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Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta proclaimed Indonesian Independence on 17 August 1945. Indonesian soldiers in the streets, November 1949. Remains of the car of Brigadier Aubertin Walter Sothern Mallaby, where he was killed on 30 October 1945 during the Battle of Surabaya. A village near Bandung, where a number of houses were set on fire. Two ...
Berita Film Indonesia (abbreviated BFI; "Indonesian News Films") was the first government-owned film production company of Indonesia. BFI was formally established on 6 October 1945, after the Japanese occupation army surrendered, using the same equipment and studio as the Japanese studio Nippon Eigasha.
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]
17 August 1950: On the fifth anniversary of the proclamation of Indonesian independence, the RUSI, the Republic as an element of it, and the remaining states of East Sumatra and East Indonesia are replaced by a new Republic of Indonesia with a unitary (but provisional) constitution. Jakarta is made the capital of this new state.
Conflict occurred not only with the Dutch, but also when the Japanese tried to re-establish control in October 1945 in Bandung, [51] and furthermore when the British tried to establish control. [52] After a long struggle for independence, the freedom of Indonesia from the Dutch was gained in 1949 as a part of a period of decolonization in Asia .
The 17 October affair (Indonesian: Peristiwa 17 Oktober, lit. ' 17 October event ' ) was an event during which Indonesian soldiers pressured the president to disband the Provisional People's Representative Council , at the behest of the administration's chief of staff, along with the commander of the armed forces.
A 19-year-old soldier who was killed during World War II has been accounted for, military officials said Thursday. U.S. Army Pvt. Jeremiah P. Mahoney was assigned to an anti-tank company in Europe ...
On 17 August 1945, two days after the surrender, Sukarno and Hatta declared independence at Sukarno's house in Jakarta. [22] Indonesian staff briefly seized Jakarta radio from their Japanese supervisors and broadcast the news of the declaration across Java. [23]