Kandjeng Pangeran Aria Adipati Achmad Djajadiningrat was a prominent colonial Indonesian bureaucrat who served as Regent of Serang, and subsequently of Batavia.
10 Facts About Achmad Djajadiningrat
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Achmad Djajadiningrat was a member of the Volksraad of the Dutch East Indies.
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Achmad Djajadiningrat was born into the prominent Djajadiningrat family in Kabayan village, Pandeglang on August 16,1877, and died in Purwakarta on December 22,1943.
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Achmad Djajadiningrat's father, Raden Bagus Djajawinata, was a forward-thinking Regent of Serang, while his grandfather, Raden Adipati Aria Natadiningrat, served as Regent of Pandeglang.
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Achmad Djajadiningrat's mother was Ratu Salehah, originally from Cipete, Serang.
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Achmad Djajadiningrat served as a member of the Volkraad quasi-legislature and of the Council of the Indies.
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The Achmad Djajadiningrat family counted among its members some influential players during the Indonesian national movement.
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Achmad Djajadiningrat's younger brother, Hoessein Achmad Djajadiningrat, was a pioneering academic and scholar in Indonesia, as well as the first native Indonesian to earn a doctorate and professorship.
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Achmad Djajadiningrat was active in some early nationalist organizations, such as in Jamiat Kheir as an early member.
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In 1936 he authored a book of his memoirs titled Herinneringen van Pangeran Aria Achmad Djajadiningrat which contains over 37 years of his experience in public services, among others, as regent of Serang, regent of Batavia, Volksraad member, member of the Raad van Indie, and representative of the Dutch East Indies as the Dutch delegation at the League of Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.