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Hamid Idris Awate
Hamid Idris Awate was an Eritrean fighter regarded as the father of Eritrea's armed struggle for independence. On 1 September 1961, at Mount Adal in western Eritrea, he and a small band fired the first shots of the war against Ethiopian rule under the banner of the Eritrean Liberation Front. He died in 1962, and the anniversary of the first shots is a national holiday in Eritrea.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Hamid Idris Awate. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/hamid-idris-awate
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