The History of Bandung City

           Yesterday I had a presentation about history of Bandung city, and today I want tell about it. The city history dates from 1488 when the first reference to Bandung exists. The people lived on the banks of the Cikapundung in north Bandung and on the shores of the Great Lake of Bandung. After the Indonesian Independence in 1945, Bandung was determined as the capital of West Java province. During the 1945-1949  independence struggle against the Dutch when they wanted to reclaim their colonies, Bandung was one of the heaviest battle places. The Dutch military commander set an ultimatum for the Indonesian combatants in Bandung to leave the city. In response, on 24 March 1946, much of the southern part of Bandung was deliberately set alight as the combatants left; an event known as the Bandung Lautan Api or Bandung Sea of Flame.Today’s Bandung is a sprawling city of 2.7 million people and suffers from many of the same problems as other Indonesian cities. Maybe enough my story, I hope you can be interesting after reading my story about the history of Bandung city. Thanks for read my blog.