1958 Pakistani military coup
| 1958 Pakistani military coup | |||||||
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| Part of the Military coups in Pakistan | |||||||
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| Pakistani Government | Pakistan Army | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Iskander Ali Mirza |
Ayub Khan Wajid Ali Khan Burki Azam Khan Khalid Shaikh | ||||||
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The 1958 Pakistani military coup was the first military coup in Pakistan that took place on 27 October 1958. It resulted in the toppling of Iskander Ali Mirza, the president of Pakistan, by Muhammad Ayub Khan, the commander-in-chief of the Pakistan Army.
On 7 October, Mirza abrogated the Constitution of Pakistan and declared martial law. Iskander Mirza had lost the support of many of the leading politicians and was alarmed at a plan by Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy to unite the political leadership of Bengal and Punjab against him. Therefore he turned to Ayub Khan and the military for help.