Cut Nyak Dien is an inspiring Indonesian hero from Aceh who was born in 1848. He is the son of a religious noble family.
in 1880 Cut Nyak Dien married Teuku Umar, from this marriage he was blessed with a child named Cut Gambang. Cut Nyak Dien and Teuku Umar fought together against the Dutch invaders. In 1899 Teuku Umar was shot dead by the Dutch troops, because the Dutch felt betrayed by Teuku Umar by pretending to side with the Dutch.
Teuku Umar at first kept his plans to overthrow the Dutch a secret but over time the Dutch finally found out. when his father died Cut Gambang cried and his mother (Cut Nyak Dien) said "as an Acehnese woman, you should not shed tears on people who have been martyred"
However, Cut Nyak Dien did not stop fighting, even though Teuku Umar died, he continued his husband's struggle by fighting himself to lead the war in the interior of Meulaboh with his troops. The Dutch always tried to arrest Cut Nyak Dien because they felt that Cut Nyak Dien was very influential on the people in the war, but unfortunately the Dutch often failed to catch him because of his tactics. Then Cut Nyak Dien was betrayed by a person he trusted, namely Teuku Leabeh, he became a spy and told the Dutch where Cut Nyak Dien was and planned to arrest him but in the end Cut Nyak Dien found out, finally Teuku Leabeh along with the Dutch troops were killed .
The older Cut Nyak Dien's health condition is getting more and more alarming, his eyes are getting nearsighted, and this makes him feel sorry for him and finally one of his subordinates named Pang Laot told the Dutch the location of Cut Nyak Dien on the condition that they have to take good care of Cut Nyak Dien later. The Dutch exiled Cut Nyak Dien in Sumedang and he died there in 1906.
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