Great Indonesia Party

The Great Indonesia Party (Indonesian: Partai Indonesia Raya, Parindra) was the name used by two Indonesian political parties.

Pre-war party

The first Parindra was established in 1935 as a result of a merger between the Budi Utomo political society and the Indonesian National Union (Perserikatan Bangsa Indonesia) with the aim of working with the Dutch to secure Indonesian independence.[1] It was led by Raden Soetomo, Mohammad Husni Thamrin, Susanto Tirtoprodjo, Sukarjo Wiryopranoto and Woerjaningrat, and became the most influential Indonesian grouping in the Volksraad, the notionally legislative body established by the Dutch.[2] In May 1939, Thamrin was the main driving force behind the merger of Parindra and seven other nationalist organizations into the Federation of Indonesian Political Parties {Gaboengan Politek Indonesia, GAPI). [3]

Post-independence party

The second Parindra was established as a "splinter party" in 1949 by one of the leaders of the pre-war party, R.P. Soeroso. Its membership comprised members of the old Parindra that had decided not to join the PNI [4][5]

Notes
  1. Ricklefs 2008, p. 317.
  2. Kahin 2052, p. 95.
  3. Kahin 2052, p. 97.
  4. Feith 2008, p. 144.
  5. Kahin 1952, p. 469.

References
  • Feith, Herbert (2007) [1962]. The Decline of Constitutional Democracy in Indonesia. Equinox Publishing (Asia) Pte Ltd. ISBN 0-674-01834-6.
  • Kahin, George McTurnan (1952). Nationalism and Revolution in Indonesia. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press. ISBN 0-8014-9108-8.
  • Ricklefs, M.C. (2008) [1981]. A History of Modern Indonesia Since c.1300 (4th ed.). London: MacMillan. ISBN 978-0-230-54685-1.
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