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In 1911, when the Chinese revolution overthrew the Manchus, refugees flocked to the safety of Hong Kong.
Shahjahan’s son was Aurangzeb (1658–1707), who overthrew his father and imprisoned him in the Agra fort for the last years of his life.
The armed forces finally overthrew him in a popular bloodless coup, known as the “Carnation Revolution,” on 25 April 1974.
Constantine the Great (who was a convert to Christianity) and Licinius ruled east and west respectively, until in 324 Constantine overthrew his pagan ally and reunited the empire.
, Buckley) argue that Gandhi and JP II overthrew tyranny.