ON 28 APRIL IN ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on April 28, 2019
1253: Nichiren, a Japanese Buddhist monk, propounds Nam Myoho Renge Kyo for the first time and declares it to be the essence of Buddhism, in effect founding Nichiren Buddhism
http://buddhism.about.com/od/nichirenbuddhism/a/nichiren.htm
http://www.sgi.org/buddhism/life-of-nichiren.html
1545: Birth of Yi Sun-sin, Korean admiral and national hero, who died in a fight on December 16, 1598
http://yisunsin.prkorea.com/inspire.htm
http://asianhistory.about.com/od/southkorea/fl/Admiral-Yi-Sun-Shin.htm?nl=1
1611: Establishment of the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, The Catholic University of the Philippines, the oldest existing university in Asia and the largest Catholic university in the world
http://www.ust.edu.ph/the-university/history/
1687: The English East India Company forwards a claim against Siam in the amount of 65,000 £ for damage suffered during the conflict between ships under Thai flag and Golconda, the possessions of the company along the Indian Coromandel Coast. Because of this the King of Ayutthaya orders all Englishmen connected to the company to leave the territory at once
1740: Death of Bajirao I, general of the Maratha Empire in India. He served as Peshwa (Prime Minister) to the fourth Maratha Chhatrapati (king) Shahu, born on August 18, 1700
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bajirao_I
http://www.rediff.com/news/column/why-bajirao-is-indias-greatest-cavalry-general/20151223.htm
http://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/mastani-grave-pabel-village-visited-by-hindus-and-muslims-55996.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAXdSJuvyMA
1869: Chinese and Irish laborers for the Central Pacific Railroad working on the First Transcontinental Railroad lay 10 miles of track in one day, a feat which has never been matched
1896: Birth of Na Hye-sok, South Korean journalist, poet, and painter who died onDecember 10, 1948
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Na_Hye-sok
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2015/12/633_178396.html
1897: Birth of Ye Jianying Chinese general and politician who died 22 October 1986
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/data/people/yejianying.shtml
http://history.04007.cn/en.php/HisMain/4311.html
1904: Sisavang Vong, born on 14 July 1885, is enthroned king of Luang Prabang up to his death on 29 October 1959
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sisavang_Vong
1927: Li Dazhao, a Chinese communist party leader is executed on the order of warlord Zhang Zuolin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Dazhao
http://alphahistory.com/chineserevolution/li-dazhao/
1927: Birth of Hiroshi Teshigahara, Japanese director who died on 14 April 2001
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroshi_Teshigahara
http://vimeo.com/30815509
1949: Former Philippine First Lady Aurora Quezon, 61, is assassinated while en route to dedicate a hospital in memory of her late husband; her daughter and 10 others are also killed
https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/1406/today-in-philippine-history-april-28-1949-mrs-aurora-quezon-was-murdered-by-the-hukbalahaps
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_Quezon
1950: In Thailand, wedding of Bhumipol Adulyadej (Rama IX) with Queen Sirikit
1952: The San Francisco Peace Treaty, signed on 8 September 1951, enters in force, marking the end of the US occupation of Japan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupied_Japan
http://www.jpri.org/publications/workingpapers/wp78.html
https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Japanese_History/The_American_Occupation_of_Japan
1952: Signature at Taipei of a Treaty of Peace between the Republic of China (Taiwan) and Japan, which will enter into force on 5 August 1952
http://www.taiwandocuments.org/taipei01.htm
https://www.pressenza.com/2017/03/peace-china-japan-three-chinese-revolutions/
1954: Birth of Vic Sotto, Filipino actor, comedian, and producer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vic_Sotto
1954: Meeting at Colombo of the Prime Ministers of India, Pakistan, Ceylon, Burma and Indonesia for considering an Asian neutralist front and is the origin of the 1955 Bandung conference
1956 Last French troop leave Vietnam
1958: Mao Zedong decides to launch The Hundred Flowers Campaign, also termed the Hundred Flowers Movement during which the Communist Party of China (CPC) encouraged its citizens to openly express their opinions of the communist regime. Mao will publicly speak on May 2
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundred_Flowers_Campaign
http://academic.mu.edu/meissnerd/storino.html
1959: Death of Ki Hajar Dewantoro founder of the Toman Siswa Organization to promote national education for Indonesian, born on May 2, 1889
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ki_Hajar_Dewantara
1960: In South Korea, Huh Chung becomes acting prime minister
1964: Birth of Noriyuki Iwadare, Japanese composer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noriyuki_Iwadare
