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The Dutch East Indies, [3] also known as the Netherlands East Indies (Dutch: Nederlands(ch)-Indië; Indonesian: Hindia Belanda), was a Dutch colony with territory mostly comprising the modern state of Indonesia, which declared independence on 17 August 1945. Following the Indonesian War of Independence, Indonesia and the Netherlands made peace in
There is also a sizable Indonesian population in the Netherlands. Many have set up their own churches in what has been termed as a "reverse mission," referring to the Dutch missionaries in the colonies. [24] Another legacy of colonial rule in Indonesia is the legal system that was inherited from the Dutch.
On 15 November 1946, the Linggadjati Agreement was signed between the Netherlands and the soon-to-be independent Dutch East Indies, which stated that the Dutch colonies would become an independent nation called 'the United States of Indonesia'. A Netherlands-Indonesian Union was established "to promote their common interests."
4 European colonization. ... It was a thalassocracy and did not extend ... In 1962 the United States pressured the Netherlands into secret talks with Indonesia which ...
(now Indonesia) – Dutch colony from 1602 to 1949 (included Netherlands New Guinea until 1962) Portuguese Insulíndia – Former Portuguese colony/possessions from 1522 to 1605 until Dutch East India Company takeover. British Malaya (now part of Malaysia and Singapore): Straits Settlements (1826–1946) Penang – British colony (1786–1957)
[2] [3] After the French Revolutionary Wars, the Netherlands lost most of its power to the British after the French armies invaded the Netherlands and parts of the Dutch colonies. [4] Hence, Dutch leaders had to defend their colonies and homeland. Between 1795 and 1814, the French restored the VOC in Indonesia and Suriname which remained under ...
View of the Island and the City of Batavia Belonging to the Dutch, for the India Company. In 1603, the first permanent Dutch trading post in Indonesia was established in Banten, northwest Java, [7] and in 1611, another was established at Jayakarta (later renamed 'Batavia' and then 'Jakarta').
Many Indo Europeans also hoped for a future in Dutch New Guinea until in 1962–1963 this area too was annexed into present day Indonesia, officially ending the colonial era of the Dutch East Indies. The Indo diaspora which started in the ' Bersiap ' period continued up to 1964 and resulted in the emigration of practically all Indo-Europeans ...