Bireuen , a city dubbed the city fighting, is located on the North coast of Aceh province. Bireuen they became known during the first and second Netherlands aggression (1947-1948) in an attempt to maintain the Republic of Indonesia (RI) of the colonizers.
Fighting the nickname city of Bireuen they re-affirmed by Ret. Lt. Gen. Bustanil Arifinin 1987. The event was attended by a number of figures, including Aceh Governor then, Ibrahim Hasan. Some fighters and alim scholars became the inaugural witnessback.
THE ARRIVAL OF SUKARNO
At first glance, nothing too special in the Regent Pendapa Bireuën Regency. Only a semi permanent architecture building custom homes Aceh. But who would have thought, behind the old building that's stored history of struggle for independence of INDONESIA which should not be forgotten. In fact, there used to be a place of exileof President Sukarno.
The arrival of the first President of the Republic of Indonesia (RI) was indeed very Bireuen they to phenomenal. The time, in 1948, the Netherlands launched an aggression against both of them. Within an instant the second capital of the REPUBLIC of INDONESIA fell and was occupied Netherlands. The first President Sukarno who was domiciled and in control of the Government there have to hurriedly. There is no other choice, President Soekarno was forced exile to Aceh. Precisely in Bireuen they, a relatively safe. Sukarno Bireuen they proceed to a scenic airplane Dakota until landing at a civilian airfield Cot Gapu in June 1948.
The arrival of groups of the President greeted the military Governor of Aceh Teungku Daud Beureu'eh, or the familiar greeted Abu Daud Beureueh, Commander of Division X, Col. Hussein Joesoef, the officers of the Military Division X, alim scholars and the community leaders. Don't miss school children (SR) also welcomed the arrival ofthe President at a time of military PanglimaTertinggi it. Evening at Cot Gapu airfieldheld Leising (General meeting). President Soekarno with his trademark, gave a fiery, burning people's fighting spirit in the Bireuen they quickly become unmanageable Residency at Cot Gapu airfield. The community is very proud of and happy Bireuen they all can meet and hear direct speech by President Sukarno on the 1947-1948 Netherlands aggression has mastered back East Sumatra (Sumatera Utara) now.
During the week the President Sukarno was in Bireuen they Republican activity concentrated in Bireuen they. Her stay and take control of the Government of INDONESIA in the home residence of Colonel Hussein Joesoef, Commander of Division X Commandment of Sumatra, Langkat and Karo, land Division in the Office X (Hall of the Bupati Bireuen they now). He explained, in an emergency, Bireuen they ever became the capital of INDONESIA Yogyakarta, after the fall of the third into the powers of the Netherlands. Unfortunately, the historical record is never expressly stated in history of the independence of INDONESIA.
Acknowledged or not, the role and sacrifice of the people of Aceh or Bireuen they in particular in order to maintain the independence of the Republic should not be considered one eye. The course of history prove it.