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.

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Netherlands East Indies

Nederlands-Oost-Indië
Hindia-Belanda
18001942
19451950a
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Cairt o the Dutch East Indies shawin its territorial expansion frae 1800 tae its fullest extent prior tae Japanese occupation in 1942.
StatusDutch colony (1800-1942, 1945-1950)
CaipitalBatavia (nou Jakarta)
Lairgest ceetySoerabaia[1][2]
Common leidsIndonesian
Dutch
Indigenous leids
Releegion
Sunni Islam
Christianity
Hinduism
Buddhism
GovrenmentColonial administration
Govrenor-General 
 18001801 (first)
Pieter G. van Overstraten
 1949 (last)
A. H. J. Lovinka
History 
 VOC era
16031800
 VOC nationalised
1 Januar 1800
 Japanese occupation[3]
Feb 1942  Aug 1945
 Unthirldom proclaimed
17 August 1945
 Dutch recogneetion as the Autonomous Republic within the Netherlands
27 December 1949
 Unthirldom frae the Netherlands efter Unitit Indonesian States Dissolved
17 August 1950
Population
 1930
60,727,233
CurrencyDutch East Indies gulden
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Succeedit bi
Dutch East Indie Company in Indonesie
Japanese occupation o the Dutch East Indies
Strait Settlements
Japanese occupation o the Dutch East Indies
Indonesie
Netherlands New Guinea
The day pairt o Indonesia,  Malaysia
  1. Occupied bi Japanese forces atween 1942 an 1945, follaed bi the Indonesian Naitional Revolution till 1949. Indonesie proclaimed its unthirldom on 17 August 1945. Netherlands New Guinea wis transferred tae Indonesie in 1963.
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