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| Burial of Mutesa Amin Dada, Idi |  |
| Amin gives the former King and President Mutesa, who had died in exile, a state burial |
| Coup d'Etat Amin Dada, Idi | |
| 25th Jan Kampala 49,000 Ugandan Asians are expelled |
| 25th Jan Kampala After hearing that Obote was planning to arrest him for misappropriating army funds, Amin seized power in a military Coup when Obote is attending a Commonwealth summit meeting in Singapore |
| 25th Jan Kampala Idi Amin is initially welcomed both within Uganda and by the international community, In an internal memo, the British Foreign Office described him as "A splendid type and a good football player" |
| 25th Jan Kampala Over 300,000 opponents of the new regime are killed |
| 25th Jan Kampala Overthrows President Obote |
| Coup d'Etat Obote, Milton | |
| 25th Jan After hearing that Obote was planning to arrest him for misappropriating army funds, Amin seized power in a military Coup when Obote is attending a Commonwealth summit meeting in Singapore |
| 27th July Kampala Leaves Uganda following a military coup |
| Exile of Obote Obote, Milton | |
| Returns from Tanzania |
| 27th July Forced to seek exile in Zambia |
| Massacre of Obote Supporters Amin Dada, Idi | |
| Amin founds the so-called "State Research Bureau," which are death squads to hunt down and murder Obote's supporters, as well as much of the intelligentsia, whom he distrusted |
| Massacre of Obote Supporters Obote, Milton | |
| Amin established the so-called "State Research Bureau," which were actually his own brand of death squads to hunt down and murder Obote's supporters, as well as much of the intelligentsia, whom he distrusted |
| President Obote, Milton | |
| Kampala Appointed President of Uganda, 2nd term |
| State Research Bureau Amin Dada, Idi | |
| Amin founds the so-called "State Research Bureau," which are death squads to hunt down and murder Obote's supporters, as well as much of the intelligentsia, whom he distrusted |
