Tjipto Mangoenkoesoemo's De Indier Magazine Terbit Perdana In The Netherlands In History Today, October 23, 1913

Front page of De Indier Magazine published by Tjipto Mangoenkoesoemo in the Netherlands. (Doc. Book in the Prosperous Country: Indonesians in the Netherlands 1600-1950)

JAKARTA History today, 109 years ago, October 23, 1913, De Indier Magazine was first published in the Netherlands. The big name Tjipto Mangoenkoesoemo is behind it. The magazine, which consists of 12 pages, became the mouthpiece for Tjipto's struggle in the Land of Windmills.

Alias as a follow-up effort to spread independence ideas. He wants all intellectuals in the Netherlands to get quality information related to their homeland and their struggles. The goal is to keep the anti-colonialism flames and the struggle for independence on.

There was no time wasted against colonialism in the eyes of Ernest Douwes Dekker, Soewardi Soerjaningrat (later known as Ki Hajar Dewantara), and Tjipto Mangoenkoesoemo. That's what makes the three of them known as dangerous figures in the Dutch East Indies. People also dubbed them the Three Serangkai.

They formed the Indische Partij (IP) as a political vehicle in 1912. The door to the political party was opened wide for all the people of the Dutch East Indies. No difference. One for all, all for one. The idea was held until IP became the big enemy of the Dutch colonial government.

Not without reason. IP's actions made the Dutch angry. IP declared a war against tyranny. They dared to call the Dutch a extorting country. The newspapers were also used to be the corona of the struggle. The three writings often cornered the Dutch. Even though some of them were in the form of satire.

The Dutch also put IP on the blacklist. Three Serangkai were arrested. However, the Dutch considered the prison not to make them jerah. The only option that makes the most sense is the isolation of the three. At first, the three of them wanted to be exiled in different places. The magic of the three Serangkai were then exiled to the Netherlands.

Douwes Dekker, Tjipto, Soewardi is the first generation of Indonesian nationalists who want the Dutch East Indies to be Dutch East Indies. The three of them both have a share in the same long-term project: building an independent and free Dutch East Indies (Indonesia). However, they understand this project as something much bigger than just reaching an independent Indonesia country.

The creation of a human being can say that I am like Soewardi's vision, and the revolutionary transformation of the Javanese to become aendal who can stand tall against any abuse of power like Tjipto's vision. They were active in the 1910s and 1920s when the East Indies were still under Dutch rule and when the word Indonesia was still to be born, but their writings are still with us," said Takashi Shiraishi in the book1000 Years of the Archipelago (2000).

Instead of stopping voicing about anti-colonialism, Tiga Serangkai actually added to the spirit in the Netherlands. Their struggle was not abandoned just like that. In fact, the struggle was even more burning. They actively participated in student organizations in the Netherlands.

Tjipto Mangoenkoesoemo let alone. He even made his own magazine with his colleague, Frans Berding. De Indier magazine is called. The magazine became the mouthpiece for Tjipto's struggle to keep the spirit against Dutch colonialism on. De Indier magazine was first published on October 23, 1913.

But together with other figures who deserve to form the Indiers Committee (Indies Committee) which aims to disseminate information about the Indies and IP ideals. It was from that group that the financial arrival needed to issue De Indier Magazine, Weekblad Geuijd aan het Geestelik en maatschappelik leven van Indie en Oost-Azie (Indies, Sunday for the Life of Batiniah and the Community of the Indies and East Asia).

The series consists of Frans Berding and Tjipto Mangoenkoesoemo. The first edition was published on October 23, 1913. The magazine, which consists of 12 pages, is mainly filled with hot news, especially as far as the news is important to IP, said historian Harry A. Poeze in the book In the Land of Prosperations: Indonesians in the Netherlands 1600-1950(2008).