Background
Pudja was born on 19 May 1908 in Singaraja, Bali.
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I Gusti Ketut Pudja
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Education
In 1934, he graduated from Rechtshoogeschool (Law High School) in Batavia.
Career
He was recognized as National Hero of Indonesia by Republic Indonesia Government on 7 November 2011. In 1935, he started working in Bali and Lombok Residency Office in Singaraja. A year later, he was placed in the Raad van Kerta, a court in Bali at that time.
This body was chaired by Soekarno.
Independence was declared on August 17, 1945, two days after Japan surrendered to the Allied Forces in the end of Pacific War. Pudja was appointed by the new created Republic of Indonesia as the first Governor of Lesser Sunda on 22 August 1945.
He was also chairman of Supreme Audit Agency (Badan Pemeriksa Keuangan) in 1960-1968. Mahaputra Utama Medal (Bintang Mahaputra Utama), 1992
Indonesian National Hero, 2011.
Membership
Pudja was the member of the Panitia Persiapan Kemerdekaan Indonesia on 7 August 1945, as the continuation from Badan Penyelidik Usaha Persiapan Kemerdekaan Indonesia.
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Nationality
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Religion
Hinduism