Sukarno
- proper noun
- /suˈkɑrnoʊ/
- President Sukarno declared Indonesia's independence from the Netherlands in 1945.
- President Sukarno
- Nationalist leader Sukarno
- Sukarno era
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Watch on YouTubeBut the head of Indonesia, what he did there, Sukarno, killed a lot of people, did just as much damage.
- But the head of Indonesia, what he did there, Sukarno, killed a lot of people, did just as much damage.
Examples
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In 1959, Sukarno restored the 1945 constitution by decree.
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Through the Supersemar, on 11 March 1966, Sukarno transferred executive powers to Suharto, and in March 1967, was formally dismissed from office.
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President Sukarno tells the West to go to hell... and today Sukarno is the voice of the Third World.
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Shortly after taking power, Sukarno began to plan for the Asian Games, which he intended Indonesia to host in 1962.
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The largely secular-nationalist-minded President Sukarno succeeded in marginalizing political Islam.
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During that period of political turbulence, Sukarno opted for a return to the 1945 constitution, as opposed to the 1950 constitution.
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At the same time, President Sukarno was marginalized politically until his death for his assumed role in the "GESTAPU Affair."
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Sukarno argued that having 51 percent Western parliamentary practices exacerbated rather than solved problems.
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Delve into the history of Indonesia, where popular leader Sukarno was removed and a brutal dictatorship of Suharto was installed.
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The sentiment behind the politics of the Bandung generation, of those who led their respective societies to independence and nationhood and whose efforts laid the foundation for the Non-Aligned Movement, was expressed by Sukarno in his opening remarks to the meeting: "We have been the unregarded, the peoples for whom decisions were made by others whose interests were paramount, the peoples who lived in poverty and humiliation."
Academic text (1996)
Surface Forms
Etymology
Sukarno comes from old Sanskrit parts: su- meaning 'good' and Karna, a famous hero from the Mahabharata. A helpful way to remember the name is 'good Karna', which fits his role as a national leader and founding father.