1. Surendre Sradhanand Rambocus was a Surinamese serviceman.
12 Facts About Surendre Rambocus
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Surendre Rambocus was involved in the unsuccessful coup d'etat of March 1982 against the then dictator of Suriname, Desi Bouterse, and was executed on 8 December 1982 as one of the December murders.
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Surendre Rambocus attended the Royal Military Academy in Breda, Netherlands and graduated in 1978 on a thesis about coup d'etats.
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Surendre Rambocus then became a second lieutenant in the Suriname National Army.
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Surendre Rambocus was not a member of the coup plotters, however he was sympathetic to their cause, and the subject had been discussed privately.
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Surendre Rambocus was appointed by the military authority as highest-ranking officer of the Suriname National Army, and was ordered to maintain discipline in the army.
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Surendre Rambocus was of the opinion that soldiers do not belong in the centre of power.
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Surendre Rambocus was dismissed by the National Military Council, and later arrested three times.
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Surendre Rambocus then left for the Netherlands, and became a law student at the University of Utrecht.
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Surendre Rambocus used the opportunity to escape to the Netherlands.
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Surendre Rambocus was taken from his cell in the Memre Boekoe barracks and transferred to Fort Zeelandia.
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Surendre Rambocus was the brother of, among others, the Dutch politician Nirmala Rambocus.