[2][4] During the first year of the Indonesian National Revolution, the Bendera Pusaka flew day and night.
Despite being captured by and escaping from the Dutch, Mutahar managed to bring the flag to Jakarta, sew it back together, and turn it over to Soedjono.
[4] After the end of the war, the Bendera Pusaka was raised once a year in front of the Presidential Palace during Independence Day celebrations.
[citation needed] In 2003, plans were released to relocate the Bendera Pusaka from the Presidential Palace to the National Monument.
In 2003, the governor of Jakarta, Sutiyoso announced his plan to relocate the original Bendera Pusaka from the Merdeka Palace to the National Monument.
The plan was to install the flag in a 24-carat gold plated case in the Independence Room inside the National Monument.