Budi Utomo

Budi Utomo
Boedi Oetomo
AbbreviationB.O.
SuccessorParindra
Formation20 May 1908
Dissolved25 December 1935
TypeNationalist organization
Membership
10,000 (end 1909)[1]

Budi Utomo (old spelling: Boedi Oetomo, meaning "Noble Endeavour")[2] was an early native nationalist political society in the Dutch East Indies.[3] The organization's founding in 1908 is considered instrumental to the beginning of the Indonesian National Awakening.

  1. ^ Pringgodigdo 1991, p. 2.
  2. ^ "Budi Utomo | Indonesian political organization | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved February 24, 2023.
  3. ^ Suhartono (1994). Sejarah Pergerakan Nasional dari Budi Utomo sampai Proklamasi 1908–1945. Yogyakarta: Pustaka Pelajar. p. 32. ISBN 9789798581083.