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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
In 1603, the first permanent Dutch trading post in Indonesia was established in Banten, northwest Java. The official East Indies government, however, was not created until Pieter Both was made governor-general in 1610. In that same year, Ambon Island was made headquarters of the VOC's East Indies. Batavia was made the capital from 1619 onward. [3]
Indonesia and the Netherlands share a special relationship, [1] embedded in their shared history of colonial interactions for centuries. It began during the spice trade as the Netherlands established the Dutch East Indies Company (VOC) trading post in what is now Indonesia, before colonising it as the Dutch East Indies until the mid-20th century.
The Indonesian parliament then formally proclaimed the end of the Union and the expiry of all bilateral agreements with the Netherlands on 15 February 1956 by issuing an act titled UU No. 13 Tahun 1956 (Act Number 13/1956), the act nullified any Netherlands-Indonesia Union formal relations and the related agreements of the round table conference.
The Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference (Dutch: Nederlands-Indonesische rondetafelconferentie; Indonesian: Konferensi Meja Bundar) was held in The Hague from 23 August to 2 November 1949, between representatives of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Republic of Indonesia and the Federal Consultative Assembly, representing various states the Dutch had created in the Indonesian archipelago.
The ten largest economies by average values of GDP (nominal) [a] by every half decade from the available data in IMF, World Bank, and United Nations lists (in USD billions) [1] [2] [3] [4]
The Denpasar Conference of 18–24 December 1946 approved the Regulations for the Formation of the State of East Indonesia (Peratoeran Pembentoekan Negara Indonesia Timoer) which supplemented the 1927 Dutch colonial law and established the provisional governmental framework of the new state until a constitution could be approved. Although the ...
The economy of Indonesia is a mixed economy with dirigiste characteristics, [31] [32] ...