ON 13 SEPTEMBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on September 13, 2019
1229: Ögedei Khan is proclaimed Khagan of the Mongol Empire in Kodoe Aral, Khentii: Mongolia
http://dictionnaire.sensagent.leparisien.fr/%C3%96gedei_Khan/en-en/
1500 : Pedro Alvarez Cabral, a Portuguese explorer and navigator arrived in Calicut and opened the first European factory in India
http://www.mapsofindia.com/on-this-day/13th-september-1500-portuguese-explorer-pedro-alvarez-cabral-lands-in-calicut-and-opens-the-first-european-factory-in-india
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_%C3%81lvares_Cabral
1694: Birth of Yeongjo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (1776-1800), who died on March 5, 1776
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Yeongjo_of_Joseon
1872: Birth of Kijūrō Shidehara, Japanese politician, 44th Prime Minister of Japan (Oct 1945-May 1946) who died on March 10, 1951
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kij%C5%ABr%C5%8D_Shidehara
1900: Filipino resistance fighters defeat a small American column in the Battle of Pulang Lupa, during the Philippine-American War
http://www.ulongbeach.com/Battle_of_Pulang_Lupa.html
1907 : General Macario Sakay, revolutionary leader and among the last of the Filipino resistance fighters to surrender to the Americans, is hanged
http://forthephilippines.blogspot.fr/2010/09/gen-macario-sakay-anatomy-of.html
https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/599/today-in-philippine-history-september-13-1907-macario-sakay-was-hanged
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macario_Sakay
1910: Death of Rajanikanta Sen, Bangladeshi poet and composer, born on July 28, 1865
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajanikanta_Sen
http://radhikaranjanmarxist.blogspot.fr/2009/07/bangladesh-poetrajanikanta-sen.html
1912: Death of Maresuke Nogi, Japanese general, born on December 25, 1849
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nogi_Maresuke
http://www.lib.city.minato.tokyo.jp/yukari/e/man-detail.cgi?id=73
1929: Death after a long hunger strike of Jatindra Nath Das, Indian freedom fighter and activist, born on October 27, 1904
https://www.veethi.com/india-people/jatindra_nath_das-profile-9222-30.htm
1942: During the World War II, second day of the Battle of Edson’s Ridge in the Guadalcanal campaign. U.S. Marines successfully defeated attacks by the Imperial Japanese Army with heavy losses for the Japanese forces
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Edson’s_Ridge
1945: British troops arrive in Vietnam to disarm the Japanese
1948: Indian Government troops enter in the Hyderabad State
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_integration_of_Hyderabad#Indian_military_preparations
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/hyderabad-indian-army-telangana-police-action-independent-india/1/309167.html
1961: Birth of KK Null, Japanese musician
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KK_Null
http://kknull.com/en/
1964: Attempted military coup against Vietnam’s General Nguyen Khanh government fail
1968: In Vietnam, Large operation begins in the DMZ
1971: Birth of Manabu Namiki, Japanese composer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manabu_Namiki
1971: Marshal Lin Biao dies in the crash of a Chinese Trident jet plane inside Mongolia, officially fleeing with his personal entourage toward the Soviet Union, following unsuccessful plans for a coup d’etat and an assassination plot against Mao Zedong
http://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=375
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/2017634/shock-waves-lin-biao-plane-crash-still-echo-lead-chinese-communist-party
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PF_VsNQyso
1973: Birth of Kelly Chen, Hong Kong singer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_Chen
1973: Death of Sajjad Zaheer, Urdu writer and revolutionary, born on November 5, 1905
http://www.londonfictions.com/sajjad-zaheer-a-night-in-london.html
1973: Death of Sun Fo or Sun Ko (孫科), high-ranking official in the government of the Republic of China and son of Sun Yat-sen
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Fo
http://history.04007.cn/en.php/HisMain/8897.html
1973: Birth of Mahima Chaudhry, Indian actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahima_Chaudhry
1974: Three members of the Japanese Red Army kidnap French ambassador in Hague
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1974_French_Embassy_attack_in_The_Hague
1989: Death of Chinese early famous movie actor Zheng Xiaoqiu, born on May 22, 1910
http://history.04007.cn/en.php/HisMain/8903.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2BlYveUPns
2000: In Xiamen , trials in the biggest corruption scandal in Communist China’s history opens with senior officials facing the death penalty for a multi-billion dollar smuggling scam
2008: Five bombs have ripped through busy shopping areas of India’s capital, Delhi, within minutes of each other, killing at least 20 people
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7614280.stm
2010: Police shoot dead 18 civilians in the deadliest day in Indian-administered Kashmir since protests erupted three months ago
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11280132
2010: Japan releases the 14 crew members of a Chinese fishing vessel seized last week after a maritime clash but keeps its captain in custody
http://www.france24.com/en/20100913-japan-releases-crew-seized-chinese-fishing-vessel-but-holds-captain
2011: Taliban gunmen launch attacks in Kabul, targeting NATO’s headquarters, the US embassy and the Afghan intelligence agency. Gunfire and blasts engulf the most heavily protected part of the Afghan capital
http://www.france24.com/en/20110913-afghanistan-taliban-lays-seige-kabul-us-embassy-district-explosions-gunfire
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-14897358
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2011/09/20119139512498402.html
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2011/09/201191435357758832.html
2013: India’s main opposition named hardline Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi as its prime ministerial candidate for next year’s elections
http://dawn.com/news/1042625/indias-modi-nominated-as-bjps-candidate-for-pm
2016: Taiwan asks its diplomatic allies to send the United Nations secretary-general a letter requesting participation in three U.N. agencies
http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/247604701
http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201609130032.aspx
2017: Singapore names Halimah Yacob first woman president amid concerns over election process
http://www.trtworld.com/asia/singapore-names-first-woman-president-amid-concerns-over-election-process-10456
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/halimah-yacob-declared-president-elect-9211392