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Indonesia: Alibasah Sentot Prawirodirjo, commander of Prince Diponegoro's forces against the Dutch during the Java War (1825-1830). G. Kepper, 1900

Indonesia: Alibasah Sentot Prawirodirjo, commander of Prince Diponegoro's forces against the Dutch during the Java War (1825-1830). G. Kepper, 1900

The Java War or Diponegoro War was fought in Java between 1825 and 1830. It started as a rebellion led by Prince Diponegoro: a leading member of the Javanese aristocracy who had previously cooperated with the Dutch.

The rebellion finally ended in 1830, after Prince Diponegoro was tricked into entering Dutch controlled territory near Magelang, believing he was there for negotiations for a possible cease-fire. He was captured through treachery and deported to Manado and then to Makassar, where he died in 1855.

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