ed ▁from ▁colonial ▁over l ord ship ▁and ▁to ▁join ▁the ▁larger ▁Indones ian ▁National ▁Revolution . ▁Part icip ants ▁of ▁the ▁revolution ▁were ▁believed ▁to ▁be ▁prov oked ▁by ▁leaders ▁to ▁kill ▁arist ocr ats ▁and ▁create ▁violence . ▁These ▁bell iger ents ▁had ▁three ▁prime ▁object ives : ▁to ▁eliminate ▁the ▁s ult ans ▁and ▁arist ocr ats ▁( who ▁were ▁seen ▁as ▁Dutch ▁al lies ), ▁to ▁se ize ▁their ▁wealth ▁( as ▁sources ▁of ▁fund ing ▁for ▁the ▁Indones ian ▁independence ▁campaign ) ▁and ▁to ▁eliminate ▁the ▁region ' s ▁fe ud al ▁social ▁structure . ▁The ▁revolution ▁brought ▁about ▁the ▁formation ▁of ▁the ▁State ▁of ▁East ▁Sum atra ), ▁which ▁was ▁dissol ved ▁when ▁the ▁region ▁became ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁Indones ian ▁republic . ▁ ▁Background ▁On ▁ 3 ▁March ▁ 1 9 4 6 , ▁thousands ▁of ▁armed ▁men ▁assemble d ▁to ▁opp ose ▁the ▁big ▁s ultan ates ▁after ▁hearing ▁the ▁rum ours ▁that ▁the ▁Dutch ▁were ▁returning . ▁Vi ol ence ▁and ▁blood sh ed ▁was ▁involved , ▁where ▁seven ▁princes , ▁nin ety ▁arist ocr ats ▁( in ▁Lang k at ) ▁and ▁count less ▁officials ▁from ▁native ▁states ▁were ▁killed . ▁The ▁Sultan ▁of ▁Lang k at ’ s ▁daughters ▁were ▁ra ped ▁and ▁poet ▁T eng ku ▁Am ir ▁Ham z ah ▁was ▁killed ▁on ▁ 9 ▁March ▁by ▁the ▁P em uda ▁( you ng ▁Japanese - tra ined ▁milit ant ) ▁leaders ▁and ▁many ▁Mal ay ▁far mers ▁were ▁forced