Monument of March 1st

Monumen 1 Maret or Monument of March 1st is located on Panembahan Senopati Street, exactly next to Fort (Benteng) Vredeburg. And was constructed to comme- morate the total offensive attack on March 1st, 1949 (Serangan Oemoem 1 Maret 1949) when Indonesian guerrilla fighters succeeded in reoccupying Yogyakarta for 6 hours in order to prove the world that Indonesians still possess power to keep struggle for independence against the Dutch colonial. This historical event known as "The Six Hours in Yogyakarta" (Enam Jam di Yogyakarta)
was successfully commanded by young Colonel Soeharto former 2nd President of Republic of Indonesia. As follow-up, both parties (Dutch and Indonesia) held further diplomatic talks in the Round Table Conference ( KMB) at Den Haag.