1962 Ceylonese coup d'état attempt
The 1962 Ceylonese coup d'état attempt (also known as the Colonels' coup ) was a failed military coup d'état planned in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). A group of Christian officers in the military and police planned to topple the government of Prime Minister Sirima Bandaranaike during the night of 27 January 1962. Organised by Colonel F. C. de Saram (Deputy Commandant, Ceylon Volunteer Force), Colonel Maurice De Mel, (Commandant, Ceylon Volunteer Force), Rear Admiral Royce de Mel (former Captain of the Royal Ceylon Navy), C.C. Dissanayake (DIG, Range I), Sydney de Zoysa (retired DIG) and Douglas Liyanage (Deputy Director of Land Development), it was to take place in the night of 27 January 1962, but was called off as the government gained information in the afternoon and initiated arrests of the susp
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1962 Ceylonese coup d'état attempt
The 1962 Ceylonese coup d'état attempt (also known as the Colonels' coup ) was a failed military coup d'état planned in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). A group of Christian officers in the military and police planned to topple the government of Prime Minister Sirima Bandaranaike during the night of 27 January 1962. Organised by Colonel F. C. de Saram (Deputy Commandant, Ceylon Volunteer Force), Colonel Maurice De Mel, (Commandant, Ceylon Volunteer Force), Rear Admiral Royce de Mel (former Captain of the Royal Ceylon Navy), C.C. Dissanayake (DIG, Range I), Sydney de Zoysa (retired DIG) and Douglas Liyanage (Deputy Director of Land Development), it was to take place in the night of 27 January 1962, but was called off as the government gained information in the afternoon and initiated arrests of the susp
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A tentativa de golpe de Estado ...... o Sri Lanka pós-independência.
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La tentative de coup d'État de ...... on accession à l'indépendance.
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The 1962 Ceylonese coup d'état ...... n post-independence Sri Lanka.
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Ceylonese Colonels
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1962-01-27
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Coup aborted
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Elements in the armed forces and the Ceylon Police Force
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Excerpt from judgment. -Queen vs Liyanage- 67-NLR:203/ 204
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Ceylonese Colonels
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Cyril Cyrus Dissanayake
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F. C. de Saram
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Felix Dias Bandaranaike
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Maurice de Mel
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Royce de Mel
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S. A. Dissanayake
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Sirima Bandaranaike
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Sydney de Zoysa
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Attempted coup d'état of 1962 in Ceylon
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1962-01-27
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The Acts offended against the ...... ich the constitution ordained.
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Coup aborted
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Elements in the armed forces and the Ceylon Police Force
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Government-loyal armed forces and Ceylon Police Force
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A tentativa de golpe de Estado ...... o Sri Lanka pós-independência.
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La tentative de coup d'État de ...... mais fut finalement annulé :
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The 1962 Ceylonese coup d'état ...... initiated arrests of the susp
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1962 Ceylonese coup d'état attempt
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Tentativa de golpe de Estado no Ceilão em 1962
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Tentative de coup d’État de Ceylan (1962)
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Attempted coup d'état of 1962 in Ceylon
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