Brief History about "Andres Bonifacio Day" or "Araw ng Kapanganakan ni Bonifacio"

This holiday is celebrated annually on November 30th.

Known in the Philippines as 'Araw ng Kapanganakan ni Bonifacio', this day commemorates the birth of Andrés Bonifacio on 30 November 1863. He was the founder of the Katipunan, a secret society that instigated the Philippine Revolution of 1896.

Bonifacio was a Filipino nationalist and revolutionary and is considered a national hero. He is often called 'the father of the Philippine Revolution'.

In 1892, Bonifacio was a founder of a secret society called the "Kataas-taasang, Kagalang-galangang Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan" (commonly known as "Katipunan") that grew into an armed movement that instigated attacks on the Spanish colonial rulers. Bonifacio became the commander in chief of the revolutionary army of the Katipunan.

November 30th was first declared as Bonifacio Day through Philippine Legislature Act No. 2946. It was signed by then-Governor General Francis Burton Harrison in 1921.