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March 9 1846 The Treaty of Lahore brought the First
Anglo-Sikh War to an end. Kashmir was ceded to the British East India
Company, the Sikh's were to pay a heavy indemnity, and their size of their
army was to be restricted. The war was a brutal one that began in
1846. 1932 Emperor Pu Yi, who had abdicated the
Chinese throne in 1912, was installed as president of Japanese-controlled
Manchuria. 1974 Japanese Lt. ONODA Hirô surrendered
in the Philippines, 29 years after the end of World War II. He wrote about
his experiences fighting long after the war had ended in No Surrender, My
Thirty Year War. Onoda was born in 1922 and was drafted into the
Japanese army in 1942. He was sent to the Philippines in 1944. Initially, three other Japanese soldiers were with Onoda. One
surrendered in 1949 and another was killed in 1954 by a search party. In
1972, police shot and killed Onoda's last man while they were setting fire
to piles of harvested rice. Onoda finally surrendered when ordered to do
so by his one time superior, a Major Taniguchi. 1996
The Social Democratic Party (Shakaito 社民党) held
its first general convention under its recently adopted name. Prior to
January, the party was known as the Japanese Socialist Party. JSP chief
MURAYAMA Tomiichi (b. 1924) served as prime minister 1994-96. A decade earlier, the
socialists were led by DOI Takako (b. 1928), the first woman to lead a major Japanese
political party. 1998 Prime Minister HASHIMOTO Ryutaro's
(b. 1937) cabinet approved legislation to relax banking, securities, and
insurance regulations. Part of a broader economic reform effort, this measure
was intended to stimulate financial services competition. The AI "Today in Asian History" page was compiled by Clayton Dube.
He welcomes your comments and suggestions. Send them to <cdube@isop.ucla.edu>. Copyright © 1998-2001 by the UCLA Asia Institute.
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