ON 1st FEBRUARY IN SOUTH ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on February 1, 2019
1917: Birth of A. K. Hangal, Indian actor who died on August 26, 2012
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._K._Hangal
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/the-curious-case-of-ak-hangal/article3824670.ece
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeFRRRwCfy8
1930: Birth of Hossain Mohammad Ershad, President of Bangladesh (1982-1990)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hossain_Mohammad_Ershad
http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/hussain-muhammad-ershad-5851.php
1931: Birth of Iajuddin Ahmed, president of Bangladesh (2002-2007)
http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Ahmed,_Iajuddin
1956: Birth of Brahmanandam, Indian film actor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmanandam
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyqj4sNfuQY
1958: Birth of Jackie Shroff, Indian actor
http://www.koimoi.com/actor/jackie-shroff/
2002: Daniel Pearl, an American journalist kidnapped by Al-Qaida group is murdured in Karachi
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/1461368/Daniel-Pearl-refused-to-be-sedated-before-his-throat-was-cut.html
http://www.danielpearl.org/
2004: In a letter send to General Musharraf, the father of the Pakistani atomic bomb and national hero, Abdul Qadeer Khan, recognizes to have sell nuclear technology to North Korea, Libya and Iran
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3343621.stm
2005: Nepal king Gyanendra dismisses Prime Minister Bahadur Deuba for the second time in two year and takes the chairmanship of the Council of ministers
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4226039.stm
2010: Sri Lanka’s president, sacks a dozen senior military officers whom the defense ministry says were a “direct threat to national security” after last week’s presidential elections. Security forces kept Fonseka under siege while election results were announced and 15 retired officers working at Fonseka’s offices were later arrested by police
2013: Death of Shanu Lahiri, Indian painter and educator, born on January 23, 1928
https://www.telegraphindia.com/1130202/jsp/calcutta/story_16510654.jsp#.WJDQ3OR-sdI
http://goaartgallery.com/shanu_lahiri.htm
https://www.google.fr/search?q=shanu+lahiri&biw=1333&bih=585&tbm=isch&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiopOmY_OzRAhUFPhQKHa1fB_cQ_AUIBigB&dpr=1.44
