20 Feb 1933

China
  • Uyghur Committee for National Revolution announced a provisional Khotan government in Xinjiang Province, China with intention for an independent Islamic State. ww2dbase [Xinjiang Wars | Khotan, Xinjiang | CPC]
15 Oct 1937

China
  • Soviet aircraft bombed Khotan, Xinjiang, China, causing 2,000 Nationalist Chinese military and civilian casualties. ww2dbase [Xinjiang Wars | Khotan, Xinjiang | CPC]

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