The Cry of Pugad Lawin (Filipino: Sigaw ng Pugad Lawin), alternately and originally referred to as

the Cry of Balintawak (Filipino: Sigaw ng Balíntawak, Spanish: Grito de Balíntawak), was the
beginning of the Philippine Revolution against the Spanish Empire.[1]

Cry of Balintawak

Part of the Philippine Revolution

Pambansang Bantayog ni Andres Bonifacio (Bonifacio National Monument).jpg

Bonifacio Monument

Date August 1896 (exact date disputed)

Location

Disputed, officially recognized in Pugad Lawin or Balintawak, Caloocan, Province of Manila (now
Quezon City)

Result Start of Philippine Revolution

* Formation of an insurgent government

The "Cry" of Pugadlawin

The news of the discovery of the Katipunan spread throughout Manila and the suburbs.
Bonifacio, informed of the discovery, secretly instructed his runners to summon all the leaders of
the society to a general assembly to be held on August 24. They were to meet at Balintawak to
discuss the steps to be taken to meet the crisis. That same night of August 19, Bonifacio,
accompanied by his brother Procopio, Emilio Jacinto, Teodoro Plata, and Aguedo del Rosario,
slipped through the cordon of Spanish sentries and reached Balintawak before midnight. Pio
Valenzuela followed them the next day. On the 21st, Bonifacio changed the Katipunan code
because the Spanish authorities had already deciphered it. In the afternoon of the same day, the
rebels, numbering about 500, left Balintawak for Kangkong, where Apolonio Samson, a
Katipunero, gave them food and shelter. In the afternoon of August 22, they proceeded to
Pugadlawin. The following day, in the yard of Juan A. Ramos, the son of Melchora Aquino who
was later called the "Mother of the Katipunan", Bonifacio asked his men whether they were
prepared to fight to the bitter end. Despite the objection of his brother-in-law, Teodoro Plata, all
assembled agreed to fight to the last. "That being the case, " Bonifacio said, "bring out your
cedulas and tear them to pieces to symbolize our determination to take up arms!" The men
obediently tore up their cedulas, shouting "Long live the Philippines!" This event marked the so-
called "Cry of Balintawak," which actually happened in Pugadlawin.