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The Rawalpindi conspiracy was an attempted coup to overthrow Liaquat Ali Khan, the first prime minister of Pakistan, in March 1951. It was the first of many subsequent coup attempts against governments in the history of Pakistan .
The film was based on Bhisham Sahni's Hindi novel of the same name. [80] [n] An incident similar to the Thoha Khalsa mass suicide is also depicted in the 2003 film Khamosh Pani. [82] A Punjabi novel based on the events called Khoon de Sohille written by Nanak Singh was published in 1948. It was translated into English as Hymns in Blood (2022). [83]
There have been numerous unsuccessful coup attempts in Pakistani history. The first noted attempt was the Rawalpindi conspiracy in 1951 led by Maj. Gen. Akbar Khan along with left-wing activists and sympathetic officers against the government of Liaquat Ali Khan, Pakistan's first prime minister. [5]
In 2000, the Supreme Court accepted arguments that the coup was a "violation of the constitution". However, acting Chief Justice Ershad Hasan later argued of the constitutionality of the coup. [7]: 119–120 [9]: 112–115 On 10 December 2000, Musharraf unexpectedly issued a pardon to Nawaz Sharif to be flown to Saudi Arabia.
October: 1995 Pakistani coup attempt is foiled and coup plotters are arrested. 19 November: Attack on the Egyptian Embassy in Pakistan kills 13. 1995: As a part of Second MQM insurrection, more than 2000 people are killed in 1995 [150] [147] 21 December: — 1995 Peshawar bombing: At least 25 people were killed and 100 wounded.
Senior military officers appeared on Gabon national television to announce a coup following the country's presidential election in the early hours of Wednesday, 30 August. Soldiers spoke on Gabon ...
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More than a dozen soldiers seized control of Burkina Faso's state television late Friday, declaring that the country's coup leader-turned-president, Lt. Col. Paul Henri Sandaogo Damiba, had been ...