USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Grito de Dolores ("Cry of/from Dolores") was the battle cry of the Mexican War of Independence, uttered on September 16, 1810, by Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, a Roman Catholic priest from the small town of Dolores, near Guanajuato, Mexico.

Detailed explanation-2: -Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla is generally regarded as the “Father of Mexican Independence.” He was born in a rural area of Guanajuato where his father managed a hacienda. He was an excellent student in both theology and philosophy at the then Colegio de San Nicolás Obispo in present-day Morelia.

Detailed explanation-3: -El Grito de Dolores or El Grito de Independencia (The Cry of Independence) was the natural consequence of a social and political process that had to be resolved by armed rebellion. Father Miguel Hidalgo was the rector of San Nicolás College.

Detailed explanation-4: -On January 11, 1811, Hidalgo was defeated near Guadalajara by royal forces. He escaped and went north but was captured and sentenced to death. His head, together with that of Allende and those of other insurgents, was exhibited in the Granaditas market in Guanajuato to teach people a lesson.