Dutch East Indies
The Dutch East Indies (or Netherlands East Indies; Dutch: Nederlands-Oost-Indië; Indonesie: Hindia-Belanda) wis a Dutch colony that acame modren Indonesie follaein Warld War II. It wis furmed frae the naitionalised colonies o the Dutch East Indie Company, which came unner the admeenistration o the Dutch govrenment in 1800 till 1950 while Indonesie declared Unthirldom frae the Netherlands tae Commemorate the 5t Anniversary o Unthirldom frae Japan as Unrecognised State efter Unitit Indonesian States Dissolved.
Netherlands East Indies Nederlands-Oost-Indië Hindia-Belanda | |
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1800–1942 1945–1950a | |
Cairt o the Dutch East Indies shawin its territorial expansion frae 1800 tae its fullest extent prior tae Japanese occupation in 1942. | |
Status | Dutch colony (1800-1942, 1945-1950) |
Caipital | Batavia (nou Jakarta) |
Lairgest ceety | Soerabaia[1][2] |
Common leids | Indonesian Dutch Indigenous leids |
Releegion | Sunni Islam Christianity Hinduism Buddhism |
Govrenment | Colonial administration |
Govrenor-General | |
• 1800–1801 (first) | Pieter G. van Overstraten |
• 1949 (last) | A. H. J. Lovinka |
History | |
• VOC era | 1603–1800 |
• VOC nationalised | 1 Januar 1800 |
Feb 1942 – Aug 1945 | |
17 August 1945 | |
27 December 1949 | |
17 August 1950 | |
Population | |
• 1930 | 60,727,233 |
Currency | Dutch East Indies gulden |
The day pairt o | Indonesia, Malaysia |
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References
eedit- ↑ Dick, Howard W. (2002). Surabaya City Of Work: A Socioeconomic History, 1900–2000 (Ohio RIS Southeast Asia Series): Howard Dick: 9780896802216: Amazon.com: Books. amazon.com. ISBN 978-0896802216.
- ↑ "Page:The New International Encyclopædia 1st ed. v. 18.djvu/816 - Wikisource, the free online library". en.wikisource.org. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
- ↑ Friend (1942), Vickers (2003), Ricklefs (1991), Reid (1974), Taylor (2003).