ON 3 AUGUST IN ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on August 3, 2019
1347: Alauddin Hasan Gangu assumed royalty and founded the Bahmani Dynasty
http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/hasan-gangu
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ala-ud-Din_Bahman_Shah
1635: The third of the Tokugawa shoguns, Iemitsu, establishes the system of alternate attendance (sankin kotai) by which the feudal daimyo; are required to spend one year at Edo Castle in Tokyo and one year back home at their feudal manor, while their families remained in Tokyo as virtual political hostages
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokugawa_Iemitsu
1734: Birth of Naungdawgyi, King of Burma who died on November 28, 1763
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naungdawgyi
1767: Invasion of Siam by the Burmese
1783: Mount Asama erupts in Japan, killing 35,000 people
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Asama#Tenmei_eruption
1868: Charles Brooke becomes second white rajah of Sarawak (Borneo) up to his death on 17 May 1917
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Brooke,_Rajah_of_Sarawak
1886: Birth of Maithili Sharan Gupt, Indian poet who died on December 12, 1964
http://www.iloveindia.com/indian-heroes/maithili-sharan-gupt.html
http://www.poemhunter.com/maithili-sharan-gupt/biography/
1902 : Isabelo de los Reyes proclaimed the establishment of the “Iglesia Filipina Independiente” better known as Aglipayan Church
https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/432/today-in-philippine-history-august-3-1902-isabelo-de-los-reyes-proclaimed-the-establishment-of-the-iglesia-filipina-independiente
1916: Birth of Shakeel Badayuni, Indian poet and lyricist, who died on April 20, 1970
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakeel_Badayuni
1944: Allied troops under Lt-Gen Joseph Stilwell take Myitkyina, Burma
http://ww2db.com/battle_spec.php?battle_id=143
http://pwencycl.kgbudge.com/M/y/Myitkyina.htm
1946: Second Dalat Conference, this time between France, the autonomous Republic of Cochinchina, Cambodia and Laos
https://books.google.fr/books?id=u5DzbRINYkIC&pg=PA153&lpg=PA153&dq=Second+Dalat+Conference&source=bl&ots=SWM0bICw3Z&sig=kWfvz-ZV5bOAoqDWh77YAeoFOzY&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=0CCYQ6AEwAWoVChMI0O-csY6LxwIVhTcUCh1tRAed#v=onepage&q=Second%20Dalat%20Conference&f=false
1950: The first members of U.S. MAAG (Military Assistance Advisory Group) arrive in Saigon
https://www.eaglesofwar.com/c-1850-military-assistance-advisory-group-maag-vietnam-19551964-saigon.aspx
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_Assistance_Advisory_Group
1957: Tunku Abdul Rahman is chosen to be first Prime Minister of soon independent Malaya
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/3/newsid_2943000/2943390.stm
1957: Birth of Mani Shankar, Indian film maker
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mani_Shankar
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1200832/
1959: Birth of Koichi Tanaka, Japanese scientist, Chemistry Nobel laureate in 2002
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2002/tanaka/biographical/
1964: Birth of Abhisit Vejjajiva, Thai politician, leader of the Democrat Party and Prime Minister from 2008 to 2011
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-13298394
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abhisit_Vejjajiva
1966: The Supreme Soviet asks the soviet government to give more aid to North Vietnam
1970: Birth of Manmohan Waris, Punjabi Singer
https://www.last.fm/music/Manmohan+Waris/+wiki
1971: The Republic of China’s foreign ministry condemns America’s proposed “two-China” policy as a “gross insult to the U.N. charter.”
1978: Birth of Joi Chua, Singaporean female singer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joi_Chua
http://www.jpopasia.com/celebrity/joichua/
1987: Birth of Kim Hyung Joon, Korean singer (SS501)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Hyung_Jun
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feEUgiIABbk
1992: Death of Wang Hongwen, a member of the radical « Gang of Four » during the Chinese Cultural Revolution, of liver ailment
http://chineseposters.net/themes/wanghongwen.php
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Gang-of-Four#ref213741
1993: Death of Swami Chinmayananda, Indian spiritualist, born on May 8, 1916
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinmayananda
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXDEXZ42r6o
1993: Birth of Yurina Kumai, Japanese singer
http://helloproject.wikia.com/wiki/Kumai_Yurina?action=edit§ion=1
2001: In Thailand, the Constitutional Court decides that Prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is cleared of the charge of cheating on his assets declaration in 1997. If condemned he would have to resign
2009: Police in China have detained another 319 people suspected of involvement in deadly ethnic violence in the western Xinjiang region last month, state media has reported
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8181563.stm
2010: Widespread rioting erupts in Karachi, Pakistan, after the assassination of a local politician, leaving at least 85 dead and at least 17 billion Pakistani rupees (US$200 million) in damage
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Karachi_riots
https://berthoalain.com/2010/08/03/emeute-a-karachi-aout-2010/
2011: The Supreme People’s Court in Hanoi confirms on appeal the sentence to seven years in prison for Cu Huy Ha Vu, 53 year old lawyer and son of one of the leaders of the revolution. The court affirmed he had “denigrated the party, state institutions and its policies.” Vu in the past has supported the struggle of Catholics to defend religious freedom
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Hanoi:-conviction-of-dissident-Cu-Huy-Ha-Vu-upheld-on-appeal-22278.html
2012: Pakistan jails Brig Ali Khan and four other top officers. A Pakistani military court has convicted five senior officers of links with a banned organisation
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-19116499
2016: CPN (Maoist Center) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal is elected as the 39th prime minister of Nepal
http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2016-08-03/dahal-elected-as-39th-prime-minister.html
http://www.dw.com/en/nepal-elects-former-maoist-chief-as-prime-minister/a-19446154
2016: North Korea fires ballistic missile into Japan waters for first time
http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korea-fires-ballistic-missile-report
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-36961395