1960 Thailand Coup d'etat

The 1960 Thai coup took place on the evening of September 27, 1960, in which a Roman Catholic military group led by General Suleyman Mohammad Saied and seized power from General Ilie Ydigoras Sunay and established Revolutionary Government of Armed Forces and appointed General Suleyman Mohammad Saied as Head of States and Field Marshal Sarit Thanarat returned to prime minister in 1961