Monday, July 26, 2010

Gresik History

In the days of the Majapahit Kingdom exactly Gresik 11th century had become a fairly large commercial airports. The experts also acknowledged Gresik history as an old trading town. Gresik, as well as start spreading the Islamic religion that has been...
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Gresik Tourism Places

A number of tourism is a mainstay in Gresik Tomb of Maulana Malik Ibrahim (in Gapuro), Grave of Sunan Giri (Giri village), Grave of Sunan Prapen (grandson of Sunan Giri) in the village Klangonan, Tomb of Fatima bint Maimun, Grave Kanjeng Sepuh and taken...
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Original Fine Food fine Gresik

Typical food is rice krawu Gresik, the brains of milk fish, Pudak, Jubung, Ayas, ubus, lard edge, and Bontosan Giri which only exists in the area around the tomb of Sunan Giri. Gresik typical beverage is ice palm, Legen panceng, temu lawak, wedang Giras...
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Gresik economy

Gresik is known as one of the main industrial area in East Java. Some in the industry, among others, Semen Gresik Gresik, PKG, Nippon Paint, BHS-Tex, the timber industry / Plywood and Maspion. Gresik also a significant producer of fisheries, both marine...
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Gresik

Since the 11th century, Gresik became the trade center and port city which is visited by many nations, such as Chinese, Arabic, coarse and Gujarat. Gresik, as well as the first entrance of Islam in Java that brought Sheikh Maulana Malik Ibrahim Fatimah...
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A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE CITY GRESIK

Gresik has known since the 11th century when it grew into the center of trade not only between islands, but has already expanded control every aspect of State. Bandar Sebaga, Gresik visited many Chinese traders, Arabic, Gujarati, Calicut, Siam, Bengali,...
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Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Nationalism movement

In 1905 the first nationalist movement, the Islamic Trade Union was formed and was followed in 1908 by the nationalist movements that followed, Budi Utomo. The Dutch responded after World War with repressive measures. Nationalist leaders came from small...
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Colonization of the Dutch government

After the VOC went bankrupt in the late 18th century and after a short British rule under Thomas Stamford Raffles, the Dutch government took over ownership of the VOC in the year 1816. A successful rebellion was crushed in Java Java War in 1825-1830....
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Colonization VOC

Starting in 1602 the Netherlands gradually became the ruler of what is now Indonesian territory, by exploiting divisions among the small kingdoms that had replaced Majapahit. The only one not affected is of Portuguese Timor, which remains controlled...
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Popular Resistance to the Portuguese Moluccas

The Portuguese first landed in Maluku in 1511. The next Portuguese arrival in 1513. However, Tertnate felt disadvantaged by the Portuguese because of their greed to obtain monopoly profits through the efforts of the spice trade. In 1533, the Sultan...
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Acehnese people's resistance against the Portuguese

Beginning in 1554 until the year 1555, the Portuguese efforts failed because the Portuguese had harsh resistance from the people of Aceh. At the time of Sultan Iskandar Muda in power, the Kingdom of Aceh was attacked the Portuguese in Malacca in 16...
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Popular Resistance against Portuguese Malacca

In 1511, the Portuguese fleet led by the Kingdom of Albuquerque attacked Malacca. To attack the colonial Portuguese in Malacca which occurred in 1513 have failed because of the power of Portuguese and more powerful weapons. In 1527, the fleet under the...
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Triumph Portuguese Period in the archipelago

Period 1511-1526, over 15 years, the archipelago became an important maritime port for the Kingdom of Portugal, which regularly become a maritime route to get to the island of Sumatra, Java, Banda, and the Moluccas. In 1511 the Portuguese defeated the...
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Portuguese and Spanish colonization

Afonso (sometimes also written Alfonso) de Albuquerque. Because of this, which makes the Archipelago region then known by the Europeans and the beginning of centuries of colonization by the Portuguese along with other European nations, especially England...
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Sunday, July 18, 2010

1965-bloody legacy of Stalinism

The Indonesian military coup of October 1-2, 1965 was the result of an operation that has long been carefully planned by the CIA and the military commanders who were trained by the U.S. military. During the year 1965 disputes between classes increases....
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Saturday, July 17, 2010

Stalinist betrayal deepens

When hundreds of thousands of PKI members and supporters were hunted down and slaughtered, the PKI leadership and colleagues in the Kremlin, Beijing and the Communist Party of Australia (CPA) recommends PKI cadres, workers and peasants to not fight back,...
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Friday, July 16, 2010

Military preparations begin

In 1956 the Indonesian army, with U.S. endorsement, have started their preparations for a military dictatorship to suppress the popular movement. In August, the West Java regional military commander ordered the arrest of the Minister for Foreign Affairs...
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Colonial expropriation for centuries

Colonial Dutch colonized Indonesia for 350 years without mercy, plundering its natural, open the large plantations and extort people are cruel. In 1940 there was only one doctor for every 60,000 people (compared to India, where the ratio is 1:6,000)...
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Thursday, July 15, 2010

The National Liberation Struggle Betrayed

At the end of the Second World War the oppressed peoples in Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka, China and throughout Southeast Asia and the world moves forward in the revolutionary struggle to liberate themselves from imperialism. At the same time, the working...
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Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Happy Street Teacher Nations

Gus Dur's Death Indonesian Leader 12/31/2009: Former President KH Abdurrahman Wahid, who called Gus Dur, died at Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Jakarta, Wednesday (30/12) at 18:45. Indonesia and the world mourned. Former Chairman of the NU, the birth of...
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The Proclaimers

Mohammad Hatta Mohammad Hatta was born on August 12, 1902 in Bukittinggi. In this lovely small town of Bung Hatta mother was raised in a family environment. His father, Haji Mohammad Djamil, died when eight months old Hatta. From his mother, Hatta had...
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