page_title: List of revolutions and rebellions
section_title: 1970s
hierarchical_section_title: List of revolutions and rebellions / 1970s
caption_attribution_description: Español: Insurrección de la ciudad de Estelí en 1979 en donde tropas de la Guardia Nacional de Somoza se enfrentaron contra los rebeldes sandinistas
context_page_description: This is a list of revolutions and rebellions.
context_section_description: 1970: The Black Power Revolution occurs in Trinidad.
  1970: A rebellion in Guinea by what its government identified as Portuguese agents.
  1970–1971: Black September in Jordan
  1971: The Bangladesh Liberation War led by the Mukti Bahini establishes the independent People's Republic of Bangladesh from the former East Pakistan.
  1972: A revolution in Benin.
  1972: A military-led revolution against the civilian government of President Philibert Tsiranana in the Malagasy Republic; a Marxist faction takes power in 1975 under Didier Ratsiraka, modeled on the North Korean juche theory developed by Kim Il Sung.
  1973: Wounded Knee Incident. American Indian Movement activists and Oglala Lakota besiege the small town of Wounded Knee in protest of government policies towards Native Americans and the corrupt Wilson Regime. Part of the Red Power movement
  1973: Mohammad Daud Khan overthrows the monarchy and establishes a republic in Afghanistan.
  1973: Worker-student demonstrations in Thailand force dictator Thanom Kittikachorn and two close associates to flee the country, beginning a short period of democratic constitutional rule.
  1974: A revolution in Ethiopia.
  1974–1975: The Carnation Revolution overthrows the right-wing dictatorship in Portugal. Leads to the independence of Angola, Cape Verde, Mozambique, São Tomé and Príncipe and Timor-Leste and recognition of Guinea-Bissau's self-proclaimed independence.
  1975–1991: The Western Sahara War was a conflict between the Sahrawi national liberation movement named POLISARIO against the armies of their neighbours, Morocco and Mauritania, who have entered the territory when the Spanish colonizers troops fled.
  1975: A revolution in Cambodia.
  1975: Lebanese Civil War lasted from 1975 to 1990.
  1975: 15 August, coup led by young military officers and the Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in Bangladesh.
  1975: Coup led by Brigadier Khaled Mosharraf and Colonel Shafaat Jamil in Bangladesh to depose President Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad. Three days later a counter-coup by Colonel Abu Taher puts Ziaur Rahman in power.
  1976: Student demonstrations and election-related violence in Thailand lead police to open fire on a sit-in at Thammasat University, killing hundreds. The military seizes power the next day, ending constitutional rule.
  1976: The Gang of Four is removed from power in China in a coup led by Chairman Hua Guofeng with the support of senior officers of the People's Liberation Army, ending the Cultural Revolution.
  1977: Egyptian Bread Riots the riots were a spontaneous uprising by hundreds of thousands of lower-class people, at least 79 people were killed and 800 wounded.
  1977: The Market Women's Revolt in Guinea leads to a lessening of the state's role in the economy.
  1978: The Saur Revolution led by the Khalq faction of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan deposes and kills President Mohammad Daud Khan.
  1979: New Jewel Movement led by Maurice Bishop launch an armed revolution and overthrow the government of Eric Gairy in Grenada.
  1979: The popular overthrow of the Somoza dictatorship in the Nicaraguan Revolution.
  1979: Anti-Communist Rebels in Nicaragua (aka) Contras start to form.
  1979: The Iranian Revolution overthrows Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, resulting in the formation of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
  1979: Cambodia is liberated from the Khmer Rouge regime by the Vietnam-backed Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party.
  1979–1992: Salvadoran Civil War
caption: Nicaraguan National Guard clashes with Sandinista rebels in 1979, during the Nicaraguan Revolution.
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