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...
The Order of the Saur Revolution (Pashto: د ثور انقلاب امر) was a high-ranking military and political state decoration established by the Presidium of the Revolutionary Council of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan on December 24, 1980. The...
The title Hero of the Republic of Afghanistan (Pashto: افغانستان جمهوریت اتل) was the highest distinction in the Republic of Afghanistan, awarded to both citizens of the Afghanistan and other states who have performed heroic deeds in the name of...
The German revolution of 1918–1919, also known as the November Revolution (German: Novemberrevolution), brought down the German Empire at the end of World War I and set the stage for the establishment of the Weimar Republic. The revolution was...
The French Revolution was a period of political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended with the Coup of 18 Brumaire on 9 November 1799. Many of the revolution's ideas are considered fundamental principles...
Faiz Muhammad (1939–11 September 1980) was an Afghan military officer and politician. He served in several governmental posts in Afghanistan during the 1970s and early 1980s, serving as Minister of Interior from 1973 to 1975 and as Minister of...
The Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution or the Greek Revolution of 1821, was a successful war of independence fought by Greek revolutionaries against the Ottoman Empire from 1821 to 1829. In 1826, the Greeks were assisted...
Abdul Rashid Dostum (born 1954) is an Afghan exiled politician, former military officer and warlord. He is the founder and leader of the Junbish-e Milli political party, and was a senior army officer in the military of the former Afghan socialist...
In political philosophy, the right of revolution or right of rebellion is the right or duty of a people to "alter or abolish" a government that acts against their common interests or threatens the safety of the people without justifiable cause....
Mohammad Najibullah Ahmadzai (6 August 1947 – 27 September 1996) was an Afghan military officer and politician who served as the fifth president of Afghanistan from 1987 until his resignation in April 1992, shortly after the Afghan mujahideen's...
