The document summarizes the events of the Libyan revolution from 2010-2012. It describes how protests began in Benghazi in 2011 as part of the Arab Spring, spreading across Libya against dictator Muammar Gaddafi's 42-year rule. NATO intervened with airstrikes to support rebels as the conflict escalated. Rebels gained control of Tripoli in August 2011 after six months and Gaddafi was killed in October 2011, declaring Libya liberated. However, tensions and violence continued in the following years as Libya transitioned to a new government.

1. Struggle in libya :
in the QueSt of
Democracy

2. Libya is a
country in
Northern
Africa.

3. It was ruled by a Libyan king
named Idris.

4. …before Muammar Al Gaddafi took over
and became the dictator.
He joined the military and staged a coup to seize control of Libya
in 1969, ousting King Idris. He ruled for 42 years.

5. On 17th of December 2010 began
The Arab Spring is
a revolutionary
wave of
demonstrations and
protests occurring
in the Arab world.

7. FEBRUARY 2011:
Arab Spring thaws Libyan Winter

8. 2011 February - Arrest of human rights campaigner sparks violent protests in eastern
city of Benghazi that rapidly spread to other cities.
Authorities use aircraft to attack protestors.
Gaddafi insists that he will not quit, and
remains in control of the capital, Tripoli.

10. 2011 March - UN
Security Council
authorises a no-fly zone
over Libya and air strikes
to protect civilians.
NATO assumes command.
Backed by NATO forces, Libyan rebels initially capture
territory but are then forced back by better-armed proGaddafi forces. Rebels ask West for arms.
2011 July - The International Contact
Group on Libya formally recognises the
main opposition group, the National
Transitional Council (NTC), as the
legitimate government of Libya.

11. 2011 August - Rebels swarm into Col
Gaddafi's fortress compound in Tripoli, six
months after the uprising began.
Col Gaddafi goes into hiding.
African Union
2011 AugustSeptember –
African Union joins 60
countries which have
recognised the NTC as
the new Libyan
authority.

12. 2011 20 October - Col Gaddafi is killed. Three
days later, the NTC declares Libya to be
officially "liberated" and announces plans to
hold elections within eight months.
2012 January - Clashes erupt between public
and former rebel forces in Benghazi in sign of
discontent with the pace and nature of change
under the governing NTC. The deputy head of
the NTC, Abdel Hafiz Ghoga, resigns.

13. 2012 February - Scores killed in clashes
between Arab Zawi and African Tebu
groups in Al-Kufra in the remote south-east.
2012 March - NTC officials in
the oil-rich east, centred on
Benghazi, launch a campaign
to re-establish autonomy for
the region, further increasing
tension with the central NTC
in Tripoli.

14. TEAM : Ishna, Jonah, Drishti,
Ilma, Kapil, Kartik