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Rizal is the national heroof the Philippines. He wasthe one who led theFilipinos to start arevolution against theSpanish Government toattain freedom and togain control of thecountry. … Through that,other Filipinos weremotivated to

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get that freedom. Theystarted many revoltsagainst the SpanishGovernment,José Rizal, infull José Protasio RizalMercado y AlonsoRealonda, (born June 19,1861, Calamba,Philippines—diedDecember 30, 1896,Manila), patriot, physician,and

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man of letters who was aninspiration to thePhilippine nationalistmovement.He wasexecuted by the Spanishcolonial government forthe crime of rebellion afterthe Philippine Revolution,inspired in part by hiswritings, broke out.Though

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he was not activelyinvolved in its planning orconduct, he ultimatelyapproved of its goalswhich eventually led toPhilippine independence.

He is widely consideredone of the greatest heroesof the Philippines and hasbeen recommended to

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be so honored by anofficially empaneledNational HeroesCommittee. However, nolaw, executive order orproclamation has beenenacted or issued officiallyproclaiming any Filipinohistorical figure as anational hero.[9] He wasthe author ;

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AuthorAuthor -- Mariane Ambaan CanutoIllustrIllustrationation -- Isaac Okwir, Mariane Ambaan Canuto, Wiehan de Jager, Vusi Malindi, Rob Owen

and Catherine GroenewaldLanguageLanguage -- None

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