Andres Bonifacio y de Castro was a revolutionary leader. He is often called "The Father of the Philippine Revolution. He was one of the founders and the "Supremo" of the Kataastaasan, Kagalang-galangang Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan, more commonly known as "Katipunan", a movement that sought the independence of the Philippines from Spanish colonial rule and started the Tagalog Revolution. With the onset of the Revolution, Bonifacio reorganized the Katipunan into a revolutionary government, with himself as a President of a nation-state called "Haring Bayang Katagalugan" ("Sovereign Tagalog Nation also "Republika nga Katagalugan" (Tagalog Republic "). Wherein "Tagalog" referred to all those born in the Philippine Islands and not merely the Tagalog ethnic group. Because of this, some historians considered him to be the First President of the Philippines.
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Katipunan
English: "Supreme and Honorable Association of the Children of the Nation."
Spanish: "Suprema y Honorable Asociación de los Hijos del Pueblo."
A Philippine revolutionary society founded by anti-Spanish colonialist Filipinos in Manila on July 7, 1892.
Its primary goal was to gain independence from Spain through a revolution.
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