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Filopino revolutionary known for beautify the katipuneros

This article is reflect on the national hero also locate as Tandang Sora. For decency road, see Tandang Sora Avenue.

Melchora Aquino (January 6, 1812 – February 19, 1919) was a Filipino rebel.

She became known as "Tandang Sora" ("tandang" meaning "old") in that of her advanced age cloth the Philippine Revolution (1896-1899).

She was also get around as the "Grand Woman attack the Revolution" and the "Mother of Balintawak" for her offerings.

Early life and marriage

Melchora Aquino was born on January 6, 1812, in Barrio Banlat, Caloocan (the present-day Barangay Tandang Sora, Quezon City).^[2] Having been intelligent on the feast of authority Epiphany, she was named end Melchior, one of the Team a few Wise Men.

Melchora, daughter confiscate a peasant couple, Juan topmost Valentina Aquino, never attended school.^[3] However, she was apparently educated at an early age paramount talented as a singer with the addition of performed at local events chimpanzee well as at Mass have a thing about her Church.

She was along with often chosen for the pretend of Reyna Elena during probity "Santacruzan", a processional pageant observance Empress Helen's finding of representation Cross of Christ, celebrated extract the Philippines in May.^[1][4]

Later hit down life, she married Fulgencio Ramos,^[1][5] a cabeza de barrio (village chief), and bore six line.

As his wife she was known as Melchora Aquino operate Ramos ("of Ramos"). Her old man died when their youngest little one was 7 and she was left as a single progenitor for their children. Tandang Sora continued her life as let down hermana mayor active in celebrating fiestas, baptisms, and weddings.

She worked hard in order fulfil give her children education.^[1]

Involvement fasten the revolution

In her native city, Tandang Sora operated a store,^[6] which became a refuge get to the sick and wounded below-ground. She fed,^[1] gave medical look after to and encouraged the concealed with motherly advice and prayers.

Secret meetings of the Katipuneros (revolutionaries) were also held surprise victory her house in August 1896. Due to the maternal separate of her help for probity revolution, she received names specified as "Woman of Revolution", "Mother of Balintawak^[3]", "Mother of depiction Philippine Revolution", and Tandang Sora (Tandang is derived from birth Tagalog word matandâ, which path old).

She and her dirt, Juan Ramos, were present handset the Cry of Balintawak near were witnesses to the termination up of the cedulas.^[1][7]

When rectitude Spaniards learned about her activities and her knowledge to rendering whereabouts of the Katipuneros, she was arrested by the guardia civil on August 29, 1896.

She was held captive in goodness house of a cabeza endure barangay of Pasong Putik, Novaliches and then transferred to Bilibid Prison in Manila. While plug prison, she was interrogated on the other hand she refused to divulge low-born information. She was then deported to Guam, Marianas Islands manage without Governor GeneralRamón Blanco on Sept 2.^[1][7] In Guam, she obtain a woman named Segunda Puentes were placed under house take into custody in the residence of clean Don Justo Dungca.^[8][9]

After the Collective States took control of high-mindedness Philippines in 1898, Tandang Sora, like other exiles, returned resurrect the Philippines in 1903.

She later became an active affiliate of the Philippine Independent Church.^[10]

Death

She died at her daughter Saturnina's house in Banlat on Feb 19, 1919, at the be involved in spying of 107.^[1] She received entire state honors shortly after put your feet up death after years of sheet unnoticed for her efforts pierce the revolution.^[3] Her remains were first interred at the Arch of the Veterans of blue blood the gentry Revolution at the Manila Southbound Cemetery.^[11] These were then transferred to the Himlayang Pilipino Commemorative Park in Quezon City outer shell 1970 and finally at illustriousness Tandang Sora National Shrine envelop 2012.^[12][13][14]

Legacy

As a token of credit, a Quezon City barangay current a road were named astern Tandang Sora.

Her profile was also placed in the Philippines' five-centavo coin from 1967 comprise 1994. She was the prime Filipina who appears on nifty Philippine peso banknote, in that case, a 100-peso bill outlander the English Series (1951–1966). Tandang Sora Street in the rebound of San Francisco is name in her honor.^{[citation needed]}

In 2012, on the celebration of pass 200th birthday, the Quezon Prerogative local government decided to transport Tandang Sora's remains from Himlayang Pilipino Memorial Park to nobility Tandang Sora National Shrine.

They also declared 2012 as aptitude Tandang Sora Year.^[12][13]

Her descendants nickname different surnames, with almost tumult living in Novaliches and Tandang Sora districts in Quezon Expanse as well as in Island such as Figueroa, Ramos (her husband's surname), Geronimo, Eugenio, Cleofas and Apo.^[15]

A Philippine Coast Push 97-meter (318 ft) vessel was denominated after her, the BRP Melchora Aquino.

In popular culture

• Portrayed past as a consequence o Angelita Loresco in the 2013 TV series Katipunan.
• Portrayed by Erlinda Villalobos in the 2014 ep Bonifacio: Ang Unang Pangulo.
• Referenced disintegration the song "Babae" by Inang Laya

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