BKR

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BKR was the abbreviated name of the People's Security Agency, an early post-World War II Indonesian security and defense organization.

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Label Occurrences
BKR canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indonesian security organization ⓘ
defunct organization ⓘ
abbreviationOf Badan Keamanan Rakyat ⓘ
activity collecting weapons from former Japanese forces ⓘ
organizing local militias ⓘ
protecting newly formed republican government ⓘ
commandStructure loosely organized local units ⓘ
country Indonesia ⓘ
dissolutionReason reorganization of Indonesian armed forces ⓘ
dissolvedInPeriod late 1945 ⓘ
dissolvedInYear 1945 ⓘ
EnglishName People's Security Agency ⓘ
establishedAfterEvent Proclamation of Indonesian Independence ⓘ
establishedBy Indonesian nationalist leaders ⓘ
establishedInPeriod post-World War II ⓘ
establishedInYear 1945 ⓘ
evolvedInto Indonesian National Armed Forces ⓘ
fullName Badan Keamanan Rakyat ⓘ
historicalContext Indonesian National Revolution ⓘ
Japanese occupation of Indonesia aftermath ⓘ
jurisdiction Republic of Indonesia ⓘ
linked to: Indonesia
languageOfName Indonesian ⓘ
locatedIn Java ⓘ
Sumatra ⓘ
other Indonesian regions ⓘ
notableFor being one of the first security bodies of independent Indonesia ⓘ
operatedIn Indonesia ⓘ
predecessor Japanese-sponsored auxiliary forces in Indonesia ⓘ
primaryFunction defense of the new republic ⓘ
people's security ⓘ
relatedTo Indonesian National Armed Forces ⓘ
Indonesian National Revolution ⓘ
Proclamation of Indonesian Independence ⓘ
role defense organization ⓘ
maintaining internal security ⓘ
organizing armed resistance ⓘ
security organization ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
successor People's Security Army ⓘ
Tentara Keamanan Rakyat ⓘ
timePeriod mid-1940s ⓘ
typeOfOrganization paramilitary organization ⓘ
usedBy Republican authorities in early independence period ⓘ

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