Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Musi wa 2 March 1962, mukuru mukuru wemauto panguva iyoyo, General Ne Win
vakaita coup d'état ndokuumba "Union Revolutionary Council". Panenge pakati pousiku mauto akatanga kupinda muYangon kuti atore nzvimbo dzakanaka. Mutungamiriri wehurumende U Nu namakurukota ake vakaiswa mutorongo yokudzivirira. Pana 8:50 a.m., General Ne Win akazivisa kudengenyeka kwenyika paredhiyo. Iye akati "Ndinofanira kukuzivisai, vagari veMubatanidzwa kuti Mauto Akashongedzerwa akatora mutoro nebasa rokuchengeta chengeteko yenyika, nemhaka yemigariro yeMubatanidzwa inonetsa zvikuru".