Ținutul Sării revolt

Ținutul Sării revolt
	Part of the Hungarian–Romanian War
	; Map of the area, from 1914
Date	29 March–6 April 1919
Location	Upper valley of the Niraj, Romania
Result	Romanian victory
Belligerents
Romania	Rebels from the Maros-Torda and Udvarhely counties
Strength
200 soldiers; 30 gendarmes	1,000 participants, of which 200 armed with firearms
Casualties and losses
3 gendarmes killed	3 rebels died in battle and 1 death sentenceIndirect victims: 12 civilians, of which 7 died in custody and 5 death sentences

The Ținutul Sării revolt represented an armed rebellion of the Székelys from the Praid–Sovata region, located in the salt mining area near the town of Târgu Mureș, an area that corresponds to the Hungarian ethnographic region of Sóvidék (Ținutul Sării; "Salt Country"). This event took place between 29 March and 6 April 1919, in an area controlled by the Romanian Army on behalf of the Governing Council, during the period of assurance by the Romanian troops, from a military point of view, of the Transylvanian demarcation line.

The rebellion was triggered as a result of a misinterpretation of an official information transmitted during the period of dysfunction associated with the taking the oath of allegiance to the Romanian state. In addition, the rioters erroneously relied on the military support of the "Secuian Division", support that it was unable to provide.

The population of the area did not react unitedly, only a small number of villages rose up against the existing order, and they could secure, according to Szekeres Lukács Sándor, only a number of about 200 armed men. After the initial stage, in which the local gendarmes were overwhelmed, the intervention of the regular troops of the Kingdom of Romania restored the initial situation.

The final balance of events indicated as an effect of the rebellion a total of 7 direct deaths (4 Szekler insurgents and 3 Romanian gendarmes) and 12 indirect deaths (all being Szekler civilians). An important role in tempering the excesses of the revolt, but also later, in normalizing the lives of the inhabitants of the area, was played by the pastor Ferenc Laár of the reformed church of Praid.