List of Revolutions and Rebellions - 1930s

1930s

• 1930: The Brazilian Revolution of 1930 led by Getúlio Vargas.
• 1930: The Salt Satyagraha, a campaign of non-violent protest against the British salt tax in colonial India.
• 1932: The Constitutionalist Revolution against the provisional president Getúlio Vargas led Brazil to a short civil war.
• 1932: The Aprista revolt in Trujillo, Peru.
• 1932: The 1932 Salvadoran peasant uprising,(known as La matanza/"The Slaughter"), Pipil and peasant rebellion led by Farabundo Martí
• 1932: The Siamese coup d'état of 1932, sometimes called the "Promoters Revolution", ends absolute monarchy in Thailand.
• 1933: The popular revolution against Cuban dictator Gerardo Machado.
• 1934: In October, workers including radical socialists and anarchists stage coups in the Spanish regions of Asturias and Catalonia. The immediate cause was the entrance of a right-wing Catholic party into the government of the unstable Second Spanish Republic. The Asturian uprising was put down by General Francisco Franco.
• 1935: Former Aide-de-camp of King Zog, Muharrem Bajraktari led a revolt against government in North Albania.
• 1935: A secret anti-zogist organization led an uprising against government and King Zog in Fier and Lushnje.
• 1935–1936: Iraqi Shia revolts against Hashemite central rule.
• 1935: Imam Reza shrine rebellion in Iran of Shi'ite radicals against Reza Shah.
• 1936: The Febrerista Revolution, led by Rafael Franco, ended oligarchic Liberal Party rule in Paraguay.
• 1936: General Francisco Franco led a coup and started the Spanish Civil War, leading to the Spanish Revolution.
• 1936–1939: Arab revolt in Palestine attempts to gain control over the British Mandate.
• 1936–1939: A period of so-called "military socialism" in Bolivia follows a revolution in which celebrated war hero David Toro takes power. A constitution establishing a corporative state is promulgated in 1938, following the nationalization of Standard Oil and the passage of progressive labor laws.
• 1937–1938: The Dersim Rebellion was the most importantKurdish rebellion in modern Turkey.
• 1937: The "Jornadas de Mayo", a workers' revolution in Catalonia.
• 1937: The Revolt of Delvina, a revolt of gendarmerie and local peasants against King Zog.