Java War

Java War
The Submission of Prince Dipo Negoro to General De Kock, by Nicolaas Pieneman
Date 1825-30 Location Java Result Dutch victory Diponegoro deported to Makassar; rebellion ends
Belligerents
Netherlands plus pro-Dutch Javanese	Rebel forces of Prince Diponegoro Chinese mercenaries
Commanders and leaders
General De Kock	Prince Diponegoro
Strength
50,000	100,000
Casualties and losses
15,000 dead (including 7,000 European soldiers)	20,000 dead in combat
200,000 total Javanese dead (including tens of thousands of civilians)

Dutch victory

 Netherlands

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

The proximate cause was the Dutch decision to build a road across a piece of his property that contained his parents' tomb. Amongst other causes was a sense of resentment felt by members of the Javanese aristocratic families at Dutch measures intended to restrict the renting out of land at high prices. Finally the succession of the throne in Yogyakarta was disputed: Diponegoro was the oldest son of Hamengkubuwono III, but as his mother was not the queen he was not considered to have the right to succeed his father. Diponegoro's rival to the throne, his younger half brother, Hamengkubuwono IV, and then his infant nephew Hamengkubuwono V, was supported by the Dutch.

Being a devout Muslim, Diponegoro was alarmed by the relaxing of religious observance at Yogyakarta court, the rising influences of the infidel Dutch in the court, as well as by the court's pro-Dutch policy. Among Diponegoro's followers, the war has been described as a jihad "both against the Dutch and the murtad or apostate Javanese."

The forces of Prince Diponegoro were successful in the early stages of the war, taking control of the middle of Java and besieging Yogyakarta. The Javanese population was supportive of Prince Diponegoro's cause, whereas the Dutch colonial authorities were initially indecisive. The Javanese peasantry had been adversely affected by the implementation of an exploitive cultivation system, which required villages to grow export crops to be sold to the government at fixed prices.

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