History of Bandung
[5] Not far from Bojongmenje temples, the statue of Hindu god Shiva Mahadeva was discovered in Cibodas village, Cicalengka Subdistrict, Bandung Regency, West Java.
The style of the Hindu statue estimated dated from circa 8th to 9th Century CE possibly from the Sunda Kingdom period.
A supply road connecting Batavia (now Jakarta), Bogor, Cianjur, Bandung, Sumedang and Cirebon was built in 1786.
He then put a stick at the edge of the Cikapundung and said: "Zorg, dat als ik terug kom hier een stad is gebouwd!
He built his istana (palace), masjid agung (the grand mosque) and pendopo ("pavilion") in the classical orientation.
The fast growth of Bandung started from the area around the Jalan Asia-Afrika, the original central business district.
Also concentrated in the area is the Javanese alun-alun (public square) just to the south of the road, the former residence of the Bupati, and the great mosque.
In 1850, Bandung was appointed as the Residence for the part of West Java named Pariangan, which until then settled in Cianjur.
[11] This plan which followed the garden city concept was successfully applied in the Northern part of the town where most of the European population lived.
But the valley of the river Cikapundung - which was ones fitted up as a park landscape (IJzermanpark) is nowadays occupied by spontaneous kampung-settlements.
The Concordia Society (now known as Merdeka Building) was built as a club house of these rich people, complete with a large ballroom and a theater.
One of this movements was 'Laskar Hitam', a militia group that kidnapped and killed Otto Iskandardinata, RI's Minister of State (1945).
On 23 January 1950, a rebel group called the Just King Armed Forces (Indonesian: Angkatan Perang Ratu Adil, APRA), led by Captain Raymond Westerling (a former Dutch military officer) and King Sultan Hamid II from Kalimantan (Borneo) attacked Indonesian army's Siliwangi Division HQ in Bandung.
The Asian-African leaders who attended the summit included Nehru (India), Nasser (Egypt), Tito (Yugoslavia), Nkrumah (Ghana), U Nu (Myanmar), and others.
The leaders of "Dewan Mahasiswa" (DM)/student council at ITB such as Muslimin Nasution (later becoming a government minister), Siswono Yudo Husodo (later becoming a government minister), and Sutjipto (later becoming a leader of PKS party) used this event as the start of a movement against the establishment of ethnic Chinese tribe by Baperki (an ethnic Chinese organization influenced by Indonesian Communist Party/PKI).
Unfortunately there are other organizations/people who use this event to start a large scale racial riot in Bandung that spread to other cities: Yogyakarta, Surabaya, Malang and Medan.
The Military Chief Of Staff, General Nasution escaped and went to Bandung for protection from the loyal Siliwangi division.
According to General Nasution, near his mother residence in Bandung, members of Indonesian communist party (PKI) also dig new wells for burying their enemies.
In 1976, Doctor Habibie (later becoming Indonesian President) established a state owned, aircraft manufacturing company called Industri Pesawat Terbang Nusantara (IPTN).
In 1978, after a People Consultative Assembly session in Jakarta, there were demonstrations against the re-election of President Suharto by ITB students.
On 11 March 1981, an extreme Islamist group called "Jamaah Imron" attacked Cicendo police station in Bandung.
The movement was quashed by Indonesian police, but several members escaped to Medan, North Sumatra and hijacked Garuda airplane to Bangkok 2 weeks later.
The passengers and crews were rescued by Indonesian special force in the Don Muang airport, Bangkok, Thailand.
The mayor of Bandung was unable to solve the problem and the governor of West Java was forced to search for new garbage dumpsites.
[14] The city core is practically uprooted, old faces are torn down, lot sizes regrouped, and what was idyllic residence is now bustling chain supermarkets and rich banks.
