EVENT INFORMATION

11
April
1919

Korean Provisional Government is established in Shanghai

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📅 11 April 1919 📍 India

Korean activists established a provisional government in exile after the March First uprising. Its founders sought to coordinate independence work across Korea and diaspora communities. The government had little international recognition, but it became an important institution in the continuing struggle against Japanese colonial rule.

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People in this event

Syngman Rhee

Kim Gu

Korean independence activists

Organizations in this Event

Korean Provisional Government