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Unknown to the Spaniards, however, Delagado had already become a �revolucionario�. On October 28,1898 he publicly declared himself for the Revolution and took the municipal building. The Revolutionary Government of the Visayas was organized and on November 17 1898, was formally inaugurated at the town plaza of Santa Barbara. A large crowd of people gathered from many places in Iloilo for the historic occasion. The Filipino flag was raised for the first time outside Luzon. The Revolutionary Government Officials were inducted into office and presented to the people who loudly hailed them. Sta. Barbara became the base of the Revolutionary forces and from here Gen. Delgado launched the campaign to liberate the whole province which culminated in the surrender of Iloilo city by governor-general de los Rios on December 24, 1898. Prev Next
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