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Saur Revolution
The
Saur Revolution
(
Dari
: ) (also Sawr Revolution) was a
revolution
led by the
People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan
(PDPA) against the rule of self-proclaimed
Afghan
President
Mohammed Daoud Khan
on 27–28 April 1978. The government at the time was led by Daoud, who had previously overthrown his cousin
King Mohammed Zahir
in 1973. 'Saur' is the
Dari
name of the second month of the
Persian calendar
, the month in which the uprising took place. The revolution led to the 1979 intervention by the Soviets and the 1979–1989
Soviet–Afghan War
against the
Mujahideen
.
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