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(Philippine postage stamp bearing the likeneses of Agueda Kahabagan)
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Little is known about the early years of Agueda Kahabagan. She was a native of Santa Cruz, <a href="https://kahimyang.com/articles/3174/the-history-of-laguna-province-philippines" class="news_link">Laguna</a>. Despite the limited sources about her, she is remembered as a woman who feared nothing.
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Agueda Kahabagan was a member of the Katipunan and a general in the Philippine Republican Army. She was often seen in the battlefield dressed in white, armed with a rifle and brandishing a bolo knife. Historical records show that Agueda was commissioned by General Miguel Malvar to lead troops of men armed with rifles and daggers.
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In October 1897, Agueda Kahabagan joined General Artemio Ricarte in a three-day attack on the San Pablo garrison in Laguna. While riding a horse, with a rifle in one hand and a bolo in the other, she led her men and fought against the enemy. This is known as her most renowned moment in battle.
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Agueda Kahabagan: The Tagalog Joan of Arc