March Intifada

March Intifada
March Intifada
Date	March – April 1965
Location	Bahrain
Caused by	Laying off hundreds of workers at the Bahrain Petroleum Company
Goals	Ending the British presence in Bahrain
Methods	Strikes Demonstrations ; Civil resistance
Resulted in	Independence of Bahrain in 1971
Parties
Leftists and students National Liberation Front – Bahrain;	Colonial Bahrain government
Lead figures
	Largely uncentralized leadership
Casualties and losses
	6 civilians killed

The March Intifada (Arabic: انتفاضة مارس) was an uprising that broke out in Bahrain in March 1965. The uprising was led by Leftist groups, the National Liberation Front – Bahrain calling for the end of the British presence in Bahrain and numerous notable individuals participated in the uprising, including Wa'ad political activist Ali Rabea.^[1] The uprising was sparked by the laying-off of hundreds of Bahraini workers at the Bahrain Petroleum Company on March 5, 1965. Several people died in the sometimes violent clashes between protesters and police.

Background and main events

The uprising started when students of Manama High School, which then was the only high school in Bahrain, protested against the laying-off of hundreds of workers at BAPCO (Bahrain Petroleum Company), however, the protest was quickly suppressed by the infantry. The news of the crackdown created a nationwide uprising which would last for a month.^[1]

The uprising's motto was "Down down colonialism" (Arabic: يسقط يسقط الاستعمار)^[2]

Role of Muharraq in the uprising

Muharraq was a strong center of protests. The opposition managed to control the city for a few days, however, security forces entered it after clashes with residents. The people of Muharraq's resistance gave the city the nickname "Port Said", named after the Egyptian city that became famous during the 1956 Suez Crisis.^[1]

Deaths

On April 14, 1965, a civilian named Faisal Algassab was the first person to be killed as a result of participation in the Intifada. He was being chased by armed police officer Ahmad Alkhaloo who shot Algassab as he was returning to his residence, causing Algassab to scream in anguish, catching the attention of onlookers and spurring a large crowd at the scene. The officer continued to shoot Algassab until he was presumed dead, causing his blood to be splattered on the walls of his house.^[3] Five other individuals were killed due to participation in the protests, including Abdullah Saeed Alghanim, Jassim Khalil Abdullah, Abdullah Hussain Bunawda, Abdulnabi Sarhan, and Abdullah Marhoon.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ ^a ^b ^c BahrainScholars (Archived)(in Arabic)
^ علي, شاعر، سوسن (2007). "كلمة أخيرة: مقالات صحفية". al-Shaer, Sawsan. Published by the Shaikh Ibrahim bin Mohammed Al Khalifa Centre for Culture and Research. (in Arabic)
^ Al-demokrati (Archived) (in Arabic)

External links

Debate in British House of Commons
The Role of the Working Class in the March 1965 Intifada – Ibrahim Kamaluddin
March Intifada Archived 2007-06-10 at the Wayback Machine
The March Intifada in British Records – Ali Rabea, Alwaqt Newspaper, March 6, 2008
The Heritage of 1965: Before and After – Alwaqt Newspaper, March 6, 2008

[bh-1] BahrainScholars (Archived)(in Arabic)

[2] علي, شاعر، سوسن (2007). "كلمة أخيرة: مقالات صحفية". al-Shaer, Sawsan. Published by the Shaikh Ibrahim bin Mohammed Al Khalifa Centre for Culture and Research. (in Arabic)

[3] Al-demokrati (Archived) (in Arabic)

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March Intifada

Background and main events

Role of Muharraq in the uprising

Deaths

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References

External links

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