Si Singamangaraja XII

Si Singamangaraja XII
Preceded bySi Singamangaraja XI
Personal life
Born18 February 1845
Bakkara, Tapanuli (present-day Baktiraja, North Sumatra)
Died17 June 1907
Dairi
Religious life
ReligionParmalim

Patuan Bosar Sinambela ginoar Ompu Pulo Batu, better known as Si Singamangaraja XII (18 February 1845  17 June 1907), was the last priest-king of the Batak peoples of north Sumatra. In the course of fighting a lengthy guerrilla war against the Dutch colonisation of Sumatra from 1878 onwards, he was killed in a skirmish with Dutch troops in 1907. He was declared a National Hero of Indonesia in 1961 for his resistance to Dutch colonialism.