DIPONEGORO WAR

DIPONEGORO WAR

Diponegoro war was awar that occurred during the five years between 1825-1830. This war is also called java war. This war led by Prince Diponegoro. Beginning of the war of Diponegoro is because the dutch have marked on land owned by Prince Diponegoro in the village Tegalrejo.

            At the time against the Netherlands, Prince Diponegoro using guerrilia warfare strategy and focusing its devense in goa selarong. At the height of the war, the Dutch who started overwhelmed by the war deployed more than 23,000 soldiers. And involves all the methods known in a modern war in 1827, the dutch use the castle strategy.

            The strategy used by the dutch managed to catch kyai Maja later Mangkubumi and Ssentot main commander Ali Basya surrendered to the dutch on march 28, 1827 General De Kock succeeded in pinning Dipnegoro in Magelang. There, Prince Diponegoro stated that he surrendered on the condition that the rest of the troops in the release.

            Than Prince Diponegoro was arrested and exiled in Manado than moved in Makasar until his death on January 8, 1855. The war was followed by his son, said Prince Joned, Ki Sudewo, Diponingrat, and Diponegoro anom. But unfortunately the efforts of his son’s tragic.

            Diponingrat and Diponegoro Anom exiled to Ambon and Ki Sudewo and Prince Joned was killed during the war. This ended the war Diponegoro