Djajadiningrat family

File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Groepsportret met Hamengkoe Negoro VII Hoesein Djajadiningrat hun echtgenotes Ratu Timur en Partini kinderen en kinderverzorgsters TMnr 60020654.jpg and Hoesein Djajadiningrat with their respective wives, Ratu Timur and Partini, as well as their children (c. 1922).]]

The family is of Baduy and Bantenese extraction. According to Nina Consuelo Epton, the family's oral history recounts that in the middle of the seventeenth century, their ancestor Astapati ('deadhand'), the one-handed renegade son of a Baduy chieftain, sought shelter at the court of the Sultan of Banten.{{Cite book|last=Reid|first=Anthony|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SWr0DwAAQBAJ|title=The Potent Dead: Ancestors, saints and heroes in contemporary Indonesia|date=2020-08-20|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-000-24710-7|language=en}} He was subsequently admitted into the inner circle of the Sultan's court and was allowed to marry one of the Sultan's daughters, thereby becoming the progenitor of the Djajadiningrat family.

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Later marriages into the Javanese reigning dynasties further cemented the Djajadiningrat family's hold on power, as was shown by the career of R.T.A. Natadiningrat and his eldest son, R.T. Sutadiningrat, who both ruled in succession as Regents of Serang, in Banten.{{cite book |last1=Kartodirdjo |first1=Sartono |title=The Peasants' Revolt of Banten in 1888: Its Conditions, Course and Sequel: A Case Study of Social Movements in Indonesia |date=2014 |publisher=Springer |isbn=9789401575430 |pages=85–86 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1BRJCAAAQBAJ&q=djajadiningrat+family |accessdate=8 August 2018 |language=en}} After an alleged involvement in a peasant revolt, he latter was succeeded by his younger brother, the progressive Raden Toemenggong Bagoes Djajawinata.

In the late nineteenth century, the family benefited from the patronage of the Dutch scholar and educator Snouck Hurgronje.{{cite journal |title=Bijdragen tot de taal-, land- en volkenkunde van Nederlandsch-Indië |date=1989 |pages=297–301 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4JluAAAAMAAJ&q=%22djajadiningrat+family |accessdate=15 July 2018 |publisher=M. Nijhoff |language=en}}{{cite journal |title=Bijdragen tot de taal-, land- en volkenkunde |date=1999 |pages=519–541 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N1ctAQAAIAAJ&q=hurgronje+djajadiningrat|accessdate=15 July 2018 |publisher=M. Nijhoff. |language=en}}{{cite book |last1=Laffan |first1=Michael Francis |title=Islamic Nationhood and Colonial Indonesia: The Umma Below the Winds |date=2003 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781134430819 |pages=91–94, 181–187 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1B41xT-WzZIC&pg=PT126 |accessdate=15 July 2018 |language=en}} Hurgronje, who believed in coopting the Indonesian elite by giving their children a Dutch education, ensured the admission to the prestigious {{ill|Koning Willem III School|id|Koning Willem III School te Batavia}} of the brothers Achmad (1877–1943) and Hoesein Djajadiningrat (1886–1960), sons of Raden Bagoes Djajawinata.{{cite book |last1=Djajadiningrat |first1=Achmad Pangeran Aria |title=Herinneringen van Pangeran Aria Achmad Djajadiningrat |date=1936 |publisher=G. Kolff |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LSmpYgEACAAJ&q=achmad+djajadiningrat|accessdate=15 July 2018 |language=nl}} Achmad, the elder son, went on to succeed his father as Regent of Serang (1901–1924), then of Batavia (1924–1929), and served as a member of both the Volksraad (Indonesia's colonial quasi-parliament) and the Raad van Indië (Council of the Indies). Hoesein, the younger son, completed his doctoral studies at Leiden University in 1913, and became a distinguished scholar of Sundanese, Bantenese, Malay and Islamic studies.{{cite book |last1=Salam |first1=Solichin |title=Wajah-wajah nasional |date=1990 |publisher=Pusat Studi Dan Penelitian Islam |pages=430–435 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gBgeAAAAMAAJ&q=%22hoesein+djajadiningrat|accessdate=15 July 2018 |language=id}}

