Puputan

The fall of the Blambangan Kingdom in the 18th century was followed by numerous rebellions against the Dutch East India Company.

[3] On 20 September 1906, a substantial force of the Royal Dutch East Indies Army, named the Sixth Military Expedition, landed at the northern part of Sanur Beach.

[4][5] Badung soldiers made some attacks on the bivouacs of the Dutch at Sanur on September 15, and there was some resistance again at Intaran village.

The Raja was dressed in traditional white cremation garments, wore magnificent jewelry, and carried a ceremonial kris.

The other people in the procession consisted of the Raja's officials, guards, priests, wives, children, and retainers, all of whom were similarly attired.

[7] The same afternoon, similar events occurred in the nearby palace of Pemecutan, where the co-ruler Gusti Gede Ngurah resided.

A huge bronze monument was erected on the central square of Denpasar, where the royal palace used to stand, commemorating Balinese resistance in the Puputan.

The Dutch force continued to the kingdom of Tabanan, where King Gusti Ngurah Agung and his son fled.

The Dutch only offered them exile to nearby Madura or Lombok, and they preferred to kill themselves (puputan) in prison two days later.

In a final confrontation on 18 April 1908, Dewa Agung Jambe, the Raja of Klungkung, accompanied by 200 followers, made a desperate sortie out of his Palace, clad in white and armed with a legendary kris supposed to wreak havoc on the enemy according to a prophecy.

Monument to the 1906 Puputan, located in Taman Puputan, Denpasar , Bali .
The Raja of Buleleng killing himself with 400 followers, in an 1849 puputan against the Dutch. Le Petit Journal , 1849.
Badung Puputan 1906
Independence fighter I Gusti Ngurah Rai organized a last puputan against the Dutch Army at the Battle of Margarana in 1946, in which 98 soldiers died with him.