The article recounts the failed coup attempt in Malé on November 3, 1988, when around 80 PLOTE mercenaries aided by Maldivian rebels tried to overthrow President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom. Maldivian security forces and India's Operation Cactus intervention defeated the plot, with 19 Maldivians killed and 75 people later tried for treason and terrorism; November 3 is now observed as Victory Day.
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By 7:30 AM on November 3, Prime Minister Gandhi had green-lit a full military intervention to rescue the Maldives from the coup.
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The first Indian Air Force Ilyushin Il-76 transport aircraft touched down at Malé’s Hulhulé International Airport at 9:48 p.m. on November 3, carrying crack paratroopers to aid the Maldives.
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19 Maldivians lost their lives in the violence, including 8 loyal security personnel and 11 innocent civilians.
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19 Maldivians lost their lives in the violence, including 8 loyal security personnel and 11 innocent civilians.
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19 Maldivians lost their lives in the violence, including 8 loyal security personnel and 11 innocent civilians.
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In the aftermath, Maldives’ courts tried 75 individuals for treason and terrorism in connection with the coup.
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