I Gusti Ketut Jelantik (-1849) was a

Bali Bali () is a province of Indonesia and the westernmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands. East of Java and west of Lombok, the province includes the island of Bali and a few smaller neighbouring islands, notably Nusa Penida, Nusa Lembongan, and Nu ...

nese Prime Minister of the state of

Buleleng Buleleng ( ban, ᬓᬩᬸᬧᬢᬾᬦ᭄ᬩᬸᬮᭂᬮᭂᬂ, Kabupatén Buléléng) is a regency (''kabupaten'') of Bali, Indonesia. It has an area of 1,365.88 km2 and population of 624,125 at the 2010 census and 791,910 at the 2020 cens ...

, who resisted the imposition of Dutch treaties.''A short history of Bali: Indonesia's Hindu realm'' Robert Pringle p.96''ff'

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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 Dutch intervention in Northern Bali (1846), 1846,

1848 1848 is historically famous for the wave of revolutions, a series of widespread struggles for more liberal governments, which broke out from Brazil to Hungary; although most failed in their immediate aims, they significantly altered the polit ...

, and

1849 Events January–March * January 1 – France begins issue of the Ceres series, the nation's first postage stamps. * January 5 – Hungarian Revolution of 1848: The Austrian army, led by Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz, enters in th ...

. 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

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, allies of the Dutch.''A short history of Bali: Indonesia's Hindu realm'' Robert Pringle p.98''ff'

/ref> He has been designated as an List of National Heroes of Indonesia, Indonesian National Hero.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jelantik, I Gusti Ketut History of Bali Balinese people 1849 deaths Guerrillas killed in action Year of birth unknown National Heroes of Indonesia