Rebellion of the Sergeants

Rebellion of the Sergeants
Date3 August 1935 (1935-08-03)
Location
Thailand
Result Plotters were arrested before it started
Belligerents
2nd Infantry Division Phraya Phahon Cabinet
Royal Thai Army
Commanders and leaders
Sawas Mahamad Phraya Phahon
Plaek Phibunsongkhram
Casualties and losses
Sawas Mahamad †

The Rebellion of the Sergeants was a military coup attempt against the government of Phraya Phahon by a group of army sergeants, led by Sawas Mahamad on 3 August 1935, but the plot was leaked. Sawas was executed and twelve plotters were sentenced from sixteen years to life imprisonment.

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