Koesno Sosrodihardjo or Soekarno was born in Surabaya, East Java. He is the first president of Indonesia. His parents are Soekemi Sosrodihardjo and Ida Ayu Nyoman Rai.
he was sent to the Europeesche Lagere School (a Dutch primary school) in Mojokerto. Subsequently, in 1916, Sukarno went to a Hogere Burgerschool (a Dutch type higher level secondary school) in Surabaya, where he met Tjokroaminoto, a nationalist and founder of Sarekat Islam.
Ir. Soekarno married with Siti Oetari, Siti Oetari is Tjoakrominoto's daughter.
he divorced Siti and married with Inggit. They remained for twenty years but never had a children so Soekarno divorced her in 1943
His third wife is a teenager Named Fatmawati. They have five childrens Megawati Soekarnoputri(the fifth president of Indonesia), Guruh Soekarnoputra, Rachmawati Soekarnoputri and Sukmawati Soekarnoputri.
In June 1945, Sukarno introduced his five-point Pancasila, or principles of an independent Indonesia.
Soekarno together with Bung Hatta declare independece from the Dutch and other countries for Indonesia. He did it at 10 am in the morning in front of 500 people in the Gedung Proklamasiry info here
On August 18 at 10 a.m., Sukarno spoke to a crowd of 500 in front of his home and declared the Republic of Indonesia independent, with himself serving as president and his friend Mohammad Hatta as vice president. He also promulgated the 1945 Indonesian Constitution, which included the Pancasila.
Soekarno died in the aged 69 in Jakarta,Indonesia. His dead is because he and many senior army generals are kidnapped and killed by the 30 September Movement (G30S)
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