Actually Sukarno and Hatta declared Independence from Dutch overlordship on 17 August 1945.
Indonesians regard this as the gaining of freedom, or "merdeka".
The word "kamardikan" derives from "merdeka", so a kamardikan keris is one dating from the era of Merdeka, ie, after 1945.
It is a relatively recent term, coined to give a legitimate classification to recently produced keris.
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