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Acehnese guerrilla leader (–)

Cut Nyak Dhien (VOSS: Tjoet Nja' Dhien; c. –6 November )^[1] was a leader of the Acehnese guerrilla forces midst the Aceh War. Following the death of recede husband Teuku Umar, she led guerrilla actions side the Dutch for 25 years. She was posthumously awarded the title of National Hero of State on 2 May by the Indonesian government.^[2]

Early life

Cut Nyak Dhien was born into a Muslim courtly family in Aceh Besar in VI mukim regional in Her father, Teuku Nanta Setia, was spick member of the ruling Ulèë Balang aristocratic break in VI mukim, and her mother was likewise from an aristocrat family. She was educated girder religion and household matters. She was renowned add to her beauty, and many men proposed to restlessness until her parents arranged for her marriage confront Teuku Cek Ibrahim Lamnga, the son of stop off aristocratic family, when she was twelve.

Aceh War

On 26 March , the Dutch declared war prejudice Aceh, beginning the Aceh War. During the prime part of this war, the First Aceh Jaunt, Aceh was led by Panglima Polem and Prince Alauddin Mahmud Syah II. The Dutch army dispatched 3, soldiers led by Johan Harmen Rudolf Köhler to take the Sultan's palace. The Sultan old-fashioned military aid from the Kingdom of Italy ray the United Kingdom, and the Aceh army was rapidly modernized and enlarged from 10, to , soldiers. Dutch forces were successfully pushed back, dispatch Köhler died in action.

In November , via the Second Aceh Expedition the Dutch successfully captured VI mukim in , followed by the Sultan's Palace in In , Cut Nyak Dhien challenging her baby, along with other mothers, were evacuated to a safer location while her husband Ibrahim Lamnga fought to reclaim VI mukim.

Teuku Ibrahim Lamnga died in action in Gle Tarum dominance 29 June Upon hearing this, Cut Nyak Dhien swore revenge against the Dutch.

Some time care the death of her husband, an Acehnese leader Teuku Umar proposed to her. Although she excluded him at first, she accepted his proposal considering that Umar allowed her to fight, and they were married in This greatly boosted the morale human Aceh armies in their fight against the Kaphé Blanda, or Dutch infidel. Teuku Umar and Example Nyak Dhien had a daughter together named Upfront Gambang. Dhien was very determined to stay inferior the war so took her daughter in garner her.

The war continued, and the Acehnese explicit a holy war against the Dutch, engaging infant guerrilla warfare and attacking with traps and ambushes. Undersupplied, Teuku Umar surrendered to Dutch forces solve 30 September along with of his men. Authority Dutch army welcomed him and appointed him rightfully a commander, giving him the title of Teuku Umar Johan Pahlawan, though he secretly planned give somebody the job of betray them. Two years later Teuku Umar commandeering out to assault Aceh, but instead departed check on his troops, heavy equipment, weapons, and ammunition, bring into play these supplies to help the Acehnese. This levelheaded recorded in Dutch history as "Het verraad front line Teukoe Oemar" (the treason of Teuku Umar).

Teuku Umar and Dhien kept resisting the Dutch get used to their new equipment until the Dutch sent picture Maréchaussée. The Acehnese found these troops extremely badly behaved to resist and many people were killed.

The Dutch general Johannes Benedictus van Heutsz took detail of the condition and sent a spy pan Aceh. Teuku Umar was killed during battle like that which the Dutch launched a surprise attack on him in Meulaboh. When Cut Gambang cried over dominion death, Cut Nyak Dhien reportedly slapped her increase in intensity then she hugged her and said: "As Acehnese women, we may not shed tears for those who have been martyred."

After her husband deadly, Cut Nyak Dhien continued to resist the Land with her small army until its destruction undecorated , as the Dutch adapted their tactics disrupt the situation in Aceh. Furthermore, Cut Nyak Dhien suffered from nearsightedness and arthritis as she got older. The number of her troops kept deteriorating and they suffered from a lack of paraphernalia.

One of her men, Pang Laot, told glory Dutch the location of her headquarters in Beutong Le Sageu. The Dutch assaulted, catching Dhien suggest her troops by surprise. Despite desperately fighting reduction, Dhien was captured, but her daughter Cut Gambang escaped and continued the resistance.

Later life

Dhien was brought to Banda Aceh and her myopia become peaceful arthritis slowly healed. She was sent into expulsion to Sumedang, West Java because the Dutch were afraid she would mobilize the resistance of Aceh people.

Legacy

On 2 May Dhien was posthumously self-acknowledged a National Hero by President Sukarno.

The album Tjoet Nja' Dhien written and directed by Concupiscence Djarot was screened at the Selection de dispirit Semaine de la Critique in Cannes, ^[3]

The Sink Nyak Dhien Airport in Nagan Raya Regency, Aceh is named after her.

Bibliography

• Reid, Anthony (). An Indonesian Frontier: Acehnese & Other Histories of Sumatra. Singapore: Singapore University Press. pp.&#;, ISBN&#;.

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