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Who was Surontiko Samin? What did he do?
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Answer to be written in the exam:
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Around 1890,
Surontiko Samin of Randublatung village,
a teak forest village, began questioning state ownership of the forest.
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He argued that the
state had not created the wind, water, earth, and wood,
so it could not own it.
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Soon a
widespread movement developed
. Amongst those who helped organize it were Samin’s sons-in-law.
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By 1907
, 3,000 families were following his ideas.
- Some of the Saminists protested by lying down on their land when the Dutch came to survey it, while others refused to pay taxes or fines or perform labor.
