Pangeran Diponegoro also called Raden Mas Ontowirjo, born in 1785 in Jogjakarta. He was Javanese leader in the 19th-century conflict known to the West as the Java War (1825–30). 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. The sultanate of Jogjakarta was created February 13, 1755, by a Dutch treaty that dismembered the once-powerful Javanese kingdom of Mataram. He was a deeply religious person who throughout that period lived in meditative seclusion. During the 1820s Diponegoro came into conflict with Dutch officials and by 1825 emerged as the leader of disaffected aristocrats in the Jogjakarta region. The Java War itself was triggered by a series of draconian land reforms that undercut the economic position of the Javanese aristocrats. Diponegoro had a strong following in the Jogjakarta region and launched a guerrilla war that was quite successful for nearly three years. In late 1828, however, Dutch forces won a major victory that proved the turning point in the war. Under Gen. H. 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 1830 Diponegoro agreed to meet with Dutch representatives for peace negotiations, but during the meeting he was arrested. He died in exile on January 8, 1855, in Makassar. Source: britannica.com What does the text mainly discuss about?

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Pangeran Diponegoro also called Raden Mas Ontowirjo, born in 1785 in Jogjakarta. He was Javanese leader in the 19th-century conflict known to the West as the Java War (1825–30). 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.

The sultanate of Jogjakarta was created February 13, 1755, by a Dutch treaty that dismembered the once-powerful Javanese kingdom of Mataram. He was a deeply religious person who throughout that period lived in meditative seclusion.

During the 1820s Diponegoro came into conflict with Dutch officials and by 1825 emerged as the leader of disaffected aristocrats in the Jogjakarta region. The Java War itself was triggered by a series of draconian land reforms that undercut the economic position of the Javanese aristocrats.

Diponegoro had a strong following in the Jogjakarta region and launched a guerrilla war that was quite successful for nearly three years. In late 1828, however, Dutch forces won a major victory that proved the turning point in the war. Under Gen. H. 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 1830 Diponegoro agreed to meet with Dutch representatives for peace negotiations, but during the meeting he was arrested. He died in exile on January 8, 1855, in Makassar.

Source: britannica.com

What does the text mainly discuss about?

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