History
Indang (originally called Indan) was established as a town in 1655, when it was administratively separated from the nearby town of Silang, Cavite. The name "Indan" was derived from the Tagalog word "indang" or "inrang", a tree which grew there.
A part of Silang for about 70 years, the municipality of Indang was organized with a prominent native, Juan Dimabiling, as the first gobernadorcillo. The distance between the barrio of Indang and the poblacion of Silang caused the residents of the former great difficulty in transacting officials business and attending religious services. This led the people of Indang to petition higher authorities for the conversion of the barrio into a separate municipality. The petition was granted, and Indang became full-fledged town in 1655.
During the Philippine Revolution, Indan was known by its Katipunan name "Walang Tinag." It was also during this time that the letter "g" was added to its name; thus it is now called Indang. It belongs to the Magdiwang faction, which rivals the Magdalo faction headed by Emilio Aguinaldo. In Barangay Limbon, Andres Bonifacio was arrested after being defeated in the Tejeros Convention and prevented from pursuing his counter-revolutionary plan to set up a separate government and army according to false witnesses brought by the Aguinaldo government. One of these witness was Severino De las Alas, who accused Bonifacio of trying to burn the Church of Indang.
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