Daendels Road

         Gouverneur-Generaal (the Governor-General) Herman Willem Daendels was a pioneering infrastructure is extraordinary impact on economic development in Java, which is making Grote Postweg (Post Road) or popularly known as Jalan Daendels.Panjang road on the north side of Java from Anyer in west end until Panarukan in the East end, with a total length reaches 1000km, the longest in the world at that time. Daendels built roads that cut along the island of Java is primarily for the purpose of strategy and military purposes: mobilization of troops quickly. Construction of this road casualties are numerous, but judged by the Indonesian historians now as important progress. Thanks to this path the remote parts of Java to be easily accomplished in a matter of days, not longer weeks of. When Daendels arrived in Java, he immediately decided to build transportation lines along the northern part of Java, in order to protect important island under Dutch rule from British attack. With the way this mobilization Dutch troops will be very fast. 

           Daendels force every local authority along the planned path was to mobilize people to build roads desired.He set a production target where if the target is not reached then the local authorities and the people will be killed. Pieces their heads hung in a tree along the road. Daendels carry out its policy with harsh and cruel. With disciplinary steel was finally Daendels can complete path dreamed that in just one year (1808), a feat so extraordinary in that era. Because roads are very spectacular and cruelty that name Daendels remained unknown until now.

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