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.

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