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Events relating to asia
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk wins a long campaign to expel the Greeks, authorized by the victorious Allies to occupy western Turkey
The nationalist government in Turkey abolishes the sultanate and the last Ottoman emperor, Mehmed VI, goes into exile
At a congress in Moscow four soviet republics (Russia, Belarus, the Ukraine and the Transcaucasian Republic) agree to unite
The Treaty of Lausanne, with more favourable terms than those negotiated at Sèvres, finally brings peace between Turkey and the Allies
Turkey becomes a republic with Atatürk as president and Ankara as its new capital
The RSS party, from which the present Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) derives, is established in India by Keshava Baliram Hedgewar
Reza Khan, by now prime minister of Iran, mounts a second coup to depose the last Qajar shah and begin his own Pahlavi dynasty
25-year-old Hirohito succeeds to the imperial throne of Japan after five years as prince regent
Communists seize power in Jiangxi province and establish the first soviet republic in China
Right-wing Chinese army officer Jiang Jieshi (Chiang Kai-shek) launches an anti-Communist coup in the Canton region
British archaeologist Leonard Woolley discovers the treasures of the royal cemetery at Ur
Achmed Sukarno becomes the first chairman of the new Indonesian Nationalist Party
The fossilized tooth of a human, half a million years old and known now as Peking Man, is discovered at a site near Beijing
Beijing falls to Kuomintang forces, extending the rule of Jiang Jieshi's National Government into the north of China
A second anti-Communist coup enables Jiang Jieshi (Chiang Kai-shek) to set up a National Government in Nanjing
Arabs in the Palestinian town of Hebron turn on their Jewish neighbours and murder sixty-seven
Mahatma Gandhi leads a 240-mile march from Ahmedabad to the sea to defy the British salt tax, thus launching a campaign of civil disobedience
A pregnant female hamster, captured in Syria, becomes the ancestor of every pet hamster in the world
Six million Russian peasants die after being transported to agricultural labour camps in Siberia
Sectarian hostilities increase in Kashmir, with the Muslim majority resenting the favours shown by the British to the Sikh and Hindu elite
Irgun, a new Jewish paramilitary group, is set up by Haganah commanders frustrated by the older organization's policies
The Japanese occupy the Chinese state of Manchuria
Japan renames the Chinese province of Manchuria, calling it Manchukuo – supposedly independent but in fact a puppet state
After gaining control of most of the Arabian peninsula, Ibn Saud gives his kingdom a new name, Saudi Arabia
Japan announces its withdrawal from the League of Nations after a resolution is passed declaring the Japanese occupation of Manchuria illegal
