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Between 1818 and 1902, the Province of Aurora, then a district of "El Principe", Nueva Ecija consisted only of Baler and Casiguran. The four (4) other existing municipalities were just mission villages like the San Jose de Casecnan (now Maria Aurora), Dipaculao, Dilasag and Ditale. While what is now the municipality of San Luis was a barrio of Baler adjacent to the old barrios of Real, Ba
cong, Ditumabo and Zarah. In the Philippine Revolution of 1898, the five barrios became the hot beds of insurgency. The situation was aggravated when the insurrectos attacked the cazadores living in those areas. On 9 December 1941, the locality suffered heavy casualties when the Japanese Imperial forces bombarded it. This caused the people to flee their homes and settle in nearby mountains of Dibalo and Dicaloyungan. From there, they organized and formed a guerilla group called "205th Squadron" which later became instrumental in liberating the province against the Japanese invading forces by the local Filipino soldiers and the recognized guerrillas in 1945. In 1945, local Filipino troops of the 3rd, 5th, 52nd, 53rd, 54th, 55th, 56th and 57th Infantry Division of the Philippine Commonwealth Army and 5th Constabulary Regiment of the Philippine Constabulary was liberated in San Luis, Tayabas (now, Aurora) and helping recognized guerrilla groups of the 205th Squadron Guerrillas to defeat and fight against the Japanese Imperial forces and ended in World War II during the Northern Tayabas Campaign.[further explanation needed]
The Sub-Province of Aurora was created through the enactment of Republic Act No. 648 on 14 of July 1951. This law provides for the creation of other municipalities in the province. Local officials sought the assistance of Congressman Manuel S. Enverga of Quezon to create a separate municipality comprising the adjacent barrios. Congressman Enverga sponsored House Bill No. 2863, which later became Republic Act No. 2452, creating the Municipal District of San Luis. From 21 June 1959, San Luis was operating as a Municipal District by virtue of Republic Act No. 2452. It became a regular municipality in 1962 under the sub-province of Aurora through Republic Act No. 3487. Since its creation, the Municipality of San Luis was governed by elected and appointed municipal mayors, which include Cesario A. Tangson, Severino A. Marzan, Angel P. Mendoza, Annabelle C. Tangson, and Mariano C. The incumbent mayor is Ariel A. de Jesus.
