Makassar Uprising
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The Makassar Uprising, also known as Andi Aziz rebellion, was a skirmish in Makassar, Sulawesi, between former Royal Dutch East Indies Army soldiers under Captain Andi Aziz and the Republic of the United States of Indonesia government. The purpose of the uprising was to revolt against the incorporation of the Indonesian federated "states" into the Indonesian Republic. However, the uprising was quashed in a little over two weeks when troops under Lieutenant Colonel Suharto and Colonel Alexander Evert Kawilarang arrived at Makassar to find only light resistance.[2]
Makassar Uprising | |||||||
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Part of the aftermath of the Indonesian National Revolution | |||||||
Worang Battalion of the central government, occupying Makassar Port, 20–21 April 1950 | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Republic of Indonesia | East Indonesia | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Alex Kawilarang Hamengkubuwana IX | Andi Aziz (POW) | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
National Armed Forces of the United States of Indonesia (APRIS) | Royal Netherlands East Indies Army (KNIL) | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
no casualties[1] |
The East Indonesian government refused to condone Aziz's actions and he was subsequently arrested in Jakarta on 14 April while attempting to negotiate with the republican authorities. The Makassar Uprising only facilitated republican control over the federal states.