Badung Regency covers less than one tenth of the island, but is most densely populated and enjoys a position of grea importance in modern Bali. Once known as Nambangan, named so by I Gusti Ngurah Made Pemecutan in the 18th century. Late in the 18th century, I Gusti Ngurah Made Pemecutan conquered the kingdoms Mengwi and Jembrana and established himself as King of Badung. He was succeeded by Kesiman, who reigned successfully from 1829-1863, partially aligned with the Dutch. Under his aegis the province of Badung soared high in wealth, power and position. However in 1904, with the Chinese coming in, and what ensued subsequently, the king and his court refused to succumb to Chinese -Dutch aligned supremacy, exited the palace gate with pride in full regalia, literally walking to their death at the hands of the Dutch. Their this action is looked up to with great respect, as the honourable thing to do for a ksatria (warrior caste), rather than suffer the shame of life in exile. This event is upheld with reverence to date and commemorated as the ‘Badung puputan’