In 1946, the newly independent nation created its National Olympic Committee, Sports Association of the Republic of Indonesia (Persatuan Olahraga Republik Indonesia or PORI) and began organizing its national multi-sports event—National Sports Week—in 1948 in Surakarta. The nation unsuccessfully attempted to join the 1948 Summer Olympics in London amid the Indonesian War of Independence (1945–1949).
In 1946, the newly independent Republic of Indonesia created its National Olympic Committee and Sports Association of the Republic of Indonesia (PORI) to organize a national multi-sports event—National Sports Week—in Surakarta. Despite this, they failed to join the 1948 Summer Olympics in London during the Indonesian War of Independence (1945–1949).