PRINCE DIPONEGORO
ALL ABOUT DIPONEGORO
Jelajah Perjuangan
Dutch colonial rule was becoming unpopular among local farmers because of tax rises, crop failures and among Javanese nobles because the Dutch colonial authorities deprived them of their right to lease land. Diponogoro was widely believed to be the Ratu Adil, the just ruler predicted in the Pralembang Jayabaya, Mount Merapi's eruption in 1822 and a cholera epidemic in 1824 furthered the view that a cataclysm is inbound, eliciting widespread support for Diponegoro.
The beginning of the war saw large losses on the side of the Dutch, due to their lack oft strategy and commitment in fighting Diponegoro's guerilla strategy. Ambushes were set up, and food supplies were denied to the Dutch troops. The Dutch finally committed themselves to controlling the spreading rebellion by increasing the number of troops and sending General De Kock to stop them.
Indonesia lose and defeated. Prince Diponegoro got arrested. Immediately after his arrest, he was taken to Semarang and later to Batavia, where he was detained at the basement of what is today the Fatahillah Museum On 1830, he was taken to Manado, Sulawesi by ship. After several years in Manado, he was moved to Makassar in July 1833.
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