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Idowu Ohioze - Events which culminated in the ouster of Zine Ben Ali, former president of Tunisia, are certainly well known to newshound Nigerians, home and abroad. The Mohammed Bouazizi- orchestrated masses putsch, which has come to be known as the 'Jasmine revolution', isn't the first in the last decade.
In Europe, Serbians upstaged dictatorial Slobodan Milosevic in the 'October revolution' to create the nation of Kosovo in 2000. When in 2004, authorities attempted to rig elections, ordinary Ukrainians staged the 'Orange revolution' to register their displeasure, thereby toppling the government.
The history of revolutions dates far back. Interestingly, most developed economies have experienced it at some point in their existence.
The enthronement of a radical democratic republic in France resulted from the French revolution of 1789-1799. Buoyed by scenes of hunger and malnutrition in the destitute segments of the society, the French proletariats stormed and burnt the Bastille on July 14, 1789. Less than a month later, the 'Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen' (the precursor of all modern day charter of rights) was passed.
The American revolution, as we know it, prepared that country for the greatness it enjoys today. In search for freedom from harassment, some Chinese marched 10,000 kilometers to northwest China -between 1934 and 1935- in what is known as the 'Long March'. The Chinese icon, Mao Zedong, emerged from that uprising.
Source: How To Start A Revolution (http://www.saharareporters.com/article/how-start-revolution)