Letters
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
The Forgotten Balinese Hero
MANY are not aware that there are two Balinese freedom fighters who have received the title of National Hero. Aside from Lieutenant-Colonel I Gusti Ngurah Rai, there is another National Hero who also came from Bali: I Gusti Ketut Djelantik. While Ngurah Rai fought the Dutch colonialists in a struggle that culminated in the Puputan Margarana on November 20, 1946, Djelantik fought in the earlier war of Jagaraga (1848).
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