“On June 1, 1929, the body of Sun Yat-sen, leader (founder) of the Nationalist Party, who died and w
“On June 1, 1929, the body of Sun Yat-sen, leader (founder) of the Nationalist Party, who died and was buried in Peking (Beijing) in 1925, was reinterred in a new mausoleum in Nanking (Nanjing).” Sun Yat-sen had led the 1911 Xinhai Revolution which overthrew the Qing Dynasty. Nanking (Nanjing) was the capital of China from 1928 to 1949 (occupied during 1938-45) -- source link
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