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Perang
Asia Pasifik yang dilancarkan (militer) Jepang sejak 1938 telah menyebabkan
munculnya panik di Hindia Belanda. Yang paling panik adalah orang
Eropa/Belanda. Orang Cina di Hindia agak khawatir juga militer Jepang memasuki
Hindia karena orang Cina telah memberi dukungan kepada Tiongkok saat militer
Jepang memasuki Tiongkok. Orang Angkola Mandailing yang berada di berbagai kota
ada yang mendukung kehadiran Jepang dan ada juga yang mengkhawatirkannya.
Radjamin Nasution was born on 15 August 1892 in the village of Barbaran Julu, today in West Panyabungan District of Mandailing Natal Regency. As his father was a civil servant of decent rank, Nasution was able to enroll at a European school (Europeesche Lagere School) in Padang Sidempuan. In 1912, he enrolled at the STOVIA medical school in Batavia. He then worked at the customs department. He was initially posted in Batavia, and he was reassigned around the Dutch East Indies between 1912 and 1917 when he returned to Batavia. He was then promoted, and was stationed in Medan before moving to Surabaya in 1929. He was elected as a member of the municipal council in 1931. He also continued to work as a bureaucrat, becoming head of the Surabaya customs office by 1938. He was then appointed as an alderman of the city in October 1938. After the Japanese takeover in 1942, he was retained in the municipal government and appointed as deputy to the Japanese-appointed mayor Takahashi Ichiro. In the immediate aftermath of the Pacific War and the proclamation of Indonesian independence on 17 August 1945, Ichiro handed over the mayoral position to Nasution on 17 August 1945. During the Battle of Surabaya, Nasution doubled as the city's health service chief due to his medical training, and coordinated search and rescue operations. He also helped to manage refugees from the city in the nearby towns of Mojokerto and Tulungagung (Wikipedia).
Lantas bagaimana sejarah berakhirnya Pemerintah Hindia Belanda? Seperti disebut diatas, orang Angkola Mandailing sudah banyak yang berada di berbagai kota di Indonesia. Pada masa pendudukan Jepang orang Angkola Mandailing ada yang mendukung dan ada juga yang menolaknya. Lalu kekalahan Jepang menjadi pemicu proklamasi kemerdekaan Indonesia. Lalu bagaimana sejarah berakhirnya Pemerintah Hindia Belanda? Seperti kata ahli sejarah tempo doeloe, semuanya ada permulaan. Untuk menambah pengetahuan dan meningkatkan wawasan sejarah nasional, mari kita telusuri sumber-sumber tempo doeloe.