Saur Revolution

When

27 Apr 1978 – 28 Apr 1978

Kind

Revolution

Coordinates

34.53° N, 69.18° E

Description

April 1978 coup in Afghanistan

1978 military coup in Afghanistan

The Saur Revolution, also known as the April Revolution or the April Coup, was a violent coup d'état and uprising staged on 27 and 28 April 1978 by the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA), which overthrew Afghan 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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• Wikidata: revolutions and assassinationsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Saur Revolution – Afghanistan's president Mohammad Daoud Khan and his family are murdered; Nur Muhammad Taraki succeeds him, beginning the Afghan conflict”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “coup d’État communiste en Afghanistan, dit « Révolution de Saur » ; le président afghan Mohammed Daoud Khan est assassiné le lendemain avec 17 membres de sa…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “военный переворот в Афганистане”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “アフガニスタンで四月革命発生。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page