Vacation to Yogyakarta



Vacation to Yogyakarta


At yesterday's school holidays our family, my mother and sister went to Monjali. Although already a few years settled in the city, but once we had to Monjali lho. In addition to relaxing vacation to Monjali also add science, especially the history of the struggle of the Indonesian nation.

Is Monjali it?


Monjali stands Jogja Kembali Monument. Monjali is a monument to commemorate the attack March 1, 1945 in seizing the city of Yogyakarta from Dutch colonizers. History tells us that in 1949 the symbol of the state capital when it is already in the master dutch jogjakarta post of military aggression that they do. But then on March 1 the troops and freedom fighters attacking army finally routed the aggressor, and the fighters overran Jogjakarta for six hours. This attack we know as a general attack a march. this attack triggered by the propaganda of the Dutch colonizers of Indonesia that the new state proclaimed its independence has no alias has been dominated again by the Dutch.

News resistance for six hours was later rumored to Wonosari, forwarded to Bukit Tinggi, then Burma, New Delhi (India), and ends at the UN headquarters in New York. From this news, the UN considers Indonesia still exist and have been independent. then forced the United Nations held a meeting of the Commission of the Three Kingdoms (KTN). In a meeting held at Hotel Des Indes in Jakarta on April 14, 1949, representatives of Indonesia led Moh. Roem and representatives of the Netherlands who led the Van Royen, resulting in a treaty signed on May 7, 1949. This agreement was later called the agreement Roem Royen (Roem Royen Statement). In this agreement, the Dutch had to withdraw its troops from Indonesia, and the return of President and Vice President, Soekarno-Hatta to Jogja. Until at last on December 27, 1949 the Dutch formally handed over sovereignty to the Republic of Indonesia.

The contents of Monjali

Columns around the monument was given a big fish like a circular moat that protects the king's palace of ancient kings of Europe. In a large trench was also no facility of water carriage. At that time we were five children, siblings also leases two pieces of water carriage. Fun lho Monjali while traveling by train water.

Still outside, the first time we will be able to see incoming aircraft replica Cureng near the east door and replica aircraft Guntai near the west door. Climbed the podium in the west and the east we could see two-wheeled machine guns complete with her seat, before climbing into the front yard of the mountain foot monument. At the southern end of the court stood a wall which contains 420 names of fallen fighters between December 19, 1948 until June 29, 1949 as well as his poetry Karawang Bekasi Chairil for unknown heroes.

Among our first story about Monjali. Hopefully we can add insight, especially the history of the struggle of the Indonesian nation in defending its independence.