The teenager Martha Christina Tiahahu, who is commemorated every January 2nd when petals are placed in the Banda Sea, supposedly fought for a rebellion in these islands. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this home region of Pattimura, who captured Fort Duurstede as part of the Ambon revolt against the Dutch in this archipelago. This region was earlier the center of the rival sultanates of Ternate (“tair-NAH-tay”) and Tidore (“tee-DOE-ray”).
ANSWER: Maluku Islands [or Malukus; or Moluccas; accept North Maluku; prompt on Spice Islands; prompt on Eastern Indonesia; prompt on East Indies]
[10h] Pattimura was fighting against this Dutch army based in Indonesia, which also fought against the Javanese rebellion of Prince Diponegoro.
ANSWER: KNIL [or Royal Netherlands East Indies Army; or Koninklijk Nederlands Indisch Leger; or Tentara Kerajaan Hindia Belanda]
[10e] This leader of Indonesia proclaimed Pattimura a national hero, likely to discourage Moluccan separatism. This dictator overthrew his predecessor’s “Guided Democracy” system and purged perceived enemies and communists in the 1960s.
ANSWER: Suharto
<Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford, World History>