ON 20 FEBRUARY IN ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on February 20, 2019
1707: Death of Aurangzeb, Mogul emperor of India, born in 1618
http://asianhistory.about.com/od/india/p/Aurangzeb-Emperor-Of-Mughal-India.htm
http://www.preservearticles.com/201012302033/aurangzeb-biography.html
1846: An imperial edict says again, under some restrictions, that catholic activities are authorized in China
1862: Death of Francisco Baltazar, Filipino poet, born on April 2, 1788
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Balagtas
https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/944/today-in-philippine-history-february-20-1862-francisco-baltazar-died-at-the-age-73
http://www.poemhunter.com/francisco-baltazar/biography/
1883: Birth of Shiga Naoya, Japan, novelist (Road Through the Dark Night), who died on October 21, 1971
http://www.ndl.go.jp/portrait/e/datas/273.html
1886: Birth of Takuboku Ishikawa, Japanese poet, who died on April 13, 1912
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takuboku_Ishikawa
1913: Coronation of Nepal king Tribhuvan
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mpp_flr/sets/72157629626130677/
1919: Murder of Habib Ullah Khan, emir of Afghanistan (1901-1919), at 46
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/amir-of-afghanistan-is-assassinated
1928: In Tokyo, first election with universal suffrage
https://books.google.fr/books?id=km-9YkgxGbsC&pg=PA67&lpg=PA67&dq=In+Tokyo,+first+election+with+universal+suffrage&source=bl&ots=OnHBvcZ4_9&sig=wrgSkC9ipyVyYf9sSBZr3U3InB4&hl=fr&sa=X&ei=-zPmVMv3Bcn-UreOgJgJ&ved=0CFQQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=In%20Tokyo%2C%20first%20election%20with%20universal%20suffrage&f=false
1929: Birth of Toshiro Mayuzumi Yokohama, Japanese composer (Sphenogramme) who died on April 10, 1997
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toshiro_Mayuzumi
1932: Birth of Adrian E Cristobal, Filipino writer who died on December 22, 2007
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Cristobal
1932 Japanese troops occupy Tunhua (Dunhua), Jilin province in China
http://www.geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=-2690577&fid=1241&c=china
1933: Death in jail of communist Japanese writer Kobayashi Takiji
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takiji_Kobayashi
http://japanfocus.org/-Heather-Bowen_Struyk/3180
1941: Birth of Lim Kit Siang, Malaysian lawyer and politician, chairman of the Democratic Action Party
https://blog.limkitsiang.com/about/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzWTfXvL2Nw
1945: Birth of Annu Kapoor, Indian actor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annu_Kapoor
http://www.koimoi.com/actor/annu-kapoor/
1947: Lord Mountbatten becomes Viceroy of India to oversee the move to independence
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/mountbatten_lord_louis.shtml
http://history.04007.cn/en.php/HisMain/2252.html
1947: Ho Chi Minh sends a letter – via the British Consul – to the French President appealing for peace. He writes “…we want our unity and our independence within the French Union; we want, a just peace which will do honor both to France and to Vietnam”
1950: Birth of Ken Shimura, Japanese actor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Shimura
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ic53hhFllPM
1976: The South-East Association Treaty Organization (SEATO) is disbanded
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/seato-disbands
1983: Hundreds die in Assam poll violence
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/20/newsid_4269000/4269719.stm
1987: Arunachal Pradesh (former NEFA), disputed with China, gets the status of state of India
https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/gk-current-affairs/story/arunachal-pradesh-309685-2016-02-20
1988: Birth of Jiah Khan, Indian actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiah_Khan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVwLSVgeb6U
1996: Death of Toru Takemitsu, Japanese composer, born on October 8, 1930
http://www.naxos.com/composerinfo/bio23861.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lgk8MdM_jw
2003: For the first time since 1982, a North Korean airplane overflies the South air space on Yellow Sea
2003: Death of Mushaf Ali Mir, Pakistani Chief of the Air Staff, in an air crash, born on March 5,1947
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mushaf_Ali_Mir
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=125×59589
2006: In South Korea the United Liberal Democrats, the three top political parties was merged into Grand National Party
2007: Zilla Huma Usman, a minister and an activist for women emancipation in Pakistan is assassinated. She was born on September 16, 1971
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/pakistani-minister-killed-for-refusing-to-wear-veil/story-e6frg6so-1111113031544
2009: Two Tamil Tiger planes bomb the Sri Lankan capital, but one of them is shot down as it flew back towards the country’s north
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7902392.stm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_suicide_air_raid_on_Colombo
2010: Death of Basavaraju Venkata Padmanabha Rao, Indian actor, born August 20, 1931
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/actor-padmanabham-no-more/article714855.ece
http://www.veethi.com/india-people/basavaraju_venkata_padmanabha_rao-profile-3939-14.htm
2012: Death of S. N. Lakshmi, Indian actress, born in 1927
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._N._Lakshmi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rG4DPjMz08Y
2013: Saudi Arabia has recalled its ambassador from Colombo in a tit-for-tat decision amid tensions after a Sri Lankan nanny convicted of murder was beheaded in the kingdom, the official SPA news agency reported
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2013/02/20132208370323293.html
2014: Families torn apart for more than 60 years — separated by the Korean War — begin to reunite at a mountain resort in North Korea
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/02/20/world/asia/koreas-reunion/index.html?hpt=ias_t2 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-26252563
http://www.euronews.com/2014/02/20/sixty-years-on-families-separated-by-the-korean-war-get-a-rare-chance-to-meet/
2014: Death of Reghu Kumar, Indian composer, born on July 13, 1953
http://www.kerala9.com/news-category/news/movie-news/music-composer-reghu-kumar-passes-away
http://mathrubhuminews.in/ee/ReadMore/5059/renowned-music-director-reghu-kumar-passes-away/E
2014: India’s top court blocks the release of three of former premier Rajiv Gandhi’s killers after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh denounced their freeing as against all principles of justice
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-26269476
2015: Death of Govind Pansare, Indian author and communist activist, four days after a gun attack, born in 1933
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/grief-anger-at-govind-pansares-funeral/article6920075.ece
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Govind_Pansare
2018: India successfully test-fires nuclear-capable ballistic missile
http://www.presstv.com/Detail/2018/02/20/553017/India-test-fire
http://www.livemint.com/Science/b3k6C9rvy8dJcgw7C7YXgO/India-test-fires-medium-range-nuclear-capable-AgniII-missil.html
2018: Malaysian artist Fahmi Reza jailed for mocking Prime Minister Najib Razak
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-43127199
http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2133990/malaysian-artist-jailed-clown-face-caricature-pm-najib
https://www.nst.com.my/news/crime-courts/2018/02/337249/fahmi-reza-gets-jail-fined-rm30000-over-clown-caricature#cxrecs_s