Nugroho Notosusanto, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Indonesian general and politician
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Place of Birth: Rembang, Indonesia
About Nugroho Notosusanto
- Brigadier General Raden Panji Nugroho Notosusanto (15 July 1930 – 3 June 1985) was an Indonesian short story writer turned military historian who served as professor of history at the University of Indonesia.
- Born to a noble family in Central Java, he exhibited a high degree of nationalism from a young age.
- During the Indonesian National Revolution from 1945 to 1949 he saw active service as a member of the Student Army, working reconnaissance.
- Despite wanting to remain in the military, under influence by his father he continued his education, eventually enrolling in the faculty of literature at the University of Indonesia.
- During the 1950s he wrote extensively and was active in numerous political and academic groups, finally graduating with a degree in history in 1958. After a failed attempt to study at the University of London, in the early 1960s Notosusanto – by then a lecturer – was contacted by General Abdul Haris Nasution and tasked with writing a history of the revolution and Madiun Affair.
- By 1964 he had become head of the Indonesian Army's history division, holding an honorary rank.
- Continuing to teach, he wrote extensively on the revolution and other military events, including the first book on the 30 September Movement of 1965.
- Between 1983 and his death Notosusanto served concurrently as rector of the University of Indonesia and Minister of Education and Culture.
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