Bung Karno

Sukarno was born in the city of Surabaya in eastern Java. At the time, Java and the rest of Indonesia were under Dutch colonial control. Although brought up in the traditional Javanese cultural world, Sukarno was educated in modern Dutch colonial schools. In 1921 he entered the Bandung Institute of Technology to study architecture, graduating in 1926. Sukarno had been increasingly involved in nationalist politics since his teens, when he had boarded in the house of H. O. S. Tjokroaminoto, a leading nationalist politician. It was in Bandung that he decided his future lay in politics, not architecture.

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Collection of Books Bung Karno

However, the actual collection of the most precious relics in this house is the Bung Karno's books, which accounted for hundreds of units. Rows of thick books include various types, such as classic literary works, articles, data leadership of Jong Java, to the Catholic Youth Bible. Unfortunately, the books that most of the Dutch language was already in a fragile state and destroyed with age. If it is precentaged, about 60 percent of all books that exist in the House of Exile Bung Karno was badly damaged.

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Several collections of photographs on the wall Part 2

In the middle of the room placed a trailer cabinet measuring 2 x 1.5 meters, the Bung Karno book collection on display. A wardrobe stores and some items secondhand clothes showman when it, like the kebaya and old umbrellas made of paper, everything has looked worn and faded color.
Last room, on the back, looked empty, but in every part of the wall hanging photo frames are large, visible pictures Bung Karno Inggit accompanied by his wife and family and other relatives, including photos Fatmawati that when the new adult

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