Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Musi wa2 March 1962, mukuru mukuru wemauto panguva iyoyo, General Ne Win akaita coup d'état
uye vakaumba "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".