Saur Revolution (1978)

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf revolutionary
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:April_Revolution
gptkbp:casualties Mohammad Daoud Khan and family killed
gptkbp:date April 27–28, 1978
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Democratic_Republic_of_Afghanistan
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Saur Revolution (1978)
gptkbp:ideology gptkb:Marxism–Leninism
gptkbp:keyEvent revolutionary
gptkbp:location gptkb:Afghanistan
gptkbp:mainCast gptkb:People's_Democratic_Party_of_Afghanistan
gptkb:Mohammad_Daoud_Khan
gptkb:Afghan_Army
gptkbp:namedAfter Saur (second month of the Afghan calendar)
gptkbp:opposedBy Islamist groups
conservative elements in Afghanistan
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Republic_of_Afghanistan
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Soviet_intervention_in_Afghanistan
gptkbp:resultedIn establishment of Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
overthrow of Mohammad Daoud Khan
gptkbp:significance beginning of communist rule in Afghanistan
precursor to Soviet–Afghan War
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Afghan_government_(historical)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6