ON 6 JULY IN ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on July 6, 2019
1017: Death of Genshin, Japanese Buddhist scholar, born in 942
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genshin
http://fraughtwithperil.com/rbeck/2006/11/05/genshin-nembutsu-and-the-four-dictums/
1411: Ming Dynasty Admiral Zheng He returned to Nanjing after his second voyage and presented the Sinhalese king, captured during the Ming–Kotte War, to the Yongle Emperor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ming%E2%80%93Kotte_War
1663: Treaty of Painan (West Sumatra) : Coastal areas of Minangkabau, including Padang, become a protectorate of the VOC, which guarantees them security against raids from Aceh
1781: Birth of Stamford Raffles, founder of Singapore, who died on 5 July 1826
http://www.nndb.com/people/709/000104397/
1782: Battle of Negapatam between French and British navies off Tamil Nadu (India)
https://morethannelson.com/battle-negapatam-6-july-1782/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Negapatam_(1782)
1837: Birth of Ramakrishna Gopal Bhandarkar, Indian Scholar, who died on August 1925
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/72430.cms
1868: Death of Sanosuke Harada, Japanese Shinsengumi Captain (b. 1840)
http://wiki.samurai-archives.com/index.php?title=Harada_Sanosuke
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harada_Sanosuke
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinsengumi
1892: Dadabhai Naoroji is the first Indian to become a member of the British parliament
http://www.iloveindia.com/indian-heroes/dadabhai-naoroji.html
1901: Birth of Syama Prasad Mookerjee, Indian politician who founded the nationalist Bharatiya Jana Sangha, who died on June 23, 1953
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syama_Prasad_Mukherjee
http://www.shyamaprasad.org/biography.htm
http://www.mapsofindia.com/on-this-day/july-6-1901-founder-of-bharatiya-jana-sangha-dr.-syama-prasad-mookerjee-is-born
1904: Two Russian cruisers move into the Red Sea and begin to stop ships of Britain, Germany, and other nations they believe friendly to Japan
1930: Birth of Balamuralikrishna, Indian Carnatic musician, poet and composer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._Balamuralikrishna
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Emc18GpAeRY
1935: Birth of Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama and Nobel Peace Prize laureate
http://www.dalailama.com/biography/a-brief-biography
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2009/20090406/dplus.htm#1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Dalai_Lama
1943: In Solomon Island, inconclusive US-Japan naval battle of Kula Gulf
http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/battles_kula_gulf.html
http://destroyerhistory.org/actions/kulagulf/
1944: Japanese Admiral Chuichi Nagumo shots himself at Saipan to avoid to be captured by the US soldiers, born on March 25, 1887
http://ww2db.com/person_bio.php?person_id=11
1946: Opening of the Conference of Fontainebleau between France the government of Ho Chih Min. Phan Van Dong protests against the creation of the independent state of Cochin China and accuses the French authorities of having violated the accords of March 6
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82lYjTULVLU
1955: President Ngo Dinh Diem says South Vietnam not bound by Geneva Agreements
1961: Signature, at Moscow, of a treaty of Amity, cooperation and mutual assistance between Soviet Union and North Korea
http://www.ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~worldjpn/documents/texts/docs/19610706.T1E.html
1962: Rangoon university student protests start against the Military coup led by Ne Win
1986: Death of Jagjivan Ram, Indian politician, born April 5, 1908
http://go4gkgreatindians.blogspot.fr/2013/04/jagjivan-ram.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yk-QHrVaoH4
1986: In the Philippine, start of ex-minister Arturo Tolentino failed coup
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arturo_Tolentino
http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,147536,00.html
1986 Premier Nakasone’s Liberal Democratic Party wins Japan’s election
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_general_election,_1986
http://articles.latimes.com/1986-07-05/news/mn-20201_1_lower-house
1987: In India, Sikhs extremists make their first of three attacks. Over the two-day period a total of 72 are killed by the extremists
http://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/08/world/34-hindus-killed-in-new-bus-raids-sikhs-suspected.html
1990: Birth of Ajoo, South Korean singer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajoo
1997: Death of Chetan Anand, Indian director and screenwriter, born on January 3, 1921
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chetan_Anand_(director)
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0025608/
1998: Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Airport is closed and the new Hong Kong International Airport at Chek Lap Kok becomes operational
2002: In Kabul, vice-president Hadji Abdul Kadir is assassinated
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2002/jul/08/guardianobituaries.afghanistan
2006: The Nathula Pass between India and China, sealed during the Sino-Indian War, re-opens for trade after 44 years
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5150682.stm
http://thinkingparticle.com/articles/nathula-pass
2010: Sri Lankans protesters besiege UN’s Sri-Lankan office demanding the UN end investigations into alleged war crimes
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/south_asia/10519247.stm
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/07/world/asia/07lanka.html?ref=asia
2011: Death of noted filmmaker Mani Kaul, who was considered one of the pioneers of new Indian cinema
http://www.thehindu.com/arts/cinema/article2163928.ece
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Mani-Kaul-was-by-far-our-most-original-filmmaker/articleshow/9127838.cms
http://www.chaosmag.in/manikaul.html
2012: The Chinese Ministry of Health has lifted a 14-year-old ban on lesbians donating blood in effect as of July 1
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/07/06/world/asia/china-lesbian-blood-donors/index.html?hpt=ias_c1
2014: The Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of the Tibetan people, has reiterated his plea to Buddhists in Myanmar and Sri Lanka to halt violence against Muslims, in a speech to tens of thousands of devotees to mark his 79th birthday
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2014/07/dalai-lama-urges-end-anti-muslim-violence-201476143339622956.html
Japanese cult leader Shoko Asahara executed for Tokyo sarin attack
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20180706/p2a/00m/0na/003000c
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/07/05/asia/japan-aum-shinriyko-leader-executed-intl/index.html
https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2018/jul/06/shoko-asahara-and-the-cult-behind-the-tokyo-sarin-attack-video-explainer
Holidays and observances
Tibetan diaspora: Birthday of the 14th Dalai Lama