The family, like most other native Sundanese and Bantenese families, originally had no surname; the Dutch-educated Achmad Djajadiningrat adopted the surname 'Djajadiningrat' in the late nineteenth century.{{cite book |last1=Heesterman |first1=J. C. |title=India and Indonesia: General Perspectives |date=1989 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=9004083650 |pages=77 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C-2lR4XaTgwC&pg=PA77|accessdate=15 July 2018 |language=en}} Other prominent members of the family include Achmad Djajadiningrat's son, Idrus Nasir Djajadiningrat (1920–1980), and the latter's cousin Maria Ulfah Santoso (1911–1988), both of whom were important figures in the Indonesian Revolution. The media tycoons {{ill|Pia Alisjahbana|id|Pia Alisjahbana}} and Svida Alisjahbana are the daughter and granddaughter respectively of Hisnat Djajadiningrat, Achmad's daughter from his first wife.{{Cite journal|last=Suryani|first=Ade Jaya|date=January–April 2013|title=Bantenese Authors and Their Works: A General Overview|url=https://repo.iainbatusangkar.ac.id/xmlui/bitstream/handle/123456789/1960/1496881179817_96Alqalam%201_2013.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y|journal=Alqalam|volume= 30| issue = 1|pages=184–212}}

Raden Bagoes Djajawinata, Regent of Serang (1854–1899) with his wife Ratoe Salehah had nine children:

