Makassar Uprising

Makassar Uprising
Part of the aftermath of the Indonesian National Revolution

Worang Battalion of the central government, occupying Makassar Port, 20–21 April 1950
Date5–21 April 1950
Location
Result Accelerated integration of the RIS federal states into the Republic of Indonesia by 17 August 1950.
Belligerents
Indonesia 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 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]

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.

  1. ^ "Andi Azis dan Pemberontakan Tanpa Korban Jiwa". 30 December 2019.
  2. ^ Clancy, Gregory Bruce (1992). A Dictionary of Indonesian History Since 1900. Sydney, Australia: Sunda Publications. p. 18.