The Ruit Bonjol commemorates the conquest of the fortress
Bonjol
Bonjol is name of a district (kecamatan) in the Pasaman Regency (kabupaten Pasaman), province West Sumatera, Indonesia. It is famous especially for its location as it lies just at the equator line. Bonjol is also the place of birth of Tuanku Ima ...
in the former
Dutch East Indies in 1837 after the prolonged
Padri War
The Padri War (also called the Minangkabau War) was fought from 1803 until 1837 in West Sumatra, Indonesia between the Padri and the Adat. The Padri were Muslim clerics from Sumatra who wanted to impose Sharia in Minangkabau country in West Su ...
against Tuanku
Imam Bonjol and his followers.
Sources
* P.J.d'Artillac Brill Sr., "Beknopte geschiedenis der Nederlandse Ridderorden", 1951
* H.G. Meijer, C.P. Mulder en B.W. Wagenaar, "Orders and Decorations of The Netherlands",1984
* J.A. van Zelm van Eldik, Moed en Eer, 2003
External links
Lijst van gedecoreerden
Military awards and decorations of the Netherlands
Dutch East Indies
History of Sumatra
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