Arung Singkang

Arung Singkang

▪ Indonesian rebel
original name  La Ma'dukelleng 
born c. 1700, , Celebes
died 1765, Peniki, Celebes

      Buginese aristocrat who unified his southern Celebes people and created a state that held out against the Dutch for more than a century.

      As a young man Arung Singkang was exiled to Borneo, where he gathered a following and in 1737 returned and won control of his native state, Wadjo. He also defeated Bone, another Buginese state, and created a Buginese federation headed by Wadjo. In February 1739 he set out against the Dutch in Macassar but was defeated (July 20) when part of his forces deserted him. A Dutch counterattack on Wadjo failed, however, and Wadjo retained its independence for more than 100 years. Arung Singkang was forced from power in 1754 after an internal dispute.

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