On his death, the kingdom was divided and Bali became independent for a short time until it was conquered by King Kertanagara of East Java. The next few years saw Bali being ruled by numerous factions until the Hindu prince of Majapahit escaped from the Muslim invaders and declared himself King of Bali. The Dutch signed a trade agreement with Bali in 1826 and this was the beginning of the Dutch domination. The Balinese people resented the presence of the Dutch and relationships between the two countries were strained. In 1846, the Dutch sent a convoy to conquer North Bali but the Balinese managed to defend their land. The Dutch sent two more convoys in the following years and finally managed to defeat North Bali. They gained control of South Bali in 1906 with the infamous puputan (fight to the end) massacre. The Indonesian Communist Party who opposed the PNI had made Bali one of its strongholds but with the failed coup of Jakarta, in 1965, the government retaliated against the communists. In ‘the year of living dangerously’ the army killed between half a million to a million communist throughout the country. Bali was one of the worst hit places where it is estimated more than 100,000 people were killed. Today Bali is has made peace with its past and is a highly popular tourist destination. | 
