Rajiman Wediodiningrat

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Rajiman Wediodiningrat
Radjiman Wediodiningrat, Kami Perkenalkan (1952), p77.jpg
Radjiman Wedyodiningrat, 1952
Born(1879-04-21)21 April 1879
Yogyakarta, Dutch East Indies
Died20 September 1952(1952-09-20) (aged 73)
Ngawi, East Java, Indonesia

Kanjeng Raden Tumenggung (K.R.T.) Radjiman Wedyodiningrat (21 April 1879 – 20 September 1952) was an Indonesian physician and one of the founding figures of the Indonesian Republic. He was a member of the Budi Utomo organization, in 1945 was elected to lead the Investigating Committee for Preparatory Work for Independence (BPUPK).[1] On 9 August 1945, the day after the Atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Rajiman, along with nationalist figures Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta were flown to Saigon to meet with Field Marshall Hisaichi Terauchi, the Japanese commander of the Southern Expeditionary Army Group .[2]

In 1950, having become a member of the legislature, the People's Representative Council (DPR), he led its first plenary session. Two years later, Rajiman died and was buried in Yogyakarta. He was named a National Hero of Indonesia on 8 November 2013.[1]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Parlina 2013, Govt names three new national heroes.
  2. ^ Ricklefs 2008, p. 341.

References[]

  • Parlina, Ina (9 November 2013). "Govt names three new national heroes". The Jakarta Post. Archived from the original on 10 November 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  • Ricklefs, M.C. (2008) [1981]. A History of Modern Indonesia Since c.1300 (4th ed.). London: MacMillan. ISBN 978-0-230-54685-1.
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