ON 23 MAY IN SOUTH ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on May 23, 2018
1370: Death of Toghon Temür, last Khagan of the Mongol Empire, born on May 25, 1320
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toghon_Tem%C3%BCr
http://epicworldhistory.blogspot.fr/2012/09/toghon-temur-khan.html
1638: Kandyan treaty between the Dutch and the king of Kandy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandyan_Treaty_of_1638
1919: Birth of Gayatri Devi Indian politician, who died on July 29, 2009
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gayatri_Devi
http://photogallery.indiatimes.com/celebs/royalty/rajmata-gayatri-devi-life-in-pictures/articleshow/4842015.cms
http://www.mapsofindia.com/on-this-day/23-may-1919-gayatri-devi-wife-of-sawai-man-singh-ii-was-born
1942: Birth of K. Raghavendra Rao, Indian film director
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K._Raghavendra_Rao
1945: Birth of Padmarajan, Indian film director, who died on 24 January 1991
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padmarajan
1951: Signature of the 17 points agreement imposed by Beijing to Tibetan Dalai Lama and Panchen Lama which recognize Chine sovereignty on Tibet
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventeen_Point_Agreement_for_the_Peaceful_Liberation_of_Tibet
http://www.tibetjustice.org/materials/china/china3.html
http://history.04007.cn/en.php/HisMain/5039.html
2001: « Private » meeting between US president George Bush and the Dalai Lama at the White House
http://edition.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/asiapcf/east/05/23/dalai.bush.02/index.html
2009: Madhav Kumar Nepal, former general secretary of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) is elected the new Prime Minister of Nepal
https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/madhav-kumar-nepal-elected-as-nepal-pm/660284
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUrWYBSuLqk
2011: Pakistani security forces clear a major Pakistani naval base of heavily armed insurgents after a 17-hour gun battle, finally quashing a coordinated attack that destroyed two American-made aircraft and left at least 12 security officers dead
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/24/world/asia/24pakistan.html?_r=1&ref=asia
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-13495127
2012: A Pakistani doctor who helped the CIA find Osama Bin Laden is jailed for at least 30 years
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2012/05/2012523111832779910.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18175964
2014: Death of Anand Modak, Indian composer, born on May 13, 1951
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/Marathi-music-composer-Anand-Modak-passes-away/articleshow/35528681.cms
2016: India successfully launches the first technology demonstrator of indigenously made Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV), capable of launching satellites into orbit around earth and reentering the atmosphere, from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh
http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/india-successfully-launches-reusable-launch-vehicle/article8635448.ece?homepage=true