The March Intifada, an uprising that breaks out in Bahrain in March 1965, is lead by the Leftist groups, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Bahrain and the National Liberation Front - Bahrain, calling for the end of the British presence in Bahrain.
The spark of the uprising is the laying off of hundreds of Bahraini workers at the Bahrain Petroleum Company on March 5, 1965.
Several people die in the sometimes violent clashes between protesters and police.
