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Events relating to asia
The Dalai Lama escapes from Tibet to India after the Chinese suppression of an armed uprising costing thousands of Buddhist lives
Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann, discovered in Buenos Aires, is kidnapped by Israeli agents
Sirimavo Bandaranaike, widow of the assassinated Solomon Bandaranaike, begins the first of three long spells as prime minister of Sri Lanka
The Vietcong, or NLF, is formed as a guerrilla force to liberate South Vietnam from the US-backed government
The trial of Adolf Eichmann begins in an Israeli court in Jerusalem, with TV cameras permitted to broadcast the event live around the world
Syria withdraws from the United Arab Republic (UAR) seeing it as unacceptably dominated by Egypt
Adolf Eichmann, convicted in Israel for his role in the Holocaust, is hanged in Tel Aviv
Ruhollah Khomeini, a leading ayatollah in Qom, denounces the Shah of Iran and declares a fatwa against his regime
China prevails in a five-week war with India over disputed boundaries
A military coup in Syria brings the Ba'th party to power
Ayatollah Khomeini is arrested in Qom, and imprisoned for eight months in Tehran, after instigating riots against the Shah
Saloth Sar, changing his name to Pol Pot, begins to build up the Cambodian Communist party and Khmer Rouge
Malaysia, Singapore, Sarawak and Sabah form the Federation of Malaysia
The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) is founded at a congress in East Jerusalem, then part of Jordan
The Beijing ballet company goes political with The Red Detachment of Women, supervised by Mao Zedong's wife, Jiang Qing
A reported incident in the Gulf of Tonkin triggers US intervention against North Vietnam, in a significant step towards the Vietnam War
Ayatollah Khomeini, exiled by the shah from Iran, moves first to Turkey and then makes his base in Iraq
US President Lyndon Johnson launches a regular bombing campaign against North Vietnam
The Vietnam War enters a new dimension with the deployment of US ground troops in the country
Australia sends a first contingent of 1500 troops to fight in Vietnam
Singapore leaves the Federation of Malaysia to become again an independent state
Ferdinand Marcos wins a landslide victory in the Philippines presidential election
Zahir Shah allows the first elections in his kingdom of Afghanistan
After a summer of border skirmishes in Pakistan, an Indian advance towards Lahore initiates full-scale war between the two countries
A UN-sponsored cease-fire brings the second Indo-Pakistan war to an end after less than three weeks
