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(General Miguel Malvar)
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Malvar, a former gobernadorcillo of his hometown, played an instrumental role during the <a href="https://kahimyang.com/articles/2973/the-battle-of-san-juan-del-monte-the-dawn-of-the-philippine-revolution-took-place-on-august-30-1896" class="news_link">Philippine revolution</a> against Spain, and the  subsequent Philippine-American War. 
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Malvar joined the <a href="https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/906/about-the-katipunan" class="news_link">Katipunan</a> before the Philippine Revolution of 1896. When the revolution broke out, he emerged from a leader of a small army to being the military commander of Batangas. He coordinated offensives with General <a href="https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/1028/today-in-philippine-history-march-22-1869-emilio-aguinaldo-was-born-in-kawit-cavite" class="news_link">Emilio Aguinaldo</a> of the  Cavite revolutionaries  and with General 

<a href="https://kahimyang.com/articles/3180/today-in-filipino-history-march-9-1851-paciano-rizal-was-born-in-calamba-laguna" class="news_link">Paciano Rizal</a>, leader of the revolutionaries in Laguna.
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On February 1899, when the hostilities between Americans and Filipinos began, Malvar was appointed second-in-command to General <a href="https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/677/today-in-philippine-history-october-12-1868-mariano-trias-was-born-in-cavite" class="news_link">Mariano Trias</a>, who 

was the overall commander of the Filipino forces in Southern Luzon.
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With General Emilio <a href="https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/1657/march-23-1901-general-aguinaldo-was-captured-by-the-americans" class="news_link">Aguinaldo's capture</a> by the Americans in 1901, and the earlier surrender of his (Aguinaldo's) successor, General Mariano Trias, Malvar took the task of running the resistance movement against the Americans. 
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Today in Filipino History, September 27, 1865, Miguel Malvar was born in Santo Tomas Batangas