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I Gusti Ngurah Rai featured on the 50,000-rupiah banknote issued by Bank Indonesia. The political divisions among the kingdoms of Bali during the Indonesian National Revolution (1945–1949) After the Indonesian Declaration of Independence , he established the People's Security Army, the forerunner of the military of Indonesia , for the Lesser ...
Due to the scarcity and limitations of primary historical records, Babad Tanah Jawi is one of several accounts of Indonesian legends that scholars use to help illuminate aspects of the spread of Islam in Indonesia, the dominant religion in the Indonesian archipelago since the 16th century.
Merdeka Square in Kuala Lumpur.. Tunku Abdul Rahman, later the inaugural Malaysian Prime Minister, declared Malayan independence in 1957 with seven shouts of "Merdeka".The cry is referenced in the Malaysian national holiday, Hari Merdeka, commemorating Malaya's independence on 31 August 1957, and Dataran Merdeka (Independence Square) where the first ceremony raising the flag of Malaya was held ...
Chek Jawa, a cape and the name of its 100-hectare wetlands located on the south-eastern tip of Pulau Ubin off coast of Singapore; Karimunjava, an archipelago of 69 islands in the Java Sea, Indonesia, approximately 80 kilometres northwest of Jepara; Padang Jawa, a small town in Selangor, Malaysia; Parit Jawa, a main town in Muar district, Johor ...
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On the dawn of 1 October 1965, six of Indonesia's most senior army generals were kidnapped and murdered by a movement calling themselves the "30 September Movement" (G30S). Among those killed was Yani, while Nasution narrowly escaped, but the movement kidnapped First Lieutenant Pierre Tendean , his adjutant, presumably mistaking him for ...