19/09/2026
Idi Amin: Uganda par 8 saal tak raha khauf ka saya
Idi Amin ne 1971 mein Uganda ki satta par kabza kiya aur 1979 tak desh par rule kiya. Us waqt ke President Milton Obote ke desh se bahar hone ka fayda uthate hue Amin ne military takeover ke zariye power apne haath mein le li.
Shuruaat mein Amin ne Uganda mein prosperity aur development laane ka promise kiya tha, lekin kuch hi samay baad unka rule political repression aur violence ke liye jaana jaane laga. Unke shasan ke dauran opposition ko dabaya gaya, kai logon ko arrest ya disappear kiya gaya aur mass killings ki reports saamne aayi.
Unke regime ke dauran lakho logon ke maare jaane ka estimate diya jata hai. Alag-alag historical sources mein victims ki sankhya alag hai, isliye exact number ko lekar consensus nahi hai.
Idi Amin se judi kai khaufnaak kahaniyan bhi mashhoor hui, jinmein unke cannibalism aur victims ko crocodiles ko khilane jaise claims shamil hain. Inmein se kuch claims ko historically confirm karna mushkil hai, isliye unhe established facts ke roop mein nahi bataya jana chahiye. Lekin unke regime mein political violence, executions aur persecution documented hain.
1979 mein Amin ka rule khatam hua, jab Tanzanian forces aur Ugandan exiles ne Kampala par kabza kar liya. Amin Uganda se bhaag gaye aur baad mein Saudi Arabia mein settle ho gaye.
Wahin unhone apni zindagi ke aakhri saal bitaye aur 2003 mein unki maut ho gayi. Unke shasan se jude atrocities ke liye unka kabhi trial nahi hua.