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Archive of entries posted on 27th November 2009

“Operation holdfast”: The attempted coup d’etat of Jan 1962

by D.B.S. Jeyaraj

Coup d’etat meaning “stroke of state” in French is used to describe the overthrow or deposition of a government or head of state through illegal or unconstitutional means. A coup d’etat generally referred to as a coup is usually undertaken by officer/s of armed forces against the established government.