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The 1988 Maldives coup d'état attempt was by a group of Maldivians led by businessman Abdullah Luthufi and assisted by armed mercenaries of a Tamil secessionist organisation from Sri Lanka, the People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE), to overthrow the government in the island republic of Maldives. The mercenaries quickly gained control of the capital, including the major government buildings, airport, port, television and radio stations. The intervention by the Indian Armed Forces, codenamed Operation Cactus, defeated the attempted coup.

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  • The 1988 Maldives coup d'état attempt was by a group of Maldivians led by businessman Abdullah Luthufi and assisted by armed mercenaries of a Tamil secessionist organisation from Sri Lanka, the People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE), to overthrow the government in the island republic of Maldives. The mercenaries quickly gained control of the capital, including the major government buildings, airport, port, television and radio stations. The intervention by the Indian Armed Forces, codenamed Operation Cactus, defeated the attempted coup. (en)
  • Am 3. November 1988 versuchte eine Gruppe von Maledivern, die politische Macht auf den Malediven an sich zu reißen. Fallschirmjäger der indischen Streitkräfte besiegten die Putschisten und stellten die alten Machtverhältnisse wieder her. (de)
  • Une tentative de coup d'État a eu lieu aux Maldives le 3 novembre 1988. Le coup d'état était dirigé par un groupe de rebelles maldiviens dirigé par Abdullah Luthufi, assisté par un groupe de mercenaires tamouls venant du Sri Lanka, le PLOTE. La tentative a échoué lorsque l'Inde a envoyé 1 600 parachutistes de ses , et qu'ils ont tué plusieurs leaders des PLOTE. Lorsque les rebelles ont compris que le coup d'état avait échoué, ils ont détourné le cargo MV Progresslight et ont mis les voiles vers le Sri Lanka. La Indian Navy les a alors intercepté set capturés. (fr)
  • 1988年モルディブクーデターは、スリランカ在住のモルディブの実業家アブドゥラ・ルトゥフィがスリランカのタミル分離主義組織タミル・イーラム人民解放機構 (PLOTE) から武装兵を傭い入れて1988年11月3日に起こしたクーデターである。モルディブ大統領マウムーン・アブドル・ガユームの身柄を確保できなかったため未遂に終わった。当時モルディブは常備軍を保有しておらず、インド軍が介入して鎮圧した。インド軍の介入作戦のコードネームはオペレーション・カクタス (Operation Cactus、サボテン作戦) であった。 (ja)
  • Operazione Cactus era il nome in codice di un'azione militare intrapresa dalle forze armate indiane come risposta ad un tentativo di colpo di Stato nella repubblica delle Maldive, tra il 3 ed il 4 novembre 1988. Il tentativo di golpe fu messo in atto da un gruppo di dissidenti politici maldiviani, capitanati dall'uomo d'affari , con l'appoggio di un gruppo di mercenari tamil del (PLOTE), nel tentativo di spodestare il presidente maldiviano Maumoon Abdul Gayoom; un contingente della indiana, appoggiato da unità aeree e navali, fu fatto prontamente intervenire dal primo ministro Rajiv Gandhi, e nel giro di poche ore il gruppo di mercenari fu sconfitto ed il tentativo di golpe represso. (it)
  • O golpe de Estado nas Maldivas em 1988, cuja intervenção pelas forças armadas da Índia receberia o codinome de Operação Cactus, foi a tentativa de um grupo de maldivianos liderados por Abdullah Luthufi e apoiados por mercenários armados de uma organização separatista tâmil do Sri Lanka - a (PLOTE) - de derrubar o governo na república ilha das Maldivas. O golpe de Estado fracassou devido à intervenção do exército indiano. (pt)
  • Операция «Кактус» — операция индийских вооруженных сил по предотвращению военного переворота, организованного предпринимателем Абдуллой Лутхуфи и при помощи вооруженных наемников тамильской сепаратистской организации, (НООТИ), с целью свержения правительства Мальдивской Республики. Наемники быстро взяли под контроль столицу, главные правительственные здания, аэропорт, морской порт, теле- и радиостанции. (ru)
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  • 19 killed (8 NSS), 39 injured (18 NSS), 27 captured.
