WARS, CONFLICTS AND STRATEGY ON 31 AUGUST IN ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on August 31, 2019
1795: During the War of the First Coalition, the British capture Trincomalee (Ceylon) from the Dutch in order to keep it out of French hands.
http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/Naval_History/Vol_I/P_303.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_Ceylon_(1795)
1907: The Anglo-Russian Entente or the Anglo-Russian Convention of 1907 is signed in St. Petersburg.The convention defines their respective spheres of influence
http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/anglo-russian-convention-of-1907-an-agreement-relating-to-persia-afghanistan-and-tibet
1939: The Japanese invasion of Mongolia is stopped after its 23rd Infantry Division is effectively wiped out by the Soviet forces at Nomonhan, called the Khalkhin Gol Battle by the Russian
http://ww2db.com/battle_spec.php?battle_id=89
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battles_of_Khalkhin_Gol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3ZP632g5sY
1948: In Malaya, a Insurrectional Communist Republic is proclaimed
1951: Following a hiking and mountain climbing trip through Asia, US Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas issues a statement calling for the recognition of the communist People’s Republic of China
1955: US Secretary of State John Foster Dulles supports South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem’s position regarding his refusal to hold “national and general elections” to reunify the two Vietnam states
1957: The Federation of Malaya celebrates its independence from the United Kingdom
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/31/newsid_3534000/3534340.stm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dY-9fzJ1TcM
1963: Sarawak, North Borneo and Singapore achieve technical independence pending accession to the Federation of Malaysia
1965: Premier Nguyen Cao Ky announces that South Vietnam would not negotiate with the Communists without guarantees that North Vietnamese troops would be withdrawn from the South
1998: In Aceh, the last Indonesian Special Forces leave under pressure
2007: In Afghanistan, around twenty Christian missionaries, kidnapped by Taliban are freed after Seoul government promises to withdraw its troops and giving a big ransom
Holidays and observances
Malaysia National day