Ki Hajar Dewantara, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ki Hajar Dewantara

Indonesian educator, activist

Date of Birth: 02-May-1889

Place of Birth: Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Date of Death: 28-Apr-1959

Profession: politician, resistance fighter, philosopher

Nationality: Indonesia

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Raden Mas Soewardi Soerjaningrat (EYD: Suwardi Suryaningrat); from 1922 also known as Ki Hadjar Dewantara (EYD: Ki Hajar Dewantara), which is also written as Ki Hajar Dewantoro to reflect its Javanese sounds; May 2, 1889 in Pakualaman – April 26, 1959 in Yogyakarta, was a leading Indonesian independence movement activist, writer, columnist, politician, and pioneer of education for native Indonesians in Dutch colonial times.
He founded the Taman Siswa school, an institution that provided education for indigenous commoners, which otherwise was limited to the Javanese aristocracy and the Dutch colonials. He was honored as a National Hero of Indonesia by Indonesia's first president, Sukarno, on November 28, 1959.