WARS, CONFLICTS AND STRATEGY ON 21 DECEMBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on December 21, 2018
1817: Battle of Mahidpur during the Third Anglo-Maratha War between the Marathas and the British led by Sir Thomas Hislop, a town in the Malwa region (India)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mahidpur
1845: During the First Sikh War, battle of Ferozeshah
https://www.britishbattles.com/first-sikh-war/battle-of-ferozeshah/
1873: Francis Garnier, French officer and explorer known for his exploration of the Mekong River is killed by the Black Flag Army while defending Hanoi (Tonkin)
http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Black_Flag_Army
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3404702394.html
1898: “Benevolent Assimilation” of the Philippines Proclamation of President William McKinley
http://filipino.biz.ph/history/mc981221.html
https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/1379/today-in-philippine-history-december-21-1898-president-mckinley-issued-the-benevolent-assimilation-proclamation
1923: United Kingdom and Nepal sign an agreement of friendship in which UK formally recognizes the independence of Nepal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepal%E2%80%93Britain_Treaty_of_1923
1941: Signature of the Nippon-Thai military alliance or Pact of Alliance
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thailand_in_World_War_II
https://thailandworldwar2.weebly.com/japanese-thai-relations-during-wwii.html
http://www.google.fr/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=8&ved=0ahUKEwiw8Lu5nOvJAhXK0hoKHfzWBzgQFghNMAc&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscholarlycommons.obu.edu%2Fcgi%2Fviewcontent.cgi%3Farticle%3D1152%26context%3Dhonors_theses&usg=AFQjCNGCwmBPWyvYheHHQ7_J9v4Z9sfPsg&sig2=Vw-HDfDCRfL-D_Ww1K9Kkg
1949: Dutch First Chamber accepts sovereignty of Indonesia
1957: Indonesia proclaims end to state of war
1969: Thailand announces plans to withdraw its 12,000-man contingent from South Vietnam
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/thailand-announces-plans-to-withdraw-troops
1984: Visit to China of Ivan Arkhipov, the highest Soviet leader in Beijing since 1969
1985: Russian newspaper Pravda calls for a « positive dialogue » between the different political forces in Afghanistan «including the ones which have positions hostile to the revolution »