ON 28 MARCH IN ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on March 28, 2019
1239: Death of Go-Toba, 82nd emperor of Japan (1183-1198), born on August 6, 1183
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Go-Toba
1552: Death of Guru Angad Dev, 2nd Sikh guru
http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/gurus/nanak2.html
1556: Origin of Fasli Era (India)
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Fasli-era
1613: Birth of Xiaozhuangwen, Grand Empress Dowager, Empress of Manchu, who died on January 27, 1688
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empress_Dowager_Xiaozhuang
https://xiaozhuangdowager.wordpress.com/bio/
1883: Battle of Gia Cuc, fought on 27 and 28 March 1883, a battle in the Tonkin campaign between the French and Vietnamese, during the period of undeclared hostilities that preceded the Sino-French War (August 1884–April 1885)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Gia_Cuc
1904: Japanese troops advance in Korea, defeat the Russians at Chengiu, and capture the town
1905: Death of Chinese diplomat and poet Huang Zunxian, bor, on May 29, 1848
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huang_Zunxian
1930: Death of Kanzo Uchimura, Japanese writer, born on March 26, 1861
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6201059&pt=Kanzo%20Uchimura
1938: Establisment in Nanjing of the pro-Japanese Reformed Government of the Republic of China controlling the three provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejian and Anhui
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reformed_Government_of_the_Republic_of_China
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liang_Hongzhi
1941: Death of Kavasji Jamshedji Petigara, Indian Police Commissioner, born on November 24, 1877
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khan_Bahadur_Cowasji_Petigara
1945 : Birth of Rodrigo Duterte, president of the Philippines
http://www.biography.com/people/rodrigo-duterte-102616
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1CsWVujGTQ
1948: Birth of Kang Jae-sup, South Korean politician, former chairman of the Grand National Party
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kang_Jae-seop
1948: The Burma Communist Party White Flag faction, led by Thakin Than Tun, launches a general insurrection in the region of Pegu which is crushed in December
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thakin_Than_Tun
1951: During the First Indochina War, end of the Battle of Mao Khe. The French Union forces, led by General de Lattre de Tassigny, inflict a defeat on Việt Minh forces commanded by General Võ Nguyên Giap
http://parallelnarratives.com/battle-of-mao-khe-march-23-28-1951/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_M%E1%BA%A1o_Kh%C3%AA
1959: The Chinese Communist Party announced the dissolution of the existing local government in Tibet – following the Dalai Lama’s escape a few days’ beforehand
1960: Pope John XXIII appoints Peter Tatsuo Doi and Rufino Jiao Santos the first Japanese and Filipino cardinals
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=26615889
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=124258240
1967: U Thant, United Nations General Secretary, suggests a general truce in Vietnam. USA agree
1972: Birth of Eby J. Jose, Indian Journalist and Human Rights Activist
http://personalities.jeevan4u.com/ebyjjose/
http://ebyjjose.com/profile
1978: Birth of Nafisa Joseph, Miss India Universe (1997) who will commit suicide on July 29, 2004
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nafisa_Joseph
1979: Birth of Park Chae-rim, South Korean actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Chae-rim
http://www.intobox.com/kstarzone/chae_rim.php
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpnmqYptw7s&feature=fvwrel
1986: Extremist Sikhs kill 13 Hindus in Ludhiana, India
1997: Southeast Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone, signed on December 15, 1995, enters in force
http://www.fas.org/nuke/control/seanwfz/text/asean.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Bangkok
2001: China publishes the results of its December 2000 census. At that time China had 1,265 million inhabitants
http://www.prb.org/Publications/Articles/2001/DissectingChinas2000Census.aspx
http://chineseposters.net/themes/census-2000.php
2001: Xanana Gusmao resigns of the presidency of the National Council of East-Timor (transitional parliament) and is replaced by Ramos Horta
2005: The 2005 Sumatran earthquake rocks Indonesia, and at magnitude 8.7 is the second strongest earthquake since 1960
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Sumatran_earthquake
2006: Death of Vethathiri Maharishi, Indian Philosopher, born on August 14, 1911
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vethathiri_Maharishi
2009: China celebrates the first “Serfs Emancipation Day”
http://www.china.org.cn/government/local_governments/2009-01/19/content_17151440.htm
http://en.people.cn/90001/90776/90785/6624769.html
2010: Talks between Abhisit Vejjajiva, the Thai prime minister, and leaders of the anti-government “red shirt” protesters have ended without an agreement on how to solve the country’s political crisis
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8591373.stm
2012: The US suspend food aid to North Korea because Pyongyang has broken its promise to refrain from missile launches and cannot be trusted to deliver the aid to those who need it
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2012/03/201232818813416452.html
2014: The UN Security Council condemns North Korea’s launch of two ballistic missiles and says it was considering an “appropriate response”
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-26780542
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2014/03/un-condemns-n-korea-missile-launch-201432801813371104.html
2014: More than a dozen Hong Kong democracy activists, including five lawmakers, said they were starting a hunger strike as they step up their campaign for universal suffrage
2014: China’s defense ministry urges the United States to stop selling arms to Taiwan and to take action to safeguard Sino-US relations
2016: Japan’s new security laws takes effect enabling its troops to fight overseas for the first time since the second world war in a landmark defence policy shift in a country with a war-renouncing constitution
http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/1931393/tokyos-new-self-defence-laws-take-effect-allowing-japan-fight
2016: Bangladesh’s High Court rejects a 28-year-old petition calling for the removal of a constitutional provision recognising Islam as the official religion of the Muslim-majority South Asian nation.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/03/bangladesh-court-upholds-islam-religion-state-160328112919301.html
2018: Aung San Suu Kyi loyalist Win Myint elected Myanmar president
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/myanmar-president-win-myint-aung-san-suu-kyi-ally-10083324
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/parliament-elects-ex-house-speaker-myanmars-next-president.html
https://www.chinadailyasia.com/articles/22/67/11/1522249345942.html
Holidays and Observances
China : Serfs Emancipation Day in Tibet