ON 14 MARCH IN ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on March 14, 2019
313: Emperor Huai of Jin (Jin Huidi), Chinese emperor of the Jin Dynasty, born in 284, is executed by Liu Cong, ruler of the Xiongnu state (Han Zhao)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Huai_of_Jin
1457: Death of Jingtai, Emperor of China since 1449, He was born born on September 21, 1428)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jingtai_Emperor
http://www.mingtombs.eu/emp/07jingtai/jingtai.html
1880: Death of Pagan Min, king of Burma from 1846 to 1853, born on June 21, 1811
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagan_Min
1897: Birth of Pan Tianshou, famous Chinese painter, victim of the Cultural Revolution, who died on September 5, 1971
http://www.chinaonlinemuseum.com/painting-pan-tianshou.php
http://history.04007.cn/en.php/HisMain/2728.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilQxmhGByyA
1907: By Presidential order, the US excludes Japanese laborers from entering the country
1928: Afghan King and Queen visit the UK
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/14/afghan-king-and-queen-visit-uk-1928
1931 : Alam Ara, the first Indian sound film, is released
http://www.angelfire.com/movies/madhuri/alamara.htm
http://www.indiavideo.org/cinema/alam-ara-7368.php
1947: The U.S. signed a 99-year lease on naval bases in the Philippines
https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/1007/today-in-philippine-history-march-14-1947-the-military-bases-agreement-was-signed
1951: In the Korean War, Seoul is taken back for the second time and definitively by United Nations forces
1953: PM Shigeru Yoshida dissolves the Japanese Diet
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigeru_Yoshida
1954: Vietminh forces take the vital Gabrielle Hill in Dien Bien Phu against the French
1957: Indonesian second government of Ali Sastroamidjojo resigns
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Sastroamidjojo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Ali_Sastroamidjojo_Cabinet
1965: Birth of Aamir Khan, Indian actor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aamir_Khan
http://www.mapsofindia.com/on-this-day/14-march-1965-aamir-khan-indian-film-star-was-born
1965: In Vietnam War, second set of raids in Operation Rolling Thunder and the first in which U.S. planes used napalm
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/allies-launch-second-wave-of-rolling-thunder
1969: Start of two days fight between Chinese and Russian forces on Ussuri River
http://www.cybergeo.eu/index4141.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eK8SKMc7I8&feature=related
1971: South Vietnamese troops flee Laos
http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1971/3/18/south-vietnamese-routed-from-laotian-fire/
1972: Birth of Irom Chanu Sharmila, Indian poet and activist
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irom_Chanu_Sharmila
http://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/life-style/who-was-irom-sharmila-a-look-at-the-life-she-has-lost-and-memories-that-sustain-her/
1973: Birth of Rohit Shetty, Indian film director
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rohit_Shetty
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDG-5HfW6RQ
1975: Birth of Rico Yan, Filipino actor, who died on March 29, 2002
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rico_Yan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYPNbzuhMcY
1978: In the Netherlands, police free 71 hostages captured by Mullocas terrorists
1980: Death of Mohammad Hatta, Indonesian politician, vice president of Indonesia (August 1945-December 1956), born in August 1902
http://www.myhero.com/myhero/hero.asp?hero=hatta_bandung
1981: Birth of Sun Mei-Ting, Chinese-born pianist
https://www.classicalconnect.com/Mei_Ting_Sun/18928
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIsomfzIvCk
1988: Sino-Vietnamese conflict in the Spratly. Three Vietnamese ships are sunk and 74 are missing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson_South_Reef_Skirmish
http://history.04007.cn/en.php/HisMain/2180.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWyI79v6Fic&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uy2ZrFphSmc
1997: The Chinese city of Chongqing is elevated to provincial level as Beijing, Tianjin and Shanghai
http://history.04007.cn/en.php/HisMain/2537.html
1998: Sonia Gandhi, widow of the assassinated ex-Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi is elected president of the Congress Party
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3546851.stm
1998 : Death of Dada Kondke, Marathi actor and filmmaker, born on August 8, 1932
http://marathiactors.com/2012/09/dada-kondke-photos-with-information/
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/marathi/movies/Remembering-the-legend-Dada-Kondke/photostory/39881722.cms
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyKFqbt7Siw
2001: End of the VIIth Pathet Lao congress. The old guard is maintained to lead Laos
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/laos.htm
2002: Kim Hong-gul, the third son of south Korean president Kim Dae-jung is arrested on corruption charge
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2440243.stm
2005: Chinese National People Congress votes an anti-secession law aiming Taiwan which authorized China to go on war if Taiwan proclaims independence
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200503/14/eng20050314_176746.html
http://history.04007.cn/en.php/HisMain/2502.html
2006: South Korea’s Prime Minister Lee Hae-chan is forced to quit
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4804018.stm
2007: The Left Front government of West Bengal sends at least 3,000 police to Nandigram in an attempt to break Bhumi Uchhed Pratirodh Committee resistance there; the resulting clash leaves 14 dead
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhumi_Uchhed_Pratirodh_Committee
2008: Beginning of the unrest in Tibet
http://history.04007.cn/en.php/HisMain/2584.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOLkA5k9CTA&feature=related
2012: Chinese legislators approve changes to the country’s criminal code that will allow the police to hold certain suspects at secret locations. The nation’s state media applauded the overhaul of the criminal procedure law — the first in more than 15 years — as a step forward for human rights.
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/03/14/world/asia/china-criminal-law/index.html?hpt=ias_c2
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2012/03/201231364711376740.html
2013: China’s parliament formally elected Xi Jinping as the country’s new president, completing the country’s second orderly political succession since the Communist Party took power in 1949
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2013/03/2013314590447477.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-21766622
2013: The Khmer Rouge’s former foreign minister, Ieng Sary, dies in Phnom Penh at age 87. He was one of three defendants in the genocide trial of the former leaders of the Khmer Rouge
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2013/03/201331454337915782.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/mar/14/ieng-sary
2013: Nepal’s Chief Justice Khil Raj Regmi is sworn in as the Chairman of the Interim Election Government at the President’s office in Kathmandu
http://asiancorrespondent.com/102075/top-nepal-judge-becomes-head-of-interim-government/
2014: Death of Ken Utsui, Japanese actor, born on October 24, 1931
http://www.wikiwand.com/simple/Ken_Utsui
http://who.famousfix.com/tpx_286183/ken-utsui/
2014: Philippine officials announce that they have reached a “consensus” with the United States on a plan to host temporary U.S. military facilities on Philippine bases. The two countries are in the last stages of negotiations to increase the number of American troop visits each year
http://www.voanews.com/content/philippines-reaches-consensus-on-temporary-us-military-facilities/1870967.html
2018: Duterte withdraws Philippines from International Criminal Court
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/03/14/duterte-withdraws-philippines-from-international-criminal-court.html
https://www.rappler.com/nation/198171-full-text-philippines-rodrigo-duterte-statement-international-criminal-court-withdrawal
http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/nation/646641/amnesty-international-phl-s-withdrawal-from-icc-too-late-to-stop-probe-vs-alleged-ejks/story/
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/philippines-moves-to-quit-icc-what-does-it-mean-10043370
Holidays and observances
Japan and Korea: White Day, similar to Valentine’s Day (men give gifts to women)
Sikhism: Nanakshahi New Year, first day of month of Chet