the Operation Baby Lift knows a terrific blow when an American plane transporting orphans crashes near Saigon causing 172 dies
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/operation-baby-lift-aircraft-crashes
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1309115/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiBPFeoBkRw
1976: Seni Pramoj’s Democratic Party wins elections in Thailand
http://biography.yourdictionary.com/momrajawong-m-r-kukrit-pramoj
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thai_general_election,_1976
1976: Prince Norodom Sihanouk resigns as leader of Cambodia and is placed under house arrest by the Khmer Rouge
http://biography.yourdictionary.com/prince-norodom-sihanouk
1978: Birth of Kim Hyun Jung, Korean pop singer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Hyun_Jung
1978: Birth of Aska Yang, Taiwanese singer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aska_Yang
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ8xCzyO5YI
1979: Former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto of Pakistan is executed
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/4/newsid_2459000/2459507.stm
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/27/AR2007122701067.html
https://www.dawn.com/news/1160422
https://asianews.network/2019/04/05/a-leaf-from-history-the-prime-minister-is-hanged/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMvL1W_Jgz8&feature=related
1986: Birth of Lee Hyuk Jae, Korean singer and member of boy band (Super Junior)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eunhyuk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Am7YstdpLwQ
1987: Death of Sachchidananda Vatsyayan, Indian journalist and author, born on July 3, 1911
http://www.poemhunter.com/sachchidananda-vatsyayan/biography/
1987: Secret US overture to North Korea proposing food and medical aid if Pyongyang participates in Seoul 1988 Olympic
1987: Death of Chogyam Trungpa, Tibetan Buddhist master, born in February 1939
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chogyam_Trungpa
http://shambhala.org/teachers/chogyam-trungpa/
1990: The Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is announced and it flag is revealed
http://www.basiclaw.gov.hk/en/basiclawtext/attached_2.html
http://www.basiclaw.gov.hk/en/basiclawtext/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Hong_Kong
1999: In Malaysia, Wan Azizah Wan Ismail is elected chairwoman of the People’s Justice Party (Parti Keadilan Rakyat) after her husband Anwar Ibrahim has been jailed
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wan_Azizah_Wan_Ismail
http://articles.latimes.com/2000/jul/09/opinion/op-49822
2006: In spite of his victory in the April 2 legislative elections, but boycotted by opposition, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra resigns after a meeting with the king
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0604/S00075.htm
http://www.voacambodia.com/a/a-40-2006-04-04-voa1-90152367/1353869.html
http://history.04007.cn/en.php/HisMain/3617.html
2007: Nobel Prize laureate Kenzaburo Oe, condemns the government decision to withdraw from the school history books any references to the imposed suicides in Okinawa before the US landing in 1945
2011: A prominent Vietnamese legal scholar, Cu Huy Ha Vu, who sued the prime minister and called for multiparty democracy is convicted of propaganda against the state and sentenced to seven years in prison and another three years under house arrest. The case was one of the most highly charged political trials in Vietnam in years
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/05/world/asia/05vietnam.html?_r=1&ref=asia
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Tens-of-thousands-of-Catholics-in-Vietnam-support-sentenced-dissident-21204.html
2012: Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy, or NLD, wins 43 of the 44 seats it contested in the by-elections
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/04/04/world/asia/myanmar-elections/index.html?hpt=ias_c2
2014: An Indian judge orders three men to hang after they were convicted of two gang-rapes, the first death sentences to be handed down for multiple sex attacks since the law was toughened last year
2016: A court in northern India sentences 47 policemen to life in prison over the massacre of Sikh pilgrims 25 years ago. The killings were committed during an insurgency by Sikh militants in the region
http://www.dw.com/en/47-indian-policemen-get-life-sentences-for-1991-sikh-killings/a-19163431
Holidays and observances
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