Sarekat Islam in Blitar: A Forgotten Chapter of National Resistance
Sarekat Islam in Blitar: The Forgotten Grassroots Movement That Shaped Local Resistance Long before Blitar became known for the PETA uprising of 1945 or the resting place of Indonesia’s first president, the region had already produced one of rural Java’s most significant early expressions of organized resistance against Dutch colonial rule. Between 1914 and 1928, … Read more