Portal:Jakarta/Did you know

Did you know archive for the Jakarta portal.

Did you know...

... that a key event leading up to the 1984 Tanjung Priok massacre in Jakarta was a Christian entering a mosque without removing his shoes?
... that Dutch clergyman W.R. van Hoëvell (pictured), after being forced to resign his post in Batavia in 1848, became a radical and eloquent spokesman against Dutch colonialism and slavery in the East and West Indies?
... that Karet Bivak, Jakarta's second-largest cemetery, holds more than 48,000 graves on just 16.2 hectares (40 acres)?
... that Tan Tjoen Tiat, the second Majoor der Chinezen of Batavia, advised the colonial government in 1870 that women should not act as guardians for minors?
... that the former building of the Chinese embassy in Jakarta was turned into a parking lot?
... that Saefullah was acting governor of Jakarta for 40 hours?