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Perjalanan Obor Asian Games 2018

Bertepatan dengan 100 hari menjelang Asian Games, api abadi obor Asian Games akan diarak melalui dua negara dan satu kota di India serta 50 kota di Indonesia. Penyelenggara Asian Games 2018 (INASGOC) akan melibatkan 53 pemerintah kabupaten dan kota di 18 provinsi dalam kegiatan pawai obor. Hari pertama, api obor akan tiba di Kabupaten Siak. Sedangkan hari kedua, obor akan tiba di Kota Pontianak. Api yang menjadi simbol perhelatan olahraga negara-negara di Asia ini akan diarak di sejumlah tempat hingga ke Sumatera Barat. Api obor Asian Games ke-18 akan diambil dari Stadion Nasional Dhyan Chand, New Delhi, India pada 17 Juli. India adalah tuan rumah Asian Games pertama pada 1951. Selepas pengambilan api dari India pada 17 Juli, obor Asian Games akan tiba di Mrapen, Grobogan, Jawa Tengah pada 18 Juli. Tepatnya di candi Prambanan, akan ada penggabungan api obor yang sudah dinyalakan di India dengan api abadi di Mrapen. Obor kemudian akan mulai berkeliling Indonesia. Asisten Pemerintaha...

Prince Diponegoro

Prince Diponegoro, born on 11 November 1785, was the eldest son of Sultan Hamengkubuwono III of Yogyakarta. He was a Javanese prince who played a very important role in the Java war. He was more interested in his religious life and be close with his people that he chose to live outside the palace, right in the village of Tegalrejo, which is about 7km from the Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat Palace. One day, the dutch intended to build a highway that connects Yogyakarta and Magelang. One sector of the rode that was being built crossed Prince Diponegoro's family grave. He was very angry about it. On 28 March 1830, Diponegoro was invited to come to Lieutenant General De Kock's home in Magelang to negotiate an end of hostilities and guaranteed safety of passage. There, after three hours, Diponegoro was arrested. After his arrest, he was immediately taken to Semarang and Batavia. Then he was taken to Manado. After several years in Manado, he was moved to Makassar in July 1833. His physic...