THE END OF COLONIALISM AND NATIONALISM IN ASIA PACIFIC.The major colonizers of Southeast Asia were
Europeans, Japanese and the U.S. All in all, there were seven colonial powers in
Southeast Asia: Portugal, Spain, the Netherlands, Great Britain, France, the
United States, and Japan. From the 1500s to the mid-1940s, colonialism was
imposed over Southeast Asia.
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INDIA - PAKISTAN CONFLICT ,THE CONFLICT BETWEEN INDIA AND PAKISTAN HAS A LONG HISTORY ,AND THEIR FIRST ARMED CLASH OCCURRED IMMEDIATELY AFTER THEIR INDEPENDENT IN 1947 .FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER AND LARGER CONFLICT IN 1965 MAINLY OVER KASHMIR .AS KASHMIR REMAINS A FLASHPOINT BETWEEN INDIA AND PAKISTAN. -
BENAZIR BHUTTO (1953 - 2007) WAS A PAKISTANI POLITICIAN.SHE WAS THE ELDER DAUGHTER OF PRIME MINISTER ZULFIQAR ALI BHUTTO.AFTER HER FATHER WAS HANGED TO DEATH,HER FAMILY WAS REPEATEDLY PUT UNDER HOUSE ARREST BY REGIME OF ZIA UL HAQ.IN 1988,BHUTTO WAS THE FIRST OMAN EVER ELECTED TO GOVERN IN PAKISTAN.BENAZIR BHUTTO WAS ASSASSINATED IN RAWALPINDI,THE CITY IN WHICH HER FATHER WAS HANGED IN 1979. -
THE EXECUTION OF PAKISTAN'S PRIME MINISTER ALI BHUTTO (1928 - 1979) WAS PAKISTAN'S MOST DIVISIVE POLITICAL LEADER,FATHER OF PAKISTAN'S THE FIRST FEMALE PRIME MINISTER BENAZIR BHUTTO.ZULFIKAR ALI BHUTTO WAS HANGED BY OPPOSITION THE MILITARY DICTATOR ,GENERAL ZIA UL HAQ IN 1979. -
THE NATURE OF MYANMAR'S DEMOCRACY,THE POWER SHARING ARRANGEMENT BETWEEN THE MILITARY AND A -
AMERICAN - VIETNAM WAR (1 NOVEMBER 1955 -30 APRIL 1975). THE VIETNAM WAR FOUGHT BETWEEN COMMUNIST NORTH VIETNAM AND THE GOVERNMENT OF SOUTHERN VIETNAM.THE NORTH WAS SUPPORTED BY COMMUNIST COUNTRIES SUCH LIKE CHINA AND SOVIET UNION.THE SOUTH WAS SUPPORTED BY ANTI COMMUNIST COUNTRIES PRIMARILY THE UNITED STATES. -
POL POT ( 1925 – 1998,) THE LEADER OF KHMER ROUGE REGIME AND THE GENOCIDE OF 3 MILLION CAMBODIANS.POL POT WAS NEVER BROUGHT TO TRIAL FOR HIS CRIMES.CAMBODIA REFUSED TO ESTABLISHMENT OF INTERNATIONAL WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL. -
PRESIDENT SUKARNO WAS INDONESIA'S THE FIRST PRESIDENT (1901 1970), A FAMOUS CHARISMATIC LEADERSHIP.HE HAS MET PRESIDENT JOHN F KENNEDY IN 1961. SUKARNO WAS A SYMBOL OF INDEPENDENCE AND NATIONAL UNITY FOR INDONESIA. FROM 1950 1957 INDONESIA WAS A LIBERAL DEMOCRACY HOWEVER AS YOUNG NATION PLAGUED WITH TURBULENCE AND SEPARATISM. -
CHINA DOMINATED AFRICA,THE NEXT ISSUE,CHINA DOMINATE SOUTHEAST ASIACHINA HAD BEEN THE DOMI -
THE KOREAN WAR (1950 - 1953),IT BEGAN WHEN COMMUNIST NORTH KOREA INVADED SOUTH KOREA IN 1950.WHICH THE USSR (SOVIET UNION) OCCUPYING THE NORTH KOREA AND UNITED STATES OCCUPYING IN SOUTH KOREA.WHEN THE WAR ENDED IN 1953,KOREA WAS STILL DIVIDED AND IT REMANDS THAT TODAY. -
