Aceh is a province of the Republic of Indonesia. Aceh is located in the northern part of Sumatra Island. The name Aceh is taken from the name of the Kingdom of Aceh Darussalam which was founded in the 14th century with the capital city of Banda Aceh. This kingdom was attacked by the Dutch in 1873 and the Sultan, the last king of the kingdom, was captured by the Dutch and exiled to Batavia (now Jakarta) which was the colonial center of the Dutch Kingdom in Southeast Asia.
The name Aceh itself is not known what it means. Some say that Aceh stands for Arabic, Chinese, European, Indies. Other experts say Aceh comes from the Indian language. The name was born when the Indians discovered a land that looked very beautiful. The Indians on the boat said in amazement 'acha' which means beautiful. This later data is somewhat dubious. You can see google translate, beautiful in Hindi is Shunda, in Gujarati Sundara, and also the same in Bengali.
When Indonesia declared itself independent, Aceh entered it. At that time, Aceh had no choice. Dutch colonized again or joined Indonesia under President Soekarno. Soekarno was a Javanese and Balinese aristocrat. Born in Blitar in East Java and forced to step down from the leadership of the Indonesian state after the tragedy of the kidnapping of 6 generals and a young officer in 1965 in Jakarta.
When Sukarno stepped down, Aceh had made peace with Indonesia for a decade. Peaceful with special regional compensation. The submission as a special area as a win win solution so that the Aceh rebellion can be resolved. Daud Beureueh, who when Japan led the PUSA (All Aceh Ulama Association), agreed to join Indonesia with Soekarno, but when Aceh was united with North Sumatra Province, Beureueh was furious and rebelled.
When Indonesia was led by Suharto, discontent emerged again. During what was known as the New Order, Hasan Tiro, the grandson of the war hero of the Kingdom of Aceh who was educated by Indonesia in the United States, made an initial statement at the PPB during the Soekarno era. Then during the Soeharto era proclaimed Aceh to separate from Indonesia in December 1876. The rebellion left very deep suffering for the people of Aceh. Aceh and Indonesia only made peace after the massive tsunami disaster occurred in 2004.
That is a glimpse of the history of Aceh.
