1. Boedi oetomo the first Indonesian national organization.

It was founded on May 20, 1908, a day now designated by the Indonesian
government as The Day of National Awekening.

2. Boedi Oetomo originated through the efforts of Mr. Wahidin Sudirohusodo (1852-1917), a retired Javanese physician who attempting to
elevate the Javanese people through the study of Western knowledge as well as their own cultural heritage, sought to obtain support
for a scholarship fund for Indonesian students.

3. His efforts were supported by Dutch-educated students in Batavia and later by Javanese aristroctrats and priyayi (elite). They met in
Yogyakarta in 1908 and founded Boedi Oetomo, which aimed at improving the cultural and economic status of Javanese.

4. As a Javanese cultural organization, Boedi Oetomo grew rapidly, and by the end of 1909 it claimed to have 40 branches with 10.000
members, most of them students and civil servants. Their expressed objectives went far beyond Wahidin’s interest in Improving
educational oppurtunities for Indonesians; they called for the encouragement of agriculture and trade and the dissemination of
humanistic thought.

5. However much its members emphasized Javanese culture, Boedi Oetomo assumed that progress meant adopting the social and political
institutions of the West. The leadership was held by conservatives who resisted political activity by the group, but they were
increasingly opposed by younger and more aggressive members.

6. The effectiveness of Boedi Oetomo was finally undercut by the appeal of those who favoured direct action against the West and by
more radical and expressly political organizations such as the Sarekat Islam, a proto-nationalist party. Membership in Boedi Oetomo fell
off sharply after 1910, but the organization was important as a model for later nationalist groups. It was dissolved in 1935.
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