![]() He died in exile on January 8, 1855, in Makassar. In 1830 Diponegoro agreed to meet with Dutch representatives for peace negotiations, but during the meeting he was arrested. ![]() Merkus de Kock, the Dutch proceeded to develop a system of small, mutually protecting outposts linked by good roads that enabled them to quell the natives’ guerrilla warfare. In late 1828, however, Dutch forces won a major victory that proved the turning point in the war. The Java War itself was triggered by a series of draconian land reforms that undercut the economic position of the Javanese aristocrats.ĭiponegoro had a strong following in the Jogjakarta region and launched a guerrilla war that was quite successful for nearly three years. He was a deeply religious person who throughout that period lived in meditative seclusion.ĭuring the 1820s Diponegoro came into conflict with Dutch officials and by 1825 emerged as the leader of disaffected aristocrats in the Jogjakarta region. The sultanate of Jogjakarta was created February 13, 1755, by a Dutch treaty that dismembered the once-powerful Javanese kingdom of Mataram. ![]() During those five years Diponegoro’s military accomplishments severely crippled the Dutch and earned for him a prominent place in the Indonesian nationalist pantheon of heroes. He was Javanese leader in the 19th-century conflict known to the West as the Java War (1825–30). Pertanyaan Pangeran Diponegoro also called Raden Mas Ontowirjo, born in 1785 in Jogjakarta.
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