ON 2 NOVEMBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on November 2, 2019
619: A qaghan of the Western Turkic Khaganate is assassinated in a Chinese palace by Eastern Turkic rivals after the approval of Tang emperor Gaozu
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Turkic_Khaganate
http://totallyhistory.com/emperor-gaozu-of-tang/
971: Birth of Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni, who died on April 30, 1030
http://asianhistory.about.com/od/afghanista1/p/Bio-Mahmud-of-Ghazni.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmud_of_Ghazni
1082: Birth of Huizhong , emperor of China (1100-1126), who died in captivity on June 4, 1135
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Huizong_of_Song_China
1741: Birth of Pierre Joseph Georges Pigneau, commonly known as Pigneau de Béhaine, French Catholic priest best known for his role in assisting Nguyen Anh (later Emperor Gia Long) to establish the Nguyen dynasty in Vietnam, and died on October 9, 1799.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigneau_de_Behaine
1833: Birth of Mahendralal Sarkar, Indian doctor who died on February 23, 1904
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahendralal_Sarkar
1841: Akbar Khan successfully revolts against Shah Shuga in Afghanistan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akbar_Khan
1861: Chinese Dowager Cixi launches the Xinyou palace coup giving her the power for 47 years
http://history.04007.cn/en.php/HisMain/10436.html
http://furui-memoriesofpalace.blogspot.fr/2009/04/yixin-legendary-prince.html
1865: Birth of Panuganti Lakshmi Narasimha Rao, Indian writer and essayist, populary know as “ Andhra Sakespeare“ who died on January 1, 1940
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panuganti_Lakshminarasimha_Rao
1868: Birth of Japanese painter Yokoyama Taikan who died on February 26, 1958
http://ndl.go.jp/portrait/e/datas/346.html?c=15
http://jyuluck-do.com/profile_yokoyama_taikan.html
http://www.google.fr/search?q=Yokoyama+Taikan&nord=1&biw=1366&bih=628&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=DEdVVKmkLcWdPejOgIgN&ved=0CCAQsAQ
1877: Birth of Mohammed Shah Agha Khan III, who died on July 11, 1957
http://www.storyofpakistan.com/person.asp?perid=P004
1886: Birth of Dhirendranath Datta, Bangladeshi politician, tortured to death on March 29, 1971
http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Datta,_Dhirendranath
1890: Birth of Kunio Kishida, Japanese writer who died on March 5, 1954
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunio_Kishida
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6617414
1899: In China, beginning of the Boxers rebellion
http://www.smplanet.com/imperialism/fists.html
1910: Birth of Fei Xiaotong, Chinese sociologist who died on 24 April 2005
http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/ipro/991022-4.htm
1917: By the Lansing-Ishii agreement, the USA recognize the “special interests” of Japan in China
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lansing%E2%80%93Ishii_Agreement
http://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/hist/eia/documents_archive/lansing-ishii.php
1929: Birth of Muhammad Rafiq Tarar (President of Pakistan 1998-2001)
http://www.storyofpakistan.com/person.asp?perid=P028
1936: Death of Duan Qirui, Chinese warlord and politician, minister of war, Prime minister then acting president, born on March 6, 1865
http://www.thechinastory.org/ritp/tuan-chi-jui-duan-qirui-%E6%AE%B5%E7%A5%BA%E7%91%9E/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duan_Qirui
1942: Death of Hakushu Kitahara, Japanese writer, born on January 25, 1885
http://simplyhaiku.com/SHv4n1/reviews/Fukasawa.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakush%C5%AB_Kitahara
1945: Birth of Mitsuo Yanagimachi, Japanese film director
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0945847/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsuo_Yanagimachi
1948: During the Civil War, the Chinese Communist forces win the Liaoshen Campaign that started on September 12
http://dictionnaire.sensagent.leparisien.fr/Liaoshen%20Campaign/en-en/
1949: In the Philippines, president Quirino is reelected among heavy violence
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elpidio_Quirino
1949: La Hague agreement for the foundation of the Federation of the United States of Indonesia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch%E2%80%93Indonesian_Round_Table_Conference
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hague_Agreement_Between_Netherlands-Indonesia
1950: In North Korea, Chinese troops attack U.S. forces on both western and eastern fronts. U.S. forces withdraw
1951: During the Korean War, a small platoon of 28 Canadian soldiers defend a vital area against an entire battalion of 800 Chinese troops in the Battle of the Song-gok Spur. The engagement lasts into the early hours of November 3
http://www.kvacanada.com/stories_canadianboy.htm
http://www.ottawasun.com/2013/11/05/heroic-vet-subject-of-korean-war-documentary
1953: The Constituent Assembly of Pakistan names the country The Islamic Republic of Pakistan
1957: Birth of Ryosuke Miki, Japanese actor
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1107026/
http://asianmediawiki.com/Ryosuke_Miki
1957: Mao Zedong attends in Moscow a conference of the twelve communist parties in power
http://www.bestchinanews.com/History/5180.html
