ON 11 SEPTEMBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on September 11, 2019
1182: Birth of Minamoto no Yoriie, second shogun (1202 – 1203) of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan, who died on August 14, 1204
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minamoto_no_Yoriie
1680: Death of Go-Mizunoo, 108th emperor of Japan (1611-1629), born on June 29, 1596
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Go-Mizunoo_of_Japan
1803: Battle of Delhi, during the Second Anglo-Maratha War, between British troops under General Lake, and Marathas of Scindia’s army under General Louis Bourquin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Delhi,_1803
http://www.indianetzone.com/37/second_maratha_war_1803-1805_british_india.htm
1881: Birth of K’ung Hsiang-hsi, often known as H. H. Kung, a wealthy Chinese banker and politician in the early 20th century. He was the richest man in China at that time. He died on August 16, 1967
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._H._Kung
1884: Birth of Sudhamoy Pramanick, Indian activist who died on October 2, 1974
http://nitum.wordpress.com/2012/09/22/biography-of-sudhamoy-pramanick/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudhamoy_Pramanick
1895: Birth of Vinoba Bhave, one of the greatest spiritual leaders and reformers of modern India who died on November 15, 1982
http://www.culturalindia.net/reformers/acharya-vinoba-bhave.html
http://www.vinobabhave.org/index.php/biography
1906: Mahatma Gandhi launches the Satyagraha (non-violence resistance) in South Africa
http://www.democracynow.org/2006/9/8/satyagraha_100_years_later_gandhi_launches
1917: Birth of Ferdinand Marcos, 10th president of the Philippines from December 1965 till February 25, 1986, who died in exile in 1989
https://www.biography.com/people/ferdinand-marcos-9398625
http://asianhistory.about.com/od/profilesofasianleaders/p/fmarcosbio.htm
1921: Death of Subramanya Barathy, a Tamil poet who was a militant for India independence (Born in December 1882)
http://members.tripod.com/neyveliweb/bharathy.htm
1924: Birth of Daniel Akaka, Chinese-American politician
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Akaka
1926: Death of Matsunosuke Onoe, Japanese actor and director, born on September 12, 1875
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matsunosuke_Onoe
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0648803/
1927: Birth of Vernon Corea, Sri Lankan broadcaster, who died in 2002
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernon_Corea
1940: Birth of Nong Duc Manh, General Secretary of the Communist party of Vietnam (2001-2011)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nong_Duc_Manh
1943: Birth of Khun Htun Oo, Burmese Shan politician
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khun_Htun_Oo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miLhfj4Vj-8
1945: Liberation of the Japanese-run POW and civilian internee camp at Batu Lintang, Kuching, Sarawak on the island of Borneo by Australian 9th Division forces. Over 2,000 prisoners, including women and children, were due to be executed on September 15
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batu_Lintang_camp
1948: Death of Jinnah Muhammad Ali, father of the Pakistan’s independence
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Jinnah-M.html
http://www.storyofpakistan.com/person.asp?perid=P009
1955: In Cambodia, prince Sihanouk wins the elections
1958: India and Pakistan announced that most border disputes between the two countries had been settled
1960: Birth of Hiroshi Amano, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2014/amano-facts.html
1960: In Laos, Prince Boun Oum allies with general Phoumi in an attempt of a counter-revolution against the general Kong-lé coup d’état which bring Prince Souvanna Phouma to power
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boun_Oum
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoumi_Nosavan
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0846117.html
1964: Death of Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh, Indian poet and critic, born on November 13, 1917
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gajanan_Madhav_Muktibodh
1964: Signature of a defense treaty between Soviet Union and India for the procurement of 44 MiG-21, 20 helicopters and 70 PT-76 tanks
https://books.google.fr/books?id=SZRk_z3dhtYC&pg=PA19&lpg=PA19&dq=Indian+military+1964&source=bl&ots=siq2iVslDv&sig=fAWo3_YfAFaZ1oAstLlV9gka30A&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=0CE4Q6AEwCmoVChMIkdWc7pntxwIVCl4aCh1wMgnS#v=onepage&q=Indian%20military%201964&f=false
1965: The US 1st Cavalry Division arrives in Vietnam
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/1st-cavalry-division-arrives-in-country
1965: During the Indo-Pakistani War, the Indian Army captures the town of Burki just southeast of Lahore
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Burki
1966: Birth of Princess Akishino (Kiko), Japanese Imperial Family
http://www.unofficialroyalty.com/princess-akishino-of-japan/
1967: According to the Indian account, Indian soldiers were protecting an engineering company that was fencing the North Shoulder of Nathu La, when Chinese troops opened fire on them. This escalated over the next five days to an exchange of heavy artillery and mortar fire
1967: Birth of Sung Jae-gi, South Korean men’s rights activist who died on July 26, 2013 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sung_Jae-gi
1969: The Japanese terrorist organizations “Red Army” is established
http://www.npa.go.jp/archive/keibi/syouten/syouten271/english/0301.html
1969: In Beijing, after a lot of border incidents, meeting of Alexis Kossygin and Chinese PM Zhou Enlai
1973: Death of Neem Karoli Baba, Indian guru
https://nkbashram.org/maharaji/about-neem-karoli-baba/
1982: End of the XIIth congress of the Chinese Communist Party. Hua Guofeng is expelled from the Politburo and Hu Yaobang is elected Secretary General of the CCP (a new title in lieue of chairman)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hu_Yaobang
1987: Death of Mahadevi Varma, Indian poet and educationist, born on March 26, 1907
http://www.poemhunter.com/mahadevi-varma/biography/
http://www.iloveindia.com/indian-heroes/mahadevi-verma.html
1998: Opening ceremony for the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Malaysia was the first Asian country to host the games
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_Commonwealth_Games
2005: In Japan, landslide victory of prime minister Koizumi in the legislative election
http://www.electionguide.org/election.php?ID=156
2009: Chen Shui-bian, Taiwan’s former president, and his wife are jailed for life on corruption charges involving millions of dollars
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2009/09/200991183242997249.html
2009: The Pakistani Army announce the arrest of the chief spokesman of the Taliban in Swat. It is the first capture of a senior Taliban figure to be officially announced by the Pakistani authorities
2012: The Japanese government buy three uninhabitated islands of Senkaku (Diaoyu), a territorial dispute with China
http://www.euronews.com/2012/09/11/japan-buys-islands-at-centre-of-row-with-china/
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Beijing-sends-patrol-ships-to-Diaoyu/Senkaku-25786.html
2015 : Singapore’s ruling party romps to a strong election victory increases its share of the vote and seat tally as it brushed off an opposition challenge in the city state’s most hotly contested polls
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/voting-begins-singapore-poll-set-test-ruling-partys-004929559.html http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-34205869
2015 : Indian court convicts 12 men for 2006 Mumbai train bombings, nine years after seven RDX bombs kept in Mumbai suburban trains exploded killing 188 people and injuring 829
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-34218396
2017: Maldives suspends a third of its lawyers
https://www.voanews.com/a/maldives-suspends-a-third-of-its-lawyers/4023492.html
Holidays and observances
Philippines: Barangay day
Pakistan: Jinnah Day: founder’s death anniversary