September 18, 1931★★★★★
Mukden Incident
Japan's Kwantung Army stages a railway explosion near Mukden as a pretext for invading Manchuria.
War· China, Japan
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Beginning of the British Raj
After the 1857 rebellion, the Government of India Act transfers rule from the East India Company to the British Crown; the Mughal Empire formally ends.
Politics· India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, United Kingdom