MAO ZEDONG (1893 -1976 ) WAS A NATIONALIST ICON,HE WAS FOUNDED THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AND LEADER OF THE REVOLUTIONARY VANGUARD IN THE COMMUNIST OF CHINA FROM ITS ESTABLISHMENT IN 1949 UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1976. -
INDIA'S MAHATMA GANDHI (1869-1948) SPENT HIS LIFE WORKING FOR INDIA FREEDOM FROM BRITISH RULE. HE USED THE "NON VIOLENCE AS WEAPON".HE WAS THE MAN OF PEACE,BUT IRONICALLY HE NEVER WON THE PEACE PRIZE.MAHATMA GANDHI IS AFFECTIONATELY CALLED IN INDIA AS FATHER OF THE NATION. -
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU (1889-1964) INDIA'S THE FIRST PRIME MINISTER AND MAHATMA GANDHI'S TRUSTED ALLY.HE'S CONSIDERED TO BE THE ARCHITECT TO THE MODERN INDIAN NATION STATE:A SOVEREIGN,SOCIALIST,AND DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC. -
THE FALL OF PHILIPPINES FERDINAND MARCOS IN FEBRUARY 22 ,1986 ,THE END OF AN ERA "MARCOS" -
INDIRA GANDHI (1917 - 1984 ),THE ONLY AND FIRST FEMALE PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA FOR 16 YEAR .SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF INDIA FIRST PRIME MINISTER JAWAHARLAL NEHRU.INDIRA GANDHI KNOWN A " IRON LADY",SHE WAS BRUTALLY ASSASSINATED BY HER BODYGUARDS ON 31 OCTOBER 1984. -
RAJIV GANDHI WAS THE 7TH PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA (1984 -1989). HE WAS THE SON OF PRIME MINISTER INDIRA GANDHI AND RAHUL GANDHI'S FATHER. HIS ASSASSINATION MARKED THE END WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN IN INDIA'S MOST SUCCESSFUL POLITICAL SOJOURN. -
THE POWERFUL DEPICTION OF NORTH KOREA UNDER KIM DYNASTY ,IN FACT,NORTH KOREA HAS ONE OF THE LARGEST ARMIES IN THE WORLD.NORTH KOREA SPENDS ABOUT ONE THIRD OF IT'S NATIONAL INCOME ON THE MILITARY. -
THE POLITICAL DRAMA IN MALAYSIA. PRIME MINISTER MAHATHIR MOHAMAD SAID: "IN THE PAST IT WAS SAID THAT I PUT ANWAR IBRAHIM IN PRISON ".NOW I HAVE FREED HIM.ANWAR WAS ONCE HIS DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER DURING HIS FIRST STINT AS PRIME MINISTER,BEFORE HE WAS SACKED IN 1998 AND LATER IMPRISONED FOR SODOMY AND CORRUPTION. -
OUTBREAK OF WORLD WAR II IN THE ASIA PACIFIC,THE FALL OF JAPANESE IMPERIAL AND JAPAN SURRENDERED .THE US DROPPED ATOMIC BOMBS IN HIROSHIMA & NAGASAKI IN AUGUST 1945 HAS LONG REMAINED ONE OF MOST CONTROVERSIAL DECISIONS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR. -
AUNG SAN SUU KYI, - THE BURMESE DISSIDENT,MYANMAR'S PRO DEMOCRACY LEADER AND NOBEL PEACE PRICE PRIZE WINNER.SHE WAS DETAINED BY BURMA'S MILITARY AUTHORITIES AND 21 YEARS UNDER HOUSE ARREST. -
HERMAN WILLEM DAENDELS ( 1762 – 1818) MILITAR AND COLONIAL CAREER. HE WAS FAMOUS WITH HIS BRUTALITY. -
DUTCH IMPERIALISM IN INDONESIA (1610-1948) 350 YEARS ,LIFE UNDER THE DUTCH WAS HARSH IN MANY CASES.