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18 August – 2 September: Jakarta host 2018 Asian Games with Palembang [41] [42] Jakarta host 2018 Asian Para Games. 2019 24 March: The first phase of the Jakarta MRT opens. [43] 22 May: A mass protest against the 2019 Indonesian general election results, which later turned into a riot, took place on 22 May 2019 in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Jemaah Islamiyah-connected bombings occurred almost annually in the city between 2000 and 2005, [38] with another in 2009. [39] In August 2007, Jakarta held its first-ever election to choose a governor as part of a nationwide decentralisation program that allows direct local elections in several areas, in which Fauzi Bowo got elected as governor.
Gapura Naga (dragon gate) as a sign of entering the Giri Kedaton area. Now it is a marker for entering the Sunan Giri grave complex. Giri Kedaton (also called Giri Kadaton in Javanese, Kedatuan Giri in Indonesian) was an Islamic kedatuan (city-state or principality) located in Gresik, East Java and existed in the 15th to 17th centuries, until Giri was conquered by the Mataram Sultanate in 1636.
Mataram society normally speaks the Sasak language, Bahasa Sasak, which is the native language of the indigenous people of Lombok. Indonesian is the language most widely used in formal business, education and government contexts. When at home or a place of recreation, Mataram residents tend to use the Mataram Sasak language.
Son of Purbasora, appointed by Sanjaya to succeed Purbasora. During his reign Galuh came under Mataram influence. Spent most of his life as a rishi in Mount Padang, Ciamis. Killed by a ploy devised by his own vicegerent Tamperan Barmawijaya in 732 Tamperan Barmawijaya: 732-739 Also known as Rakeyan Panaraban. Son of Sanjaya, appointed by his ...
In the latter half of the 16th century, the Sultanate of Demak, the dominant power on the island of Java, disintegrated into several independent states. [8] At the turn of the 17th century, three of these states emerged as the leading powers: the Sultanate of Banten in western Java, the Sultanate of Mataram in inland central Java, and the Duchy of Surabaya in coastal eastern Java.
Until the reign of East Java the name Mataram was still found in inscriptions, including Turyan inscription 851 Śaka or 929 AD (kaḍatwan śrī mahārāja bhūmi mātaram kita pinakahurip niŋ rāt kabaiḥ) [20] the capital city of Mataram is located in Tamwlang (śrī mahārāja makaḍatwan i tāmwlaŋ), [21] later mentioned in Paradah ...
On 24 December 2000, a series of explosions took place in Indonesia, which were part of a high-scale terrorist attack by Al Qaeda and Jemaah Islamiyah. [3] The attack, which occurred on Christmas Eve, involved a series of coordinated bombings of churches in Jakarta and eight other cities which killed 18 people and injured many others.