The Far Eastern Championship Games and The West Asian Games
Before the Olympics for Asia named as The Asian Games, the prestigious Olympic games was considered to have originated from two different Olympics in Asia. Dated back to 1913, the first Far Eastern Championship Games (called the Oriental Olympics at the time) were held in Manila, the Philippines, with six countries participated; Philippines, Thailand, China, Japan, Malaysia and Hong Kong.
The game had been held every two years and was cancelled on their 11th Games due to the Second World War. In 1934, the West Asian Games were held in New Delhi, India, and have the participation of four countries such as India, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and Palestine.
The born of Asian Games
During the Asian Relations Conference which was held under the leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru, the idea of Asian sports was reborn. Guru Dutt Sondhi, a former Principal of the Lahore government college and Vargas, called a six-nation meeting to form the Asian Games Federation (AGF) in 1949. The six countries including Korea, the Philippines, Myanmar, India, Taiwan and Sri Lanka got together at the London Olympic Games and decided to host combined Asian games.
The plan was to hold the Asian Games every four years in between the Olympic Games with 1950 as the inaugural year. Then, India and Philippines were both were in a race to become the host for the first Asian Games. The games were a grand success and were held in New Delhi, India. Much of the success could be attributed to Nehru, whose famous advice to all participants was: "Play the game in the spirit of the game".
Since then, from 11 nations that have been participated in 1951, Asian Games become a regional game for athletes of 45 countries. The last game in Incheon on 2014, was held with a total 9,501 athletes who was competed in more than 30 sports competition.
Source:
https://www.britannica.com/sports/Asian-Games
https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1059784/history-of-asian-games
https://www.tribuneindia.com/2006/20061126/spectrum/main2.htm