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Events relating to asia
Exceptional Scythian remains are found in frozen burial mounds at Pazyryk, in the Altai region of Siberia
The first Soviet atomic bomb, called by the Americans Joe One, is successfully tested in Kazakhstan
Mao Zedong's long-standing ally Zhou Enlai heads both the home and foreign departments of the new republic
Jiang Jieshi (Chiang Kai-shek) sets up a new Republic of China in Taiwan, vowing to recapture the rest of the nation in due course
The Dutch concede independence for Indonesia with Achmed Sukarno as president
Batavia reverts to its original name of Jakarta and becomes the capital of Indonesia
Chinese troops move into Tibet, meeting little resistance
North Korean troops cross the 38th parallel to invade the southern half of the region
North Korean forces press far enough south to capture the South Korean capital of Seoul
UN troops are sent to defend South Korea, as the invasion from the north rolls on
UN troops push north across the 38th parallel in a major Korean counter-offensive
Incursions by UN troops far into North Korea give China the pretext to enter the war
Le Corbusier begins a 15-year project designing Chandigarh as a new joint capital for Punjab and Hariyana
The new Iranian prime minister, Mohammed Mossadegh, passes the Oil Nationalization Act, seizing Britain's assets in the region
An agreement is signed by which a joint Tibetan-Chinese authority will nominally govern Tibet
UN and Chinese forces reach a stalemate in Korea, facing each other from fixed positions on either side of the 38th Parallel
King Abdullah of Jordan is assassinated on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem
Japanese film director Kurosawa Akira makes an international reputation with Rashomon
The cult of Chairman Mao is officially encouraged in China, partly through steady publication of his works
Albanian missionary Mother Teresa opens the Nirmal Hriday, or Kalighat Home for Dying Destitutes, in Calcutta
King Adbullah's grandson Hussein (who was with him when he was assassinated in 1951) becomes king of Jordan
New Zealander Edmund Hillary and the Sherpa Tenzing Norgay stand together on the top of Everest
An armistice ends the Korean War, leaving several million dead and a country divided either side of a military zone along the 38th parallel
The first Soviet hydrogen bomb is successfully tested at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in Kazakhstan
