Asian Journal of Research in Social Sciences and Humanities

  • Year: 2012
  • Volume: 2
  • Issue: 10

Heroes from pesantren: A brief biography of K.H. Ahmad Sanusi a patriot of indonesian independence

  • Author:
  • Sulasman
  • Total Page Count: 15
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 1 to 15

Faculty of Adab and Humanities, Sunan Gunung Djati, State Islamic University Bandung, Indonesia.

Abstract

Kyai Haji Ahmad Sanusi, well known as Ajengan Gunung Puyuh, was a charismatic preacher from Sukabumi and even well known as a preacher in Indonesia. He was nevertheless, also famous as politician who fought against the Dutch and the Japanese colonizers. He also had taken a big part in Indonesian history, during the revolutionary era against the colonizers, and there were much more activities he had done for Indonesia. This journal tries to enlighten West Javanese mind and Indonesian in general as well about how Kyai Haji Ahmad Sanusi (KHAS) fought the colonizers since he was active at the Pesantren until in the Indonesian parliament.

Keywords

Pesantren, Parliament, Struggle, Colonizers