1. Achmad Djajadiningrat (1877–1943), nicknamed 'Uyang', succeeded his father as Regent of Serang (1901–1924), later as Regent of Batavia (1924–1929). He also served as a member of the Volksraad since 1918, stepped down from his regency a few years later when a new law forbade regents to hold multiple offices. In 1929 he served as member of the Raad van Nederlandsch Indie until 1932, when illness prevented him to serve any longer.{{Cite web|last=Jusuf|first=Windu|title=Kisah Sukses Karir Achmad & Hoesein Djajadiningrat|url=https://tirto.id/kisah-sukses-karir-achmad-hoesein-djajadiningrat-ee3j|access-date=2021-11-14|website=tirto.id|language=id}} He was the first to use the surname 'Djajadiningrat', prompting his siblings to adopt the surname. He had several children from multiple wives, some of whom:
2. Erna Djajadiningrat (1911–1984), first Indonesian woman to receive the Guerilla Star in 1949, in recognition for her wartime service.{{Cite web|date=2017-07-17|title=Perempuan Pertama Penerima Bintang Gerilya|url=https://historia.id/militer/articles/perempuan-pertama-penerima-bintang-gerilya-vZ5WZ|access-date=2021-11-14|website=Historia – Majalah Sejarah Populer Pertama di Indonesia|language=id-ID}}
3. Idrus Nasir Djajadiningrat (1920–1980), nicknamed 'Didi', served as navy officer during the Indonesian war for independence, ending his service with the rank of rear admiral. He later served as Indonesian ambassador to Belgium in 1968–1970, later ambassador to Soviet Union in 1976–1980.
4. Roswita T. Djajadiningrat, nicknamed 'Wiet', author and fighter who participated in combat around southern Malang in 1947. Her diary which were written around this time would be published in Dutch titled 'Herinneringen van een Vrijheidsstrijdster' in 1974. The Indonesian version of this book, 'Pengalamanku Di Daerah Pertempuran Malang Selatan', was published the next year.{{Cite book|last=Djajadiningrat|first=Roswita T.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B0QYDQAAQBAJ|title=Pengalamanku di Daerah Pertempuran Malang Selatan|date=1974-01-01|publisher=PT Balai Pustaka (Persero)|language=id}} In 1957, she joined the teaching staff in Cornell University Far Eastern Department.Cornell University Announcements. https://ecommons.cornell.edu/bitstream/handle/1813/35930/CUA_v50_1958_59_10.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
5. Hisnat Djajadiningrat. Her daughter Pia would marry Sofyan Alisjahbana, son of famed author Sutan Takdir Alisjahbana. Together they managed the Femina Group, an Indonesian media and publishing group.{{Cite web|title=Pia Alisjahbana Profile|url=https://indonesiatatler.com/tatler-list/500list/pia-alisjahbana|access-date=2021-11-14|website=Indonesia Tatler|language=en}}
6. Mochammad Djajadiningrat (?–?), nicknamed 'Apun';
7. Hasan Djajadiningrat (1883–1920), nicknamed 'Emong', led the Sarekat Islam organization in Banten until his early death.{{Cite web|date=2017-11-13|title=Satu Perahu Dua Haluan|url=https://historia.id/politik/articles/satu-perahu-dua-haluan-DAlNb|access-date=2021-11-14|website=Historia – Majalah Sejarah Populer Pertama di Indonesia|language=id-ID}} Previously, he was the vice-president of the Indische Party branch in Banten until 1913, when the party was declared illegal. He was also elected to the Sarekat Islam central committee in 1914, working closely with the moderates such as Tjokroaminoto, in opposition to the radicals in Semarang branch.{{Cite book|last=Williams|first=Michael C.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V7crBNqa-9UC&dq=djajadiningrat&pg=PP15|title=Sickle and Crescent: The Communist Revolt of 1926 in Banten|publisher=Equinox Publishing Asia|year=2010|isbn=978-602-8397-53-7|pages=14|language=en}}
8. Chadijah Djajadiningrat (?–?), nicknamed 'Enjah', married to Arya Mohammad Achmad (Regent of Kuningan) and together they had 3 children, one of whom:
9. Maria Ulfah Santoso (1911-1988), member for the Committee for Preparatory Work for Indonesian Independence, women's right activist, and minister of social affairs in 1946–1947 under prime minister Sjahrir. She was the first Indonesian woman to earn a master's degree in law in 1933 from Leiden University.{{Cite web|title=Indonesia Journal|url=https://ecommons.cornell.edu/handle/1813/52499|access-date=2021-11-14|website=ecommons.cornell.edu}}{{Cite web|title=Anak Bupati Kuningan Itu Menjadi Menteri Wanita Pertama Indonesia|url=https://www.majalahkuningan.com/2020/10/anak-bupati-kuningan-itu-menjadi.html|access-date=2022-02-15|website=Majalah Kuningan|language=en}}
10. Hoesein Djajadiningrat (1886–1960), nicknamed 'Ace', distinguished himself as the first Indonesian to achieve a doctoral degree (via dissertation) from Leiden University in 1913. In 1924 he was appointed as a lecturer at Rechtshogeschool te Batavia (Batavia Law School), giving lectures on Islamic law and native languages of Indonesia. During the Japanese occupation of the East Indies, he was appointed as head of Office of Religious Affairs. After Indonesian independence, he taught in Faculty of Letters, University of Indonesia since its foundation in 1950, becoming professor of Islamic and Arabic Studies in 1952.{{Cite web|last=RS|first=Zen|title=Si Jenius yang Jadi Bumiputera Pertama Bergelar Doktor|url=https://tirto.id/si-jenius-yang-jadi-bumiputera-pertama-bergelar-doktor-czYk|access-date=2021-11-14|website=tirto.id|language=id}} His wife Partini is the eldest daughter of Mangkunegara VII and sister to Mangkunegara VIII of the royal house of Mangkunegara. Together they had six children, one of whom:
11. Husein Hidayat Djajadiningrat (1928–?), served in the Indonesian Army in RPKAD (later Kopassus), ending his service with the rank of colonel.{{Cite book|last=Conboy|first=Kenneth J.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lf5TUoHfeM8C|title=Kopassus: Inside Indonesia's Special Forces|date=2003|publisher=Equinox Publishing|isbn=978-979-95898-8-0|language=en}}
12. Loekman Djajadiningrat (1894–1944), nicknamed 'Ujang', managed to flee Japanese invasion along with Lieutenant Governor-General van Mook and remnants of the colonial government to Australia. After some times serving as a commissioner for Australia and New Zealand, he later appointed to head the education department of the Dutch East Indies Government-in-Exile. He died in Sydney in 1944.{{Cite web|title=Matches for R. Loekman "Oedjang" Djajadiningrat|url=https://www.myheritage.com/matchingresult-baed6f6dabde45039d3e222ed2f56496?match_status=pending,confirmed&trn=partner_Geni_lo&trp=carousel#record_matches|access-date=2021-11-16|website=MyHeritage|language=EN}}
13. Soelasmi Djajadiningrat (?–?), nicknamed 'Yayung';
14. Hilman Djajadiningrat (1896–1963), nicknamed 'Imang', served as Regent of Serang from 1935 to 1945. In 1942 during Japanese occupation, he was appointed the Resident of Banten until 1945, when he returned as Regent of Serang. Later, he would lead pro-Dutch, federalist faction in the State of Pasundan, opposing the pro-Republican faction led by Wiranatakusumah. In 1948 he would serve as the governor of Djakarta Federal District until 1950.{{Cite journal|last=Kahin|first=George McT.|date=June 1956|title=Representative Government in Southeast Asia. By Rupert Emerson, with Supplementary Chapters by Willard H. Elsbree and Virginia Thompson. (Cambridge: Harvard University Press. 1955. Pp. vii, 197. $3.50.) – The Formation of Federal Indonesia, 1945–1949. By A. Arthur Schiller. (The Hague, Bandung: W. Van Hoeve, Ltd. 1955. Pp. viii, 472.)|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1951689|journal=American Political Science Review|volume=50|issue=2|pages=505–509|doi=10.2307/1951689|jstor=1951689|issn=0003-0554}}
15. Rifqi Djajadiningrat (?–?), nicknamed 'Kikok'.

