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TUANKU IMAM UNIQUE
BONJOL FACT
SUMATRA BARAT
Tuanku Imam Bonjol was born in 1772 in Tuanku Imam Bonjol was arrested
Tanjung Bungi Village, Pasaman in a betrayal of Dutch negotiations.
Regency, West Sumatra, originally He was exiled to Cianjur, moved to
named Peto Syarif. Because he— Ambon and then to Manado until
succeeded in establishing the Bonjol country, he is better known his death on November 6, 1864 at
as Imam Bonjol. The dispute between the Paderi (religious the age of 92 as a hero of the Padri
people) and the customary people had involved Imam Bonjol with War struggle in West Sumatra.
the Dutch. Seeing the strength of the Paderi under Imam Bonjol,
the Dutch wire and made an agreement in 1824 (Masang
Agreement) which was finally violated by the Dutch by holding an
attack on the Negeri Pandai Sikat ar
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