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    The 1973 Afghan coup d'état, also called by Afghans as the Coup of 26 Saratan (Dari: کودتای ۲۶ سرطان) and self-proclaimed as the Revolution of 26 Saratan...
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  • 1973, several notable coup d'états took place: 1973 Afghan coup d'état 1973 Chilean coup d'état 1973 Rwandan coup d'état 1973 Uruguayan coup d'état This...
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    president Mohammad Daoud Khan, who had himself taken power in the 1973 Afghan coup d'état and established an autocratic one-party system in the country....
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    throne. The monarchy ended in the 1973 Afghan coup d'état. Emir Amanullah Khan was keen on modernizing Afghanistan, provoking several uprisings led by his conservative...
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    cousin, King Mohammad Zahir Shah, in a coup d'état. The occcasion for the coup was the 1964 Constitution of Afghanistan, that took power from most members...
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    PBSuccess. 1954 Paraguayan coup d'état: A military coup brings Alfredo Stroessner to power. Coup d'état of Yanaon: A coup d'état led by Dadala Raphael Ramanayya...
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    an Afghan military officer and politician who served as prime minister of Afghanistan from 1953 to 1963 and, as leader of the 1973 Afghan coup d'état which...
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    Cinema was introduced to Afghanistan at the beginning of the 20th century. Political troubles, such as the 1973 Afghan coup d'état and the Saur Revolution...
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    The 1973 Chilean coup d'état (Spanish: Golpe de Estado en Chile de 1973) was a military overthrow of the democratic socialist president of Chile Salvador...
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    Assassination of Ahmad Shah Massoud (category Terrorist incidents attributed to Afghan jihadist groups)
    ISBN 978-0-300-09519-7. Afghan, Rehmatullah; Siddique, Abubakar (10 September 2020). "Afghanistan Still Facing Aftershocks Of 1978 Communist Coup". RFE/RL. Retrieved...
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  • Republic of Afghanistan, following its foundation on 17 July 1973 when Mohammad Daoud Khan came to power following the 1973 Afghan coup d'état. It was stopped...
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    Afghanistan and the events of the Afghan Civil War, lasting until the Taliban’s rise to power in 1996. The history of special units within the Afghan...
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    Ghulam Haidar Rasuli (category Afghan military officers)
    Azimi to become involved in the 1973 Afghan coup d'état. He was brought back to active service in 1973 after the coup that ousted King Mohammed Zahir...
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  • faction of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan. Faiz Muhammad was involved in the 1973 Afghan coup d'état that would bring Mohammad Daoud Khan to...
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    the reverse. 17 July 1973 – 8 May 1974 First flag flown for the Republic of Afghanistan, proclaimed after the 1973 Afghan coup d'état by the king's cousin...
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    This article lists the heads of state of Afghanistan since the foundation of the first modern Afghan state, the Hotak Empire, in 1709. The Hotak Empire...
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    April 22, 2014) was an Afghan politician, diplomat, and a military officer in the Afghan Air Force who participated in the coup d'état that created the Republic...
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    Islamic Emirate Army and the Afghan Army, is the land force branch of the Afghan Armed Forces. The roots of an army in Afghanistan can be traced back to the...
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    redesignated the Royal Afghan Air Force in 1947, a title it retained until the 1973 Afghan coup d'état. By 1960, the Royal Afghan Air Force consisted of...
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  • disobedience for about eight months, during which the 11 April 2019 Sudanese coup d'état deposed President Omar al-Bashir after thirty years in power and ultimately...
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  • state media), causing Ceaușescu to angrily denounce the revolution as a coup d'état. Petrișor took the couple to an agricultural centre near Târgoviște,...
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  • This is a list of coups d'état and coup attempts by country, listed in chronological order. A coup is an attempt to illegally overthrow a country's government...
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    Mohammad Aslam Watanjar (category Afghan military officers)
    November 2000) was an Afghan military officer and politician. He played a significant role in the coup in 1978 that killed the Afghan President Mohammad...
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  • 2017 Afghanistan–Pakistan border skirmish 2024 2024 Afghanistan–Pakistan skirmishes 1949 1949 Hazara Rebellion 17 April 1973 1973 Afghan coup d'état 1975...
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    The 1990 Afghan coup d'etat attempt occurred on March 6, 1990, when General Shahnawaz Tanai, a hardline communist and Khalqist who served as Minister of...
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  • Bishop of South Carolina John-David Schofield, IV Bishop of San Joaquin Coup d'état Defrocking Motion of no confidence The Deposition of Edward II, Medieval...
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    The 1953 Iranian coup d'état, known in Iran as the 28 Mordad coup d'état (Persian: کودتای ۲۸ مرداد), was the U.S.- and British-instigated, Iranian army-led...
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  • The March 1949 Syrian coup d'état was a bloodless coup d'état that took place on 30 March. It was the first military coup in modern Syrian history and...
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    The 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état (Golpe de Estado en Guatemala de 1954) deposed the democratically elected Guatemalan President Jacobo Árbenz and marked...
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