Opu Daeng Risaju | |
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Born | Famajjah 1880 |
Died | 10 February 1964 | (aged 83–84)
Other names | Opung Daeng Risadju, Opu Daeng Risadju |
Title | Opu Daeng Risaju |
Honours | National Hero of Indonesia |
Opu Daeng Risaju (born 1880 in Palopo, Dutch East Indies – died 10 February 1964) was an Indonesian independence activist. She was canonized as a National Hero of Indonesia in 2006. [1]
She was born to Muhammad Abdullah To Baresseng and Opu Daeng Mawellu in 1880, and at birth was named Famajjah. [2] She was from a Buginese community in Luwu in South Sulawesi. [3] [4]:198 When she married H. Muhammad Daud, she assumed the Luwu royal title Opu Daeng Risaju, which is how she was known for the rest of her life. [2] She was Muslim and wore hijab. [4]:63 [2]
Opu Daeng Risaju primarily fought against the Dutch colonization of what were, at the time, the Dutch East Indies. [5] [3] She became active in politics relative late in her life. She first became a member of the Indonesian Islamic Union Party (PSII) in 1927, around age forty-seven, in Parepare. [6] She quickly became involved in the nationalist movement and rose through the PSII's organization.
In 1930, she established a local branch of PSII in Palopo. [4]:198 She would serve as chairman. [2] In 1933, she attended the Indonesian Islamic Union Congress in Batavia (now Jakarta). [7]
Due to her political agitation and growing popularity, her peerage was revoked, and the Dutch government in Masamba arrested her and tried her for sedition. [2] [6] Beginning in 1934, she was imprisoned for fourteen months, sentenced to forced labor, and tortured. [4]:64 [2] [6] After her release from prison and throughout the Japanese occupation, she continued to travel and establish branches of the PSII in South Sulawesi. [6] She was arrested again after the Japanese surrender and transferred between various prisons, where she was tortured. [6] This torture rendered her deaf for the remainder of her life and also damaged one of her eyes. [4]:64 [2] [6]
In 1949, she moved to Pare-Pare to live with her son Abdul Kadir Daud. [8] She died on 10 February 1964, at age eighty-four. [8] She was buried in the cemetery of the rulers of Luwu in Lokkoe in Palopo. [9]
In 2006, Opu Daeng Risaju was named a National Hero of Indonesia, one of the few women who have received the honor. [10]
Opu Daeng Risaju | |
---|---|
Born | Famajjah 1880 |
Died | 10 February 1964 | (aged 83–84)
Other names | Opung Daeng Risadju, Opu Daeng Risadju |
Title | Opu Daeng Risaju |
Honours | National Hero of Indonesia |
Opu Daeng Risaju (born 1880 in Palopo, Dutch East Indies – died 10 February 1964) was an Indonesian independence activist. She was canonized as a National Hero of Indonesia in 2006. [1]
She was born to Muhammad Abdullah To Baresseng and Opu Daeng Mawellu in 1880, and at birth was named Famajjah. [2] She was from a Buginese community in Luwu in South Sulawesi. [3] [4]:198 When she married H. Muhammad Daud, she assumed the Luwu royal title Opu Daeng Risaju, which is how she was known for the rest of her life. [2] She was Muslim and wore hijab. [4]:63 [2]
Opu Daeng Risaju primarily fought against the Dutch colonization of what were, at the time, the Dutch East Indies. [5] [3] She became active in politics relative late in her life. She first became a member of the Indonesian Islamic Union Party (PSII) in 1927, around age forty-seven, in Parepare. [6] She quickly became involved in the nationalist movement and rose through the PSII's organization.
In 1930, she established a local branch of PSII in Palopo. [4]:198 She would serve as chairman. [2] In 1933, she attended the Indonesian Islamic Union Congress in Batavia (now Jakarta). [7]
Due to her political agitation and growing popularity, her peerage was revoked, and the Dutch government in Masamba arrested her and tried her for sedition. [2] [6] Beginning in 1934, she was imprisoned for fourteen months, sentenced to forced labor, and tortured. [4]:64 [2] [6] After her release from prison and throughout the Japanese occupation, she continued to travel and establish branches of the PSII in South Sulawesi. [6] She was arrested again after the Japanese surrender and transferred between various prisons, where she was tortured. [6] This torture rendered her deaf for the remainder of her life and also damaged one of her eyes. [4]:64 [2] [6]
In 1949, she moved to Pare-Pare to live with her son Abdul Kadir Daud. [8] She died on 10 February 1964, at age eighty-four. [8] She was buried in the cemetery of the rulers of Luwu in Lokkoe in Palopo. [9]
In 2006, Opu Daeng Risaju was named a National Hero of Indonesia, one of the few women who have received the honor. [10]