Loving the Homeland
The event of the 10 November 1945 Battle in Surabaya, which is commemorated as Heroes\' Day, is an important part of the Independence Revolution period.
Even though Indonesia had declared independence on 17 August 1945, the struggle for independence in the years after that has not ended. The Dutch rejected the proclamation. They even tried to colonize Indonesia again. The struggle for independence between 1945 and 1949 was known as the Revolutionary War period.
The event of the 10 November 1945 Battle in Surabaya, which is commemorated as Heroes\' Day, is an important part of the Independence Revolution period. Even though official recognition by the government only emerged in 2015, the 10 November 1945 event was closely related to the "Jihad Resolution" issued by Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) on 22 October 1945.