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The Independence Day of Indonesia (in Indonesian formally known as Hari Ulang Tahun Kemerdekaan Republik Indonesia shortened "HUT RI", or simply Hari Kemerdekaan, and colloquially referred by the people as Tujuhbelasan, meaning "the Seventeenth") is a national holiday in Indonesia commemorating the anniversary of Indonesia's proclamation of independence on 17 August 1945. [1]
On 23 January 1942, three years before the 1945 proclamation, an independence activist Nani Wartabone declared "Indonesian independence" after he and his people won in a revolt in Gorontalo against the Dutch who were afraid of Japanese invasion of Celebes. He was later imprisoned by the Japanese after they had invaded the area. [17]
On the base of the monument is a metal inscription "Disinilah Dibatjakan Proklamasi Kemerdekaan Indonesia pada Tanggal 17 Agustus 1945 djam 10.00 pagi oleh Bung Karno dan Bung Hatta" ("This is where the Proclamation of Indonesian Independence was narrated on 17 August 1945 at 10 in the morning by Bung Karno and Bung Hatta") [1] The lightning ...
Verguisd en vergeten. Tan Malaka, de linkse beweging en de Indonesische Revolutie 1945–1949. KITLV. p. 2200. ISBN 978-90-6718-258-4. Taylor, Alastair M. (1960). Indonesian Independence and the United Nations. London: Stevens & Sons. ASIN B0007ECTIA. Yong Mun Cheong (2004). The Indonesian Revolution and the Singapore Connection, 1945–1949.
Commemorates the takeover of Japanese-military operated radio stations by Indonesians on 1945. Also RRI's anniversary. 17 September Red Cross Day Hari Palang Merah 1945 Commemorates the establishment of the Indonesian Red Cross Society on 17 September 1945, marked by the formation of the executive board with its first chairman, Mohammad Hatta.
Democracy, which Sukarno believed has always been in the blood of Indonesians through the practice of consensus-seeking (musyawarah untuk mufakat), an Indonesian-style democracy different from Western-style liberalism; Social justice, a form of populist socialism in economics with Marxist-style opposition to free capitalism.
Col. Ahmad Dhani leading a briefing on 12 April 1958 during Operation 17 August PRRI is a movement carried out by regional governments towards the central government. This movement, which is considered a rebellion, was triggered by the local government's dissatisfaction in several cities in Sumatra regarding the central government's fund allocation policy as well as various disparities in ...
Gangsters and revolutionaries, the Jakarta peoples militia and the Indonesian revolution 1945-1949. (Publisher: Equinox, Singapore, 2009) [2] ISBN 978-979-3780-71-9 Frederick, Willam H. Visions and Heat: The Making of the Indonesian Revolution (Publisher Ohio University Press , Athens Ohio, 1989) P.237-243 ISBN 0-8214-0906-9