I Gusti Ketut Jelantik

I Gusti Ketut Jelantik (-1849) was a Balinese Prime Minister of the state of Buleleng, who resisted the imposition of Dutch treaties.[1]

I Gusti Ketut Jelantik
Born1800
Tukadmangga, Buleleng, Dutch East Indies
Died1849
Jagaraga, Buleleng, Dutch East Indies

Military career

He became a leader in the resistance against the Dutch invasion of Bali, fighting them in several Dutch military interventions: the Dutch intervention in Northern Bali during 1846, 1848, and 1849.

In 1849, he escaped the Dutch offensive in Buleleng with the ruler of Buleleng, and fled to escape to allied Karangasem, but he was ultimately killed in an ambush by forces of Lombok, allies of the Dutch.[2]

He has been designated as an Indonesian National Hero.

References
  1. A short history of Bali: Indonesia's Hindu realm Robert Pringle p.96ff
  2. A short history of Bali: Indonesia's Hindu realm Robert Pringle p.98ff
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