http://www.britishpathe.com/video/chinese-delegation-leaves-moscow/query/Khruschev
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0SQdRmlsyA
1963: Assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem, Vietnamese president overthrown the day before
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ngo-dinh-diem-assassinated-in-south-vietnam
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrest_and_assassination_of_Ngo_Dinh_Diem
1965: Mohammad Hashim Hashim Maiwandwal becomes prime minister of Afghanistan, up to October 1967
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Hashim_Maiwandwal
1965: Birth of Shah Rukh Khan, Indian actor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahrukh_Khan
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xfiqu_shah-rukh-khan_shortfilms
1967: US President Lyndon B. Johnson and “The Wise Men” conclude that the American people should be given more optimistic reports on the progress of the war
1970: Birth of Ely Buendia, Filipino singer-songwriter and guitarist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ely_Buendia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-M6-gdszX0
1973: The Communist Party of India (Marxist) and the Communist Party of India form an « United Front » in the state of Tripura
1980: Birth of Kim So-yeon, South Korean actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_So-yeon
http://www.hancinema.net/korean_Kim_So-yeon.php
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLrcGOLyaeA
1982: Birth of Kyoko Fukada, Japanese actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyoko_Fukada
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x53csu_kyoko-fukada_shortfilms”
1984: “The Killing fields”, story of Cambodian photojournalist under the Khmer Rouge, is released in USA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Killing_Fields_(film)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087553/
2002: Death of Lo Lieh, Hong Kong martial arts actor, of a heart attack, born on June 29, 1939
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lo_Lieh
2006: In Afghanistan, foundation of the United National Front, a new political party formed by warlords
2007: Deadline of the Japanese support, in the Indian Ocean, to the international forces against international terrorism
2007: Burma asks UN country chief to leave Burma over a critical statement he made last month
2007: Liberation Tiger of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) political wing leader SP Thamilselvan is killed when the Air forces bombed the venue of a meeting place of LTTE leaders at Thiruvaiarer
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7075158.stm
2009: Death of Nien Cheng, Chine writer, born on January 28, 1915
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/nov/10/nien-cheng-obituary
2009: Karzai declared elected president of Afghanistan, run-off scrapped
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/nov/02/hamid-karzai-afghanistan-winner-election
2010: Japan says it will recall its ambassador to Moscow, heightening a long-standing row with Russia over four remote Pacific islands following a visit there by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/nov/02/japan-recall-ambassador-medvedev-dispute
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Japan-recalls-its-ambassador-in-Moscow-after-Medvedev-visits-Kuril-Islands–19879.html
2011: Pakistan grants India ‘most favoured’ trade status
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-15553636
2012: Death of Han Suyin, Chinese-English author, born on September 12, 1917
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/nov/04/han-suyin
http://moufawad-paul.blogspot.fr/2012/11/obituary-han-suyin.html
2013: The foreign and defence ministers of Japan and Russia agre to cooperate in fighting terrorism and piracy as the neighbours, still at odds over territorial woes, held an unprecedented security dialogue
http://www.euronews.com/2013/11/02/japan-and-russia-hold-highest-level-meeting-in-years/
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/11/02/national/japan-russia-to-ok-asia-security-cooperation-at-inaugural-two-plus-two-meet/#.UnVj-svLTmR
2014: More than 50 people are killed and at least 100 injured in a suicide bombing close to Wagah, Pakistan’s only border crossing with India
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-29871077
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2014/11/pakistan-india-border-blast-2014112141227182769.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Wagah_border_suicide_attack
2014: A second leader of Bangladesh’s largest Islamic party, Mir Quasem Ali, is sentenced to death for war crimes committed during the 1971 war against Pakistan
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-29870007
2015 : A UN body says that former Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has been jailed illegally and calls for his immediate release
2018: Raymond Chow Man-wai, Hong Kong movie producer who brought the world martial arts legend Bruce Lee, dies at 91
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/2171469/raymond-chow-man-wai-hong-kong-movie-producer-who-brought
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/godfather-of-hk-film-industry-raymond-chow-dies-at-age-91
https://variety.com/2018/film/asia/raymond-chow-dead-dies-hong-kong-film-1203018267/
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