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The Flag Incident that occurred at
Hotel Majapahit on 19 September 1945
was a very historic day for Surabaya
youths.
After hearing the gunshot, Surabaya
youngsters climbed up the hotel wall
and tried tori off the blue art of the
Dutch flag.
The incident took place when the
Dutch flag was raised at the hotel.
Ploegman refused and denied the
existence of the Republic of Indonesia,
then took out a gun and threatened
Resident Soedirman with it.
During that time, Resident Soedirman
entered the hotel and asked Ploegman,
a re representative of the Allies, to ut
down the Dutch flag.
Many of them were shot dead in their
effort to rip off the flag and raised the
red and white part to the top of the
pole.