VIVAnews - 62 years ago today, on 3 January 1946, President Soekarno and Vice President Hatta got on board a ‘special’ train from Batavia (now Jakarta) and headed to Yogyakarta.
Alarmed by the precarious security conditions in Batavia (now Jakarta), which was then considered unsafe due to the establishment of NICA (the Netherlands Indies Civil Administration) in Indonesia, on 3 January 1946, the Indonesian government decided to evacuate Jakarta and moved its capital to Yogyakarta.
Soekarno and Hatta leaved for Yogyakarta aboard a special train (Kereta Luar Biasa) prepared by the State Railway Company (Djawatan Kereta Api). The train was deemed special because the railway company arranged a special schedule for it and all its chairs were also specifically made for VVIP.
The train arrived in Yogyakarta on 4 January 1946 at 9.00am. Hamengkubuwono IX, the sultan of Yogyakarta, personally came to the station to greet Soekarno and Hatta.
The Indonesian executive government was taken over by Prime Minister Sjahrir who later negotiated with the Dutch government.
Yogyakarta remained the capital of Indonesia until 28 December 1949, when the Indonesian government moved its capital back to Jakarta.
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