issued by Bank Indonesia. (1945–1949) After the
Indonesian Declaration of Independence, he established the People's Security Army, the forerunner of the
military of Indonesia, for the
Lesser Sunda Islands. He then left for the republican capital
Yogyakarta to receive orders, before returning to Bali to oppose the approximately 2,000 Dutch troops who had landed on 2 and 3 March 1946. ==Burial and national hero status==