Sisingamangaraja XII
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Who is Sisingamangaraja XII?
Patuan Besar Ompu Pulo Batu, better known as Sisingamangaraja XII, was the last priest-king of the Batak peoples of north Sumatra. In the course of fighting a lengthy guerrilla war against the Dutch colonisation of Sumatra from 1878 onwards, he was killed in a skirmish with Dutch troops in 1907. He was declared a National Hero of Indonesia in 1961 for his resistance to Dutch colonialism.
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