Sukarno

SUKARNO: A Biography History is always written by the survivors. That ensured that Sukarno’s name was erased from the public record for many years by the chroniclers of the man who replaced him. “But no Indonesian would ever forget that it was Sukarno who played the key role in winning freedom from the Dutch becoming in 1945, the first president of the newly independent republic.” Sukarno was born on the 6th of June 1901 in the …

…Indonesia in October 1999. Saharso Reksodisastro, a guerilla fighter during the battle for Independence said : Sukarno entered into the hearts of the Indonesian people. Because of him, they were prepared to live for years on morsels and rice mixed with weeds. His spirits sustained them. They would have followed him anywhere. Sukarno’s powers as nationalist thinker, fiery orator and global strategist left a permanent mark, not just on his own country, but on the world.