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  • 22px|borderPeople's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam
  • India
  • Maldives
  • Maldivian rebels
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  • 1988-11-03 (xsd:date)
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  • *Coup failed
  • Indian/Maldivian government victory
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  • 1,400Maldivian National Security Service
  • 100-250 gunmen
  • 500 Indian paratroopers
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  • An Indian Air Force Ilyushin Il-76 transport aircraft of the model used to transport Indian paratroopers to Malé. (en)
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  • 5 (xsd:integer)
  • 19 (xsd:integer)
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  • Armed Coup led by PLOTE sought to overthrow the government in Maldives. (en)
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  • India (en)
  • Maldives (en)
  • Maldivian rebels (en)
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  • Rajiv Gandhi (en)
  • R. Venkataraman (en)
  • Abdullah Luthufi (en)
  • Ahmed Ismail Manik Sikka (en)
  • Brigadier Farouk Bulsara (en)
  • Colonel Mohamed Zahir (en)
  • Colonel Subhash Joshi (en)
  • Maumoon Abdul Gayoom (en)
  • Sagaru Ahmed Nasir (en)
  • Vice-Admiral S.V.V. Gopalachari (en)
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  • 1988 (xsd:integer)
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  • 1988-11-03 (xsd:date)
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  • Indian Intervention in the Sri Lankan civil war (en)
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  • Maldives, Indian Ocean (en)
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  • Indian/Maldivian government victory *Coup failed (en)
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  • The 1988 Maldives coup d'état attempt was by a group of Maldivians led by businessman Abdullah Luthufi and assisted by armed mercenaries of a Tamil secessionist organisation from Sri Lanka, the People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE), to overthrow the government in the island republic of Maldives. The mercenaries quickly gained control of the capital, including the major government buildings, airport, port, television and radio stations. The intervention by the Indian Armed Forces, codenamed Operation Cactus, defeated the attempted coup. (en)
  • Am 3. November 1988 versuchte eine Gruppe von Maledivern, die politische Macht auf den Malediven an sich zu reißen. Fallschirmjäger der indischen Streitkräfte besiegten die Putschisten und stellten die alten Machtverhältnisse wieder her. (de)
  • Une tentative de coup d'État a eu lieu aux Maldives le 3 novembre 1988. Le coup d'état était dirigé par un groupe de rebelles maldiviens dirigé par Abdullah Luthufi, assisté par un groupe de mercenaires tamouls venant du Sri Lanka, le PLOTE. La tentative a échoué lorsque l'Inde a envoyé 1 600 parachutistes de ses , et qu'ils ont tué plusieurs leaders des PLOTE. Lorsque les rebelles ont compris que le coup d'état avait échoué, ils ont détourné le cargo MV Progresslight et ont mis les voiles vers le Sri Lanka. La Indian Navy les a alors intercepté set capturés. (fr)
  • 1988年モルディブクーデターは、スリランカ在住のモルディブの実業家アブドゥラ・ルトゥフィがスリランカのタミル分離主義組織タミル・イーラム人民解放機構 (PLOTE) から武装兵を傭い入れて1988年11月3日に起こしたクーデターである。モルディブ大統領マウムーン・アブドル・ガユームの身柄を確保できなかったため未遂に終わった。当時モルディブは常備軍を保有しておらず、インド軍が介入して鎮圧した。インド軍の介入作戦のコードネームはオペレーション・カクタス (Operation Cactus、サボテン作戦) であった。 (ja)
  • Operazione Cactus era il nome in codice di un'azione militare intrapresa dalle forze armate indiane come risposta ad un tentativo di colpo di Stato nella repubblica delle Maldive, tra il 3 ed il 4 novembre 1988. Il tentativo di golpe fu messo in atto da un gruppo di dissidenti politici maldiviani, capitanati dall'uomo d'affari , con l'appoggio di un gruppo di mercenari tamil del (PLOTE), nel tentativo di spodestare il presidente maldiviano Maumoon Abdul Gayoom; un contingente della indiana, appoggiato da unità aeree e navali, fu fatto prontamente intervenire dal primo ministro Rajiv Gandhi, e nel giro di poche ore il gruppo di mercenari fu sconfitto ed il tentativo di golpe represso. (it)
  • O golpe de Estado nas Maldivas em 1988, cuja intervenção pelas forças armadas da Índia receberia o codinome de Operação Cactus, foi a tentativa de um grupo de maldivianos liderados por Abdullah Luthufi e apoiados por mercenários armados de uma organização separatista tâmil do Sri Lanka - a (PLOTE) - de derrubar o governo na república ilha das Maldivas. O golpe de Estado fracassou devido à intervenção do exército indiano. (pt)
  • Операция «Кактус» — операция индийских вооруженных сил по предотвращению военного переворота, организованного предпринимателем Абдуллой Лутхуфи и при помощи вооруженных наемников тамильской сепаратистской организации, (НООТИ), с целью свержения правительства Мальдивской Республики. Наемники быстро взяли под контроль столицу, главные правительственные здания, аэропорт, морской порт, теле- и радиостанции. (ru)
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  • Putschversuch auf den Malediven (de)
  • 1988 Maldives coup d'état attempt (en)
  • Tentative de coup d'État de 1988 aux Maldives (fr)
  • Operazione Cactus (it)
  • 1988年モルディブクーデター (ja)
  • Operação Cactus (pt)
  • Операция «Кактус» (ru)
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