Cut Nyak Dhien is one of Indonesia's national heroes born on Tuesday, 0-1-1848 in Lampadang, Aceh. Cut Nyak Dien from a noble family who are religious are direct descendants of Sultan Aceh, Teuku Nanta Seutia, a uleebalang VI Mukim.

At the age of 12 years, ie in 1862 he was married by her parents with Teuku Ibrahim Lamnga Checks, son of uleebalang Lamnga XIII and they have one son.

On March 26, 1873, the Dutch declared war on Aceh and began firing cannon fire into the mainland of Aceh. On April 8, 1873, the Dutch controlled the Great Mosque of Baiturrahman and burned it and the Mukim VI was successfully occupied by the Dutch, which eventually led to her husband, Teuku Ibrahim fighting to seize the Mukim VI.

But unfortunately Teuku Ibrahim died in the war in Gle Tarum, June 29, 1878, this makes Cut Nyak Dhien angry and vowed to destroy the Dutch and continue the struggle of her husband to lead the war. After Cut Nyak Dhien widowed, Teuku Umar, one of the Aceh warriors, asked her to be his wife and fellow struggle because he was so impressed with the spirit of Cut Nyak Dhien, they married in 1880 and had a child named Cut Gambang.

Together with Teuku Umar, Cut Nyak Dhien reestablishes the strength and morale of the spirit of Aceh's struggle against the Dutch in a number of places, they are both married couples dangerous to Dutch rule in Aceh.

But fate said another, on February 11, 1899 Teuku Umar was found dead in the war and made the troops Cut Nyak Dhien increasingly weakened by getting continuous pressure from the Netherlands. Plus the physical and health conditions of Cut Nyak Dhien continued to decline until finally the Dutch managed to catch him in Beutong Le Sageu. To avoid the influence of Cut Nyak Dhien on Aceh, the Dutch exiled him to Sumedang.