The 1962 Ceylonese coup d'état attempt (also known as the Colonels coup ) was a failed military coup planned in Sri Lanka (Ceylon). Several Christian senior military and policy officers planned to topple the democratically elected government of Prime Minister Mrs. Sirimavo Bandaranaike in the night of 27 January 1962, however, key leaders were arrested before the coup was carried out.
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