Don't ever forget.......

  Sukarno was an Indonesian statesman, orator, revolutionary, and nationalist who was the first president of Indonesia, serving from the year 1945 to 1967. He was the leader of the Indonesian struggle for independence from the Dutch colonialists. He was a prominent leader of Indonesia's nationalist movement during the colonial period and spent over a decade under Dutch detention until released by the invading Japanese forces in World War II. Sukarno and his fellow nationalists associated to collect support for the Japanese war effort from the population, in exchange for Japanese aid in spreading nationalist ideas. Upon Japanese surrender, Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta declared Indonesian independence on 17 August 1945, and Sukarno was appointed president. He led the Indonesian resistance to Dutch re-colonization efforts via diplomatic and military means until the Dutch recognition of Indonesian independence in the year 1949. As a consequence, he was given the title "Father of Proclamation" (Indonesian: Bapak Proklamator). After a tumultuous period of parliamentary democracy, Sukarno introduced an authoritarian system known as "Guided Democracy" in the year 1959 to restore stability and suppress regional rebellions. By the early 1960s, Sukarno pursued an aggressive foreign policy and positioned Indonesia as a leading voice in the anti-imperialist Non-Aligned Movement (NAM). These policies gained tensions with Western powers and brought Indonesia closer to the Soviet Union, despite being a non-communist state. Following the events of the 30 September Movement in the year 1965, which was blamed on the Communist Party of Indonesia (PKI), General Suharto assumed control of the government in a military takeover. This was accompanied by a large-scale anti-communist purge backed by Western intelligence agencies including from the United States and the United Kingdom. Between 500,000 to over one million people were slaughtered in mass killings targeting members and suspected sympathizers of the PKI. Suharto officially became president in the year 1967, while Sukarno was placed under house arrest until his death in the year 1970. He was buried in Blitar, East Java, next to his mother. During the first few years of Suharto's New Order regime, Sukarno's role in the country's independence and his earlier achievements were downplayed, and his name was largely removed from public discourse. However, as opposition against Suharto increased with his eventual fall in the year 1998, public interest in Sukarno was revived in tandem to democratic reforms. Today, his legacy as the founding father of Indonesia and a symbol of national unity and independence continues to be widely respected by many Indonesians, often more so than that of Suharto.

  Like you all, I have been read history before. From there, I increase a lot of knowledges. For instance, World War II, the British colonization in my country, and more. It is very amazing. It teaches you a lot of things and lessons. The bad past affairs should be erased, but the good ones remain.....Think like the rabbit above...........