ON 11 JANUARY IN SOUTH ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on January 11, 2019
1779: Ching-Thang Khomba (Rajarshi Bhagya) is re-coronated king of Manipur
http://en.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki/4198663
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ching-Thang_Khomba
1944: Birth of Shibu Soren, Indian politician, president of JMM political party, condemned for murder in December 2006, then acquitted in August 2007
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shibu_Soren
http://www.hindu.com/2006/12/06/stories/2006120604630100.htm
1954: Birth of Kailash Satyarthi, Indian engineer, academic, and activist, 2014 Peace Nobel Prize laureate
http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/kailash-satyarthi-5385.php
1966: Death of Lal Bahadur Shasri, second Indian Prime Minister, of heart attack, just after signing the Tashkent join declaration with Pakistani counterpart Ayub Khan
http://www.oneindia.com/feature/48-years-on-mystery-behind-lal-bahadur-shastri-s-death-continues-1533944.html
http://www.rediff.com/news/report/new-revelation-about-lal-bahadur-shastri/20110622.htm
1972: East Pakistan rename itself Bangladesh
1978: Death of Ibne Insha, Pakistani humorist and Urdu poet
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn-e-Insha
2007: Bangladeshi President Iajuddin Ahmed leaves as interim Prime Minister. Fakhruddin Ahmed is sworn in as chief adviser of the caretaker government. Emergency law is declared
http://www.thedailystar.net/2007/01/12/d7011201011.htm
2014: Death of Muhammad Habibur Rahman, Indian-Bangladeshi jurist and politician, shortly caretaker Prime Minister of Bangladesh in 1996, born on December 3, 1928
http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2014/01/11/habibur-rahman-passes-away
2015: Death of Chashi Nazrul Islam, Bangladeshi director and producer, born on October 23, 1941
http://thedailynewnation.com/news/39116/noted-filmmaker-chashi-nazrul-islam-dies.html
http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2015/01/11/chashi-nazrul-islam-no-more
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chashi_Nazrul_Islam
2016: Representatives from Pakistan, the USA, China and Afghanistan have met in Islamabad to discuss plans for peace negotiations with the Taliban. The Taliban, however, are not participating in the talks
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35279283
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/01/afghan-peace-talks-resume-pakistan-160111045824649.html
http://www.rferl.org/content/afghanistan-pakistan-talks-china-us/27480460.html