(HBO) - Ky Son district held a ceremony on April 24 to mark 110 years since the uprising against the French colonialists of the Tong Kiem – Doc Bang insurgent troops (1909-1910) and to receive a certificate recognising the base of this uprising as a provincial historical and cultural relic site.

Vice Chairman of the Hoa Binh provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Van Chuong presents the provincial historical and cultural relic site certificate to officials of Ky Son district.

The uprising of the Tong Kiem – Doc Bang troops was the first and only among uprisings against French colonialists of ethnic people in the northern mountainous region in the late 19th and early 20th centuries to launch an attack on and successfully occupy the province’s capital.

The uprising, which lasted from April 15, 1909 to January 20, 1910, caused great damage to the administration of French colonialists in Hoa Binh and forced them to adopt a softer ruling policy in ethnic minority areas, thus creating favourable conditions for Vietnam to later build a revolutionary base under the Party’s leadership. Despite being defeated, the uprising was a milestone in the history of combating foreign invaders of local residents.

It inherited ancestors’ traditions and inspired patriotism among the following generations on the path to the August Revolution that led to Vietnam’s independence in 1945, as well as Hoa Binh’s feats of arms during the resistance war against the French colonialists.

The Tong Kiem-Doc Bang uprising’s 110th anniversary is an occasion to look back on the local patriotic tradition. It is also a pride of people of different ethnic groups in Ky Son district and Hoa Binh province.

At the ceremony, officials also announced the decision of the chairperson of the Hoa Binh provincial People’s Committee to list the base of the uprising as a provincial historical and cultural relic site./.

 


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