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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]
August 17" refers to the password used by Colonel Ahmad Yani. The deployment of military force to crush PRRI's power was the largest ever recorded in Indonesian military history [ 2 ] [ 3 ] For three years, there was a civil war between the central army and PRRI troops which resulted in many PRRI casualties.
The document was signed by Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta, who were appointed president and vice-president respectively the following day. [3] [4] The date of the Proclamation of Indonesian Independence was made a public holiday by a government decree issued on 18 June 1946. [5]
The Preparatory Committee for Indonesian Independence (Indonesian: Panitia Persiapan Kemerdekaan Indonesia, abbreviated as PPKI; Japanese: 独立準備委員会, Hepburn: Dokuritsu Junbi Īnkai) was a body established on 7 August 1945 to prepare for the transfer of authority from the occupying Japanese to Indonesia.