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xd1et8_noriyuki-iwadare-vous-dit-bonjour_videogames
1970: US President Richard Nixon formally authorizes American combat troops to fight communist sanctuaries in Cambodia
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nixon-approves-cambodian-incursion
1971: Birth of Nikhil Advani, Hindi film director and screenwriter
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikhil_Advani
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0012541/
1975: General Duong Van Minh take the charge of president of South Vietnam for surrender to the Vietcong
http://soreze.online.fr/duongvanm.htm
http://articles.latimes.com/2001/aug/08/local/me-31712
1975: General Cao Văn Viên, chief of the South Vietnamese military, departs for the US as the North Vietnamese Army closed in on victory
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cao_V%C4%83n_Vi%C3%AAn
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/02/AR2009010200923.html
1978: Afghanistan’s president Mohammed Daoud Khan, thrown up by communists the day before, is killed
http://www.historyinanhour.com/2012/07/18/mohammed-daoud-khan-summary/
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/18/world/asia/18afghan.html?_r=0
1979: Birth of Sharman Joshi, Indian actor
http://www.koimoi.com/actor/sharman-joshi/
http://www.filmibeat.com/celebs/sharman-joshi/biography.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06SmTcE3RKU
1984: Deng Xiaoping, Chairman of the Advisory Committee of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, meets U.S. President Ronald Reagan in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing
http://history.04007.cn/en.php/HisMain/4375.html
http://www.csmonitor.com/1984/0430/043022.html
1985: Death of Chinese writer Zhang Tianyi, born on September 26, 1906
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhang_Tianyi_(writer)
https://easternlit.wordpress.com/2013/10/23/zhang-tianyi-mid-autumn-festival/
1986: Birth of Jenna Ushkowitz, South Korean-American actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenna_Ushkowitz
1989: Birth of Kim Sung-kyu, South Korean singer and dancer, leader and main vocalist of Infinite band
http://asianwiki.com/Kim_Sung-Gyu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgoHQJQ1ORY
1992: In Afghanistan, led by Commandant Massoud, the Mujahideen take Kabul
http://countrystudies.us/afghanistan/122.htm
https://pro.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=SearchResult&STID=2S5RYDW1M7V5
1994: Tsutomu Hata becomes Premier of Japan. His coalition government is the first minority party government in Japan in four decades (Up to June 30, 1994)
http://articles.latimes.com/1994-04-29/news/mn-51928_1_hata-cabinet
http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/cabinet/80_e.html
1995: Chen Xitong, secretary of the Beijing communist party committee, is the first member of the Party Politburo to be dismissed for corruption
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/143163.stm
1996: Death of Siti Hartinah Suharto, wife of Indonesian President Suharto, at 72
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siti_Hartinah
2004: Groups of young, armed with machetes, attack police posts in the Muslim southern part of Thailand aiming to seize weapons. Police, informed, kill 106 of them
2006: In Nepal, Koirala is again appointed prime minister
2010: Thai troops and a convoy of hundreds of red-shirt protesters clash on the outskirts of Bangkok. One soldier has died, reportedly from a shot fired by a member of the security forces, and at least 10 people have been injured
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8648109.stm
2010: French president Sarkozy and Hu Jintao bury hatchet in Beijing talks. Sarkozy stresses Iran sanctions
http://www.france24.com/en/20100428-china-france-sarkozy-hu-tibet-beijing-talks-nuclear-trade
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2010/04/2010428151451294682.html
2011: China’s population has increased to 1.34 billion. Census data gathered in 2010 and released today showed the population in the world’s second biggest economy grew by 5.84 percent from the 1.27 billion in the last census in 2000
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2011/04/201142852019929352.html
2014: Death of Indonesian virtuoso violinist Idris Sardi leaving a legacy of important compositions and notable protégés. He was 75
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2014/04/29/obituary-renowned-violinist-idris-sardi-dies-75.html
2014: President Barack Obama says he had no desire to contain or counter China despite clinching a defence pact with the Philippines which will inject US forces close to the volatile South China Sea
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-27183976
http://globalnation.inquirer.net/103033/no-firm-commitment-from-us-to-defend-ph
2016: China warns Southeast Asia over maritime dispute, maintaining that the dispute should be resolved between individual claimant countries instead of through ASEAN body
Holidays and observances
Mujahideen Victory Day (Afghanistan)
Japan: Restoration of Sovereignty Day