Question

why did samin challange the dutch in java

Answer 1

Samin challenged the Dutch for the state ownership of the forest. They argued with them sooner it became a widespread movement. It was the Samins' son-in-law who helped it organize. Some of the saminists protested by laying down when the Dutch came for survey and refused to pay taxes.

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Answer 2

Kalangs -

Kalangs were a community of skilled forest cutters and shifting cultivators of Java. They were expert in building palaces for the kings. The Kalangs had their own importance for the kings. When the dutch began to gain control over the forests of Indonesia in Eighteenth Century, they also tried to take the Kalangs under their control. But they resisted the Dutch by attacking them but their rebellion was suppressed by the Dutch.

Samin's Challenge -

Around 1890, Surontiko Samin of Randublatung village, which was a teak forest village, began to question about state ownership of the forests. He began to convince his fellow folks about the wrong doings of the colonial rulers. Many families were inspired from his ideology and joined the rebellion. People protested by lying down on their own land when the Dutch came there to survey their land. Many others refused to pay taxes or fines or do work.