Autobiography of jose rizal wikipedia tagalog pdf full

Full name of jose rizal

He is considered a national hero pambansang bayani of the Philippines. He was executed by the Spanish colonial government for the crime of rebellion after the Philippine Revolution broke out; the revolution was inspired by his writings. Though he was not actively involved in its planning or conduct, he ultimately approved of its goals, which eventually resulted in Philippine independence.

Rizal is widely considered one of the greatest heroes of the Philippines and has been recommended to be so honored by an officially empaneled National Heroes Committee. However, no law, executive order or proclamation has been enacted or issued officially proclaiming any Filipino historical figure as a national hero. He had nine sisters and one brother.

His parents were leaseholders of a hacienda and an accompanying rice farm held by the Dominicans. Like many families in the Philippines, the Rizals were of mestizo origin. He decided to stay in the islands as a farmer. In , to escape the bitter anti-Chinese prejudice that existed in the Philippines , he converted to Catholicism , changed his name to Domingo Mercado and married the daughter of Chinese friend Augustin Chin-co.

On his mother's side, Rizal's ancestry included Chinese and Tagalog.

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His mother's lineage can be traced to the affluent Florentina family of Chinese mestizo families originating in Baliuag, Bulacan. He learned the alphabet from his mother at 3, and could read and write at age 5. Of this, he later wrote: "My family never paid much attention [to our second surname Rizal], but now I had to use it, thus giving me the appearance of an illegitimate child!

By , the year he finished his second novel El filibusterismo , his second surname had become so well known that, as he writes to another friend, "All my family now carry the name Rizal instead of Mercado because the name Rizal means persecution! I too want to join them and be worthy of this family name