I Gusti Ngurah Rai

I Gusti Ngurah Rai
Birth nameI Gusti Ngurah Rai
Born(1917-01-30)30 January 1917
Badung Regency, Bali, Dutch East Indies
Died20 November 1946(1946-11-20) (aged 29)
Marga, Bali, Indonesia
Allegiance Indonesia
Service/branch Indonesian Army
Years of service1938–1946
RankLieutenant Colonel
Battles/warsBattle of Margarana
AwardsNational Hero of Indonesia

Colonel I Gusti Ngurah Rai (30 January 1917 – 20 November 1946) was an Indonesian National Hero who commanded Indonesian forces in Bali against the Dutch during the Indonesian War of Independence. He was killed in the Battle of Margarana.[1][2]

  1. ^ Pringle, Robert (2004). A short history of Bali : Indonesia's Hindu realm. Crows Nest, N.S.W.: Allen & Unwin. p. 161. ISBN 1-86508-863-3. OCLC 54517415.
  2. ^ Mutiara Sumber Widya (publisher) (1999) p89

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