Soetardjo Petition

The Soetardjo Petition of 1936 was a motion of the Volksraad (a nascent legislative body) of the Dutch East Indies, instigated by the legislator , which was submitted as a petition to Queen Wilhelmina and the Estates General of the Netherlands. The document expressed the desire of Indonesians, within a period of ten years, to be independent under Article 1 of the Dutch Constitution as part of a Dutch commonwealth under the Dutch Crown.

Soetardjo Petition

The Soetardjo Petition of 1936 was a motion of the Volksraad (a nascent legislative body) of the Dutch East Indies, instigated by the legislator , which was submitted as a petition to Queen Wilhelmina and the Estates General of the Netherlands. The document expressed the desire of Indonesians, within a period of ten years, to be independent under Article 1 of the Dutch Constitution as part of a Dutch commonwealth under the Dutch Crown.