According to Indonesian Law (UU no.20 year 2009, Chapter 1), Indonesian heroes are the titles given to deceased Indonesian citizens or someone who fought against colonialism in areas which is now included in Indonesian Republic. The Indonesian war leaders, both who died before and after Independence, all are called “National Heroes”. But even after Independence, the Dutch (aided by The Ally troops consisted of England and USA) wanted to colonize Indonesia again, thus making more people died in the wars. From that time, the movement for kicking away the colonizers was nationalized.Īfter long and hard efforts, Indonesia finally could announce it’s independence at 17 August 1945. It was also the first time of Indonesian’s National Anthem, Indonesia Raya, was played by violin by it’s composer, W.R.Supratman. But these movements were still regional.įrom 28 October 1928, in Youth Pledge, it was the first time of youth people gathered together and call themselves “Indonesian”. The patriotism began, and many people died to defend their homelands. Of course, the local people didn’t want to be colonized and exploited by the foreigners. At 1942, the Japanese conquered the Dutch, and they colonized Indonesia for 3 years. It happened from 17th century to 20th century. There were 4 European country that colonized Indonesia: Portuguese, Spanish, Netherland, and England. At the beginning, Europeans wanted to buy cheap spices from Nusantara (now called Indonesia), but then they became greedy and wanted to conquer all part of Nusantara.
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