File:Raden Toemenggoeng Bagoes Djajadiningrat, 1st Djajadiningrat.jpg|Possible portrait of Bagoes Djajawinata, Regent of Serang

File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Portret van Adipati Ario Achmad Djajadiningrat TMnr 10018777.jpg|Achmad Djajadiningrat

File:Prof. Dr. Hoesein Djajadiningrat, lid van de Raad van Indie, Bestanddeelnr 935-0783.jpg|Hoesein Djajadiningrat

File:Hilman Djajadiningrat, Riwajat Singkat Terdirinja Negara Pasoendan (1948), p16.jpg|Hilman Djajadiningrat

File:The awarding ceremony of the Guerilla Star to Erna Djajadiningrat.jpg|Erna Djajadiningrat

File:Partini, echtgenote van Hoesein Djajadiningrat, KITLV 31142.tiff|Partini Djajadiningrat, wife of Hoesein and daughter of Mangkunegara VII

File:Indonesia Ambassador to Belgium RBIN Djajadinigrat.jpg|Idrus Nasir Djajadiningrat

File:Maria Ulfah Santoso, Minister of Social Affairs of Indonesia.jpg|Maria Ulfah Santoso

File:Feest ter gelegenheid van de besnijdenis van Rifki(=Kikok, 7e v.l.) en Hilman(=Iman, 9e v.l.), zoons van de regent van Serang Raden Toemenggoeng Achmad Djajadiningrat, KITLV 27210.tiff|Feast on the occasion of the circumcision of Rifki (Kikok, 7th from left) and Hilman (Imang, 9th from left), sons of the regent of Serang (c